Korean cities from the perspective of the compact city

This chapter examines urban dynamics in Korean cities through the perspective of urban form before providing policy suggestions based on compact city policies. The first part addresses the key urban challenges, such as economic, social-demographic and environmental challenges. The second part introduces compact city as an urban form to cope with the challenges and explains how to measure urban forms. The third part assesses the compactness of Korean cities in terms of land-use patterns, transport networks and socio-economic networks.