황재기 교수 정년퇴임 기념 논집 / 제 3 부 경제 도시 지리 / 공간구조의 개념과 공간구조 변화 매카니즘에 관한 소고 = In Honour of Prof. Jae-Ki Hwang Upon His Retirement / The Concept of Spatial Structure and Dynamic Mechanisms of Changes in Spatial Structure

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The purpose of this study are to review the concept of spatial structure, in reflection of the development of geographical thought and to explore dynamic mechanism of changes in spatial structure. The arguments of this paper can be summarized as follows: First, the concept and the meanings of spatial structure have developed several different perspectives based on different geographic thought. Logical positivist approach emphasized on the interaction between spatial structure and the process which produce this structure. In other words, relationship between spatial process and spatial structure is reflexive and crucially casual. On the other hand, structuralist approach regarded spatial structure as a product of social structure and social relations in the mode of production based on the notion that space is a social construct. They argued that the spatial structure are important in the construction, functioning, reproduction and change of societies as a whole and of elements of society. Second, three theories and models which would try to explain the dynamic mechanism of changes in spatial structure were reviewed: Janelle`s spatial restructure model, Lee`s concentrated spatial dispersion model, and Kim`s systematic model for analysis of Korean spatial structure. Third, the dynamic mechanism of changes in spatial structure was explored. The evolution of spatial structure depends on the interdependencies that themselves derive from the spatial interaction pattern. Changes in spatial structure clearly relies on varying characteristics of regions and on interaction between regions including migration, financial flows, diffusion of innovations, political linkages and trade. Spatial interdependence via dynamic interaction is a key concept explaining the change in spatial structure over territorial space that can be found at any point in time. Growth in space implies a change in the relative importance of concentration and dispersion forces over space and through time. These two forces pulling in opposite directions always present. An increase in one set of forces leads to a decline in the importance of the other. Thus, changes in relative weights would represent the evolution of spatial structure.