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A Typology of Korean Cities Using the Balanced Development Index: A Latent Profile Analysis Approach

Minju Lee 1 Kim, Euijune 2

1서울대학교 농업생명과학연구원
2서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to categorize Korean cities using the Balanced Development Index of the Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development and explore each group's regional characteristics. To do this, we employed Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) to classify 226 cities (local governments) in Korea. The regions were classified into five groups; (A) metropolitan cities, (B) mixed type, (C) small cities in provinces, (D) capital regions, and (E) rural areas. Based on the classification results, we identified the characteristics of regional conditions and the strengths and weaknesses of the five groups. This study calls for regional customized policy development that considers regional environments in more detail. Furthermore, it is expected to be used as material for regional development policy.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.