Description
This book looks at Korea's economic, social and spatial development processes from the early Modernisation period to the financial crisis of 1997. It focuses on the political and ideological control of the state during the developmental era, as well as the environmental problems of Korea, and examines how society and environment have been used as means to attain rapid accumulation. Providing an holistic approach to Korean development, this title allows a comprehensive view of Korea's economic miracle as well as its recent problems.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1: A new framework for environmental analysis; 2: Economic development, state strategies and social change in Korea; 3: Spatial strategies and the emergence of uneven development; 4: Environmental degradation in Korea; 5: Environmental problems in the three spatial zones; 6: Mode of social regulation, environmental movement and the state; 7: EOI Mode of development and a Sustainable Future
