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area for other uses. The academic and research area occupied 38.5 % of the
present area, it was designated to a few public institutions which were moved into
DST by the central government. In 1985, the master plan of DST was changed for
the first time. About 46.6 % of the site was designated for research and education
purposes so that research and universities facilities could be built there. Thereafter,
when central government encouraged public institutions to move into the DST
development the concept changed from pursuit of a self-sufficient city to conur-
bation with its mother city (satellite town). The total area of DST expanded to
6,684 ac. The expansion of academic and research area was for public institutes
and private R&D centers moving into DST. And mature stage (2002-present). In
particular, the allocation of greenbelt is decreased, although the huge expansion of
technopolis has been made. The designation of a national R&D zone enabled DST
to expand its territory of DTV and then to establish the Daedeok Innopolis site. A
significant change occurred in the land use of DST caused by feverous venture
inauguration. About 368 ac (4.7 % of total area) for light production and venture
business which allocate the R&D and industrial use zone is expanded in DST
because the spin-offs from many research institutions secured their site within the
area to stay in close proximity with their mother organizations. In fact, most spin-
offs at an initial stage used existing space of their mother organizations. Several
institutions launched their own TBI business. Thereafter, Daejeon City established
the project of Daedeok Techno-Valley (DTV) as high-tech park near the DST.
Because R&D and manufacturing activities of industries and venture firms are
inseparably related to each other, industrial sites for light production are desig-
nated here in DTV comprehensively (Oh
2005
). On the contrary, the percentage of
greenbelt zone has been decreased gradually from DST to Daedeok Innopolis.
Functional Change
In terms of functional change, DST functioned as a pure science city in the initial
stage. It focused on R&D and education to enhance the capability of high-tech-
nology development. Above all, it concentrated on pure R&D stressing on basic
research and restricting production and other industrial activities. Since manu-
facturing was allowed with restrictions in DST, this model was not appropriate for
the regional innovation on the basis of technology transfer. In addition, Daedeok
Innopolis development could facilitate the formation and growth of new busi-
nesses in the region because it is going to be developed as a high-tech venture
business center for domestic and multi-corporations commercializing advance
science and technology.
However, as many private R&D centers settled in DST, it began to have another
function gradually developing into a multi-functional technopolis. Private R&D
centers had aptitudes to directly link R&D to industrial activities because they had
their attributes to pursue profits like an enterprise. Accordingly, they caused the
acceleration of technological commercialization there—and venture incubation
began to grow remarkably. Under these circumstances, a demand for industrial
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