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This study aims to investigate the intensity of interurban relationship (i.e., the pattern of concentration on a few leading cities or how close their relationships are) in the Korean urban system by analyzing the flow of goods between 82 cities in 2008. It has been turned out that 17 cities out of 82 cities are comparatively attracting more dominant flows from at least one city. In detail, Seoul attracts from 30 cities (i.e., three cities in Chungcheong Area, two cities in Gangwon Area, and 25 cities in Seoul Metropolitan Region). On the other hand, Busan attracts from 16 cities (two remote big cities like Daejeon and Gwangju, two adjacent big cities like Ulsan and Daegu, Uiwang in Seoul Metropolitan Region, Gyeongju and Gumi in Daegu Metropolitan Region, and nine cities in Busan Metropolitan Region. Seoul is the most significant in the centrality and dominance, but its sphere of influence is confined to the Seoul Metropolitan Region and the neighboring areas. However, Busan has larger sphere of influence than Seoul throughout Korea. Three important points identified from this study are indicated as follows: 1) it is required to continuously monitor bi-polarized system centered on Seoul and Busan, 2) it is a prerequisite to develop the harbor cities toward the networked open system, and 3) Busan is the only one city that has relationship with remote areas among other cities having strong growth point and has the biggest number of cities having interrelationship.
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National Urban System, Centrality, Sphere of Influence, Interdependence between Cities
