Neighbourhood transformation in East Asian cities

Blaž will present on the Neighbourhood Transformation in East Asian Cities: Is ‘Gentrification’ the Right Frame of Reference? symposium, which will take place on May 15~17th in Chiba, Japan. The symposium is organised by IDE-JETRO and IIAS.

With Prof. Kon Kim from University of Seoul, Blaž will present a paper on displacement and changing scope of gentrification in traditional industrial clusters in Sangwangsimni and Changsin-Sungin in Seoul.

Symposium programme is available here.

Urban redevelopment of traditional industrial cluster in Sangwangsimni (Photo: Blaž Križnik, 2010)