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The Effects of Releasing Greenbelt Restrictions on Land Development in the Case of Medium-Sized Cities in Korea

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  • Jae Ik Kim

    (Department of Urban Planning, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea)

  • Jun Yong Hyun

    (Department of Urban Planning, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea)

  • Seom Gyeol Lee

    (Department of Urban Planning, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea)

Abstract

Many metropolitan areas around the world aim to control urban growth with a view to achieving efficiency and containing urban problems. Among many urban growth policy tools, the green belt (GB) policy is known as the most rigid and strongest. However, there has been no study on the consequences when GB restrictions are completely removed. The primary purpose of this study is to analyse the spatial effects of greenbelt removal on land development in Korea’s medium-sized cities between 2000 and 2017. To do so, we used the Landsat thematic mapper (TM) 5 satellite image (2000) and Landsat OLI TIRS 8 satellite image (2017) along with various attribute data to model the spatial effects of greenbelt removal in the cases of three medium-sized cities in Korea. The result of difference-in-difference (DID) analysis confirms that the effects of GB removal on land development vary depending on the local conditions of land development.

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  • Jae Ik Kim & Jun Yong Hyun & Seom Gyeol Lee, 2019. "The Effects of Releasing Greenbelt Restrictions on Land Development in the Case of Medium-Sized Cities in Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-14, January.
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