Social Change of local cities and rural areas of Korea after the IMF crisis in Korea

1)在国际货币基金组织危机之后，韩国的分支办事处被取消并进行了重组。因此，首尔在韩国城市体系中的地位比以前有所提高。2）从交通网络上看，国际货币基金组织危机是否影响到非地方城市，尚不清楚。20年来，高速公路、公共汽车、铁路和公路交通网络得到了很大的改善。3）大邱的劳动力市场受到国际货币基金组织危机的严重影响。由于大邱的地方经济严重依赖纺织业，而韩国的纺织业是以出口为导向的。编制规模缩小，全职男蓝工被散工取代。但在大邱，还没有看到从正式工到散工的替代过程，只是纺织业的女性蓝领工人有所减少。4）IMF危机推动了新的产业向农村转移。5）在韩国经济高速增长时期，农业生产领域扩大。从大都市地区向农村地区的迁移暂时有所增加，但总体而言，迁移人数并不多。6）地方政府推动的区域发展政策在IMF危机后启动，但这与1995年后的权力下放进程密不可分。

1)After the IMF crisis, branch offices have been abolished and reorganized in Korea. As a result, the position of Seoul in Korean urban system has jumped up than before. Conversely, the positions of local cities have been lowered.2)Viewing from the transportation network, it is not clear whether the IMF crisis has affected the local cities of not. The networks of highway bus transportation, railroad transportation and road access have been much improved within the two decades.3)The labor market in Daegu has been strongly affected by the IMF crisis. Because the local economy of Daegu was heavily depend upon the textile industry, and the textile industry in Korea was strongly export oriented. The scale of establishment has shrunk, and the full time male blue-workers have been replaced by the casual workers. But in Daegu, the replacement process from the full-time workers to the casual workers has not seen, but only the female blue-workers in the textile industry have been decreased.4)New location of industry into the rural areas has been promoted by the IMF crisis. But the net effects are rather fragmentary.5)Production areas in agriculture have grown during the high economic growth era in Korea. Migration from metropolitan areas to rural areas has been temporarily increased, but at a total, the number of migrants was not so much.6)Regional development policies promoted by the local governments have been activated since the IMF crisis, but this can not be separated from the devolution process after 1995.