Flexibilization through Metropolis: The case of postfordist Seoul, Korea

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 180-201

  Cho, Myung Rae ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POST-FORDISM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; URBANISATION; URBANISATION IMPACT;

KOREA(SOUTH), SEOUL;

EID: 0031472994     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00068     Document Type: Article

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