Comparative Study of Regional Growth and Urban Project Management between Bogotá and Seoul Metropolitan Area

Colombia experiences a population growth in their metropolitan areas through an accelerated urbanization process, a housing deficit a shortage of urban developable land. To solve these problems, the central government developed a national policy for a large-scale housing city development including supra-municipalities planning instruments such as Macroprojects. However, the amount of housing land supplied by this polity is insufficient and additional policies for shortage housing and qualitative deficit are required, particularly in regions with a high concentration of population. The purpose of the study is to compare urban development systems of Colombia and Korea and explore the possibility of applying guidelines to Colombia through ⅰ) comparing the capital region cities of the two countries with an asymmetry context method, ⅱ) comparing both urban planning system founding similarities and differences, and ⅲ) suggesting new urban development challenges in the Bogotá metropolitan area based on Korea"s new town experience.