„Since its introduction in 1971, Seoul’s Greenbelt has been a site of ongoing negotiation between development control and urban expansion. Originally established to limit urban sprawl, these Development Restriction Zones encompass large areas of mountains and forests as well as agricultural land, recreational spaces, religious sites and even military facilities. This makes the Greenbelt a highly diverse and multifunctional space. In 2024, the South Korean government announced the first major lifting of Greenbelt restrictions in over a decade, planning to build 50,000 new apartment units by 2031. [...] While framed as a response to housing shortages and demographic decline, such policies also produce uneven, localized effects. This master‘s thesis explores how state-led spatial interventions interact with local dynamics in Naegok-dong. Grounded in Urban Political Ecology, the analysis examines how planning decisions, regulatory frameworks, and everyday spatial practices converge and are negotiated across multiple scales. It offers insights into the relational dynamics of urban transformation in contemporary Seoul.“