City employment change in the Republic of Korea, 1960-1970.
Changes in the employment characteristics of Korean cities during the 1960s, a period of polarized development and rapid industrialization, are examined.  The expectation of modernization and world-system/dependency theorists that the national metropolis, Seoul, increased its dominance in many key sectors is supported.  Other cities, however, also grew rapidly, specialized in different economic sectors, and changed their economic structures.  Polarized development, therefore, need not imply atrophy of noncore cities.  Both modernization and world-system/dependency theorists need to apply more complex conceptualizations of systems of cities in developing nations.
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D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D007221:Industry; D007723:Korea; D011153:Population; D012922:Social Change; D012939:Social Planning; D014505:Urban Population
Asia; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Eastern Asia; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Employment--changes; Geographic Factors; Industrialization; Korea; Korea, Republic Of; Macroeconomic Factors; Modernization; Population; Social Change; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution