Measurement of Urban Competitiveness Based on Innovation Indicators in Six Metropolitan Cities in Korea

Abstract : In recent years, some experts have shown that urban competitiveness is more important than national competitiveness. They have also arguedthat innovation will make cities more competitive. The purpose of this paper is to create Korean urban competitiveness index, and to also high-light strategic aspects for enhancement of urban competitiveness of metropolitan cities based on innovation in Korea. First, we will present vari-ous factors and indicators of urban competitiveness based on three components for innovation: formation of cluster, human capital, creativeeconomy. Available literature and statistical analyses will be used. Second, scores of urban competitiveness will be developed based on AnalyticHierarchy Process (AHP). Evaluation of scores with weights will be used for this purpose. The resulting weights are 0.3672 for the formation ofcluster, 0.3318 for human capital, and 0.3010 for creative economy, respectively. Finally, we present urban competitiveness using the stan-dardized T-score. The most competitive city based on innovation is Daejeon(1st), followed by Gwangju(2nd) and Daegu(3rd). Three least com-petitive cities are Incheon (6th), Busan(5th) and Ulsan(4th).Keyword : Urban competitiveness, Innovation, Formation of Cluster, Human Capital, Creative Economy