Impact of Highway Construction on Internal Migration: A Korea Perspective

Transportation facilities in the classical migration model expand scale of population movement by reducing physical distance and costs travel between regions. This study empirically analyzes effect inflow into a region near highway construction using model. The purpose was to examine whether large-scale transportation infrastructure such as highways contributes growth balanced development connected Four metropolitan transport-type commuter routes constructed South Korea after 2000 were used subjects. results show that occurred where constructed. However, no observed regions reason for these unique is factors affecting include not only transit facilities, but also parameters economic factors, housing, amenities. Moreover, findings impact affected geographical characteristics areas city size.