Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction: urbanization, development, and globalization
Chapter 2: The developmental state’s export-oriented industrialization and selective urbanization
Chapter 3: Developmental and speculative urbanization led by the state in Seoul
Chapter 4: The democratized state’s new town developments and Seoul’s growth into a metropolitan area
Chapter 5: Globalization and the making of “global cities”
Chaper 6: The rise of new global Seoul and city exports in an urbanizing globe
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Megacity Seoul and the property state

Index

About the Author

Yu-Min Joo is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore