{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/what-sejong-teaches-dholera/",
 "title": "What Sejong, Korea's new city, teaches Dholera",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "sejong korea new city",
 "verdict": "Sejong is the case I would hold Dholera to, not Shenzhen. It scores 4.45 to Dholera's 3.10, and just over three quarters of that gap sits in two dimensions: a running anchor and actual residents. Sejong bought both with a statute. Dholera has to earn them. Dated 3 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "The Greenfield Index: the full interactive board",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/index/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Sarkhedi (2026), Why Greenfield Cities Succeed or Fail, preprint, free download",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/library/"
  },
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dholera SIR official: about",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/about_us"
  },
  {
   "label": "PIB: semi-high-speed rail approval",
   "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2260624"
  },
  {
   "label": "Fab approval, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/tata-psmc-fab-approved-dholera/"
  },
  {
   "label": "GIFT City official",
   "url": "https://www.giftgujarat.in"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}