도시화; 1940년; 일본인 수; 공장 수; 농촌인구의 압출; Urbanization; The Year 1940; Number of Japanese; Number of Factories; Outflow of rural population
Issue Date
2011-12
Publisher
한국지역개발학회. / The Korean Regional Development Association.
Citation
韓國地域開發學會誌(Journal of the Korean Regional Development Association),Vol.23 No.5 [2011],1-28(28쪽)
Abstract
Korean cities experienced rapid growth around 1940. This study positively identifies that Japanese population was the main cause of the urbanization. Hosts of Japanese engineers and businessmen came to the Korean cities in the late 1930s. They contributed to Korean industrialization and urbanization. Commerce was less activated than industry at that time. The railroad system played the role that supported industry and commerce. The southern region of the Korean peninsular, which was agriculturally specialized, was relatively depressed comparing with the Seoul metropolitan area and Hamgyeong Provinces where the industry was activated. The large-scale outflow of peasants that Korea experienced in the late 1930s seems to be a normal process in the course of capitalist development.