Why Busan’s Old Downtown Is Harder to Revive Than Other Korean Cities Busan shares the same downtown decline seen across Korean metropolitan cities, but it faces a deeper structural problem: the city’s old core sits on costly ground shaped by steep slopes, aging low-ris...

Why is Busan’s old downtown harder to revive than other Korean cities? Because urban decline here is not only economic. It is also topographic. In Busan, terrain is a cost structure.
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