the best practice of urban regeneration for declined neighborhood in korea - kyoo hong hwang

Slum Upgrading : Bridging the Gap between Policy and Practice

The Best Practice of

Kyoo Hong Hwang

Urban Regeneration for Declined Neighborhood in Korea

The Best Practice of Urban Regeneration for Declined Neighborhood in KOREA


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CONTENTS

1st : Declined Neighborhood

2nd : Urban Housing Policy

3rd : Case Study

- Urban Decline as Slum District

- Urban Renewal & Urban Regeneration

- Jeonju case



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Urban Decline

A Mega City

Inner Decline

Urban Sprawl Urban Sprawl



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Urban Decline of Local Cities

Residential Area



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Urban Decline of Local Cities

Commercial Area



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1970 Improvement of Shanty town

1980 Improvement of general single house

1990 Reconstruction & Redevelopment Housing

2000 Big-scaled Urban Renewal

2010 Urban Regeneration

Flow of Urban Renewal



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1971

Housing Construction Promotion Act(revised, 2002)

Housing Site Development Promotion

Act

Urban Redevelopment Act

Urban Development Act

Urban Rearrangement Acceleration Act

Urban Regeneration Act

1976 1981

Flow of Legal Act

2002

Urban & Residential Environment Arrangement Act

Urban Planning Act

1987 2000 2005 2013

Period of forming urban basic frame

Period of urban extension

Period of urban renewal

and regeneration

(We call it Urban Renewal Act



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Types of Urban Renewal

Housing Reconstruction

Housing Redevelopment

Mixed-use Development

Residential Environment Improvement

Block Housing Renewal

Residential Environment Management

2012

Some improvement

By Urban & Residential Environment Arrangement Act, 2002



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Low-rise Apt+old+profit ▶ Rebuilding

(Sungnam, 1990’)

The Rebuilding projects were implemented under three conditions as follows ;

1. Low-rise apartment building

2. More 20-year-old apartment building 3. Developer and land-owner’s profit



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Single houses+decrepit+profit ▶ Redevelopment

(Nangok, Seoul, 2006)

The Redevelopment projects were implemented under three conditions as follows ;

1. Gathering Single Houses

2. Decrepit Houses 3. Developer and land-owner’s profit



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Business Area+Profit ▶ Mixed-use Development

(Mokpo)

(Busan)

The Mixed-use Development projects were implemented under two conditions as follows ;

1. Land uses is for Business zone 2. Developer and land-owner’s profit



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Single house + low-income + decrepit ▶

Residential Environment Improvement

(Yangrim, Gwangju)

The Residential Environment Improvement projects were implemented under three conditions as follows ;

1. Gathering Single Houses

2. The residents is low-income people 3. The houses is decrepit



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Decrepit+Block area+small-scale ▶ Renewal Block Housing



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Decrepit + Conservation ▶

Residential Environment Management

Origin of REM : Seoul’s Human Town, 2010

Low-rise residential district integrated with both

the apartment’s merit (such as security system, comfort facilities)

and low-rise housing’s merit (such as human-friendly alley and alive community)

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Paradigm Shifts in Urban Improvement

owners

profitability

the capital region

physical improvement projects

existing inhabitants and communities

local big and medium-sized cities

comprehensive improvement and revitalization

subject

site

method



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- Fosterage of Urban central function

- Extension of employment

- Conservation of Historic and Cultural Environment

- Air quality

- Traffic environment

- Environment-friendly

- Energy-saving Development

- Supply of the low-income housing

- Improvement of existing residential environment

- Maintaining established Communities

- Stabilization of Housing Price

Consolidation of Urban Competitive power

Improvement of The Urban

environment quality

Residential Settlement Stability

Sustainable Urban Development

- A Comprehensive management - To continuously improve economical, social, and physically declined areas - With partnership between public and private sector - On Strategy plan frame - For the progress of the whole city

Notion of Urban Regeneration

Source : Pinfield(1997), “Sustainability Indicators”



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Jeonju Case

Urban Regeneration in Declined Neighborhood



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[Location in South Korea] [Location in Jeonju]



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Nosongcheon Stream Area in the Jungang-dong Commercial Zone in Jeonju

Deteriorated Condition of the Residential Zone of Jeonju



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Another example of an urban regenerative testbed in order to secure community resilience is the Nosong-dong and Jungang-dong regions of Jeonju.

Improvement of the Deteriorated Residences



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Around this area, community business were established to resolve various local problems.

Education

Practice

Cooperative

Community Business



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The Jeonju testbed tried various approaches in order to provide the necessary space for the local meetings, training, and practicing.

Securing the Base Facility in Jeonju



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Social

Economy

Cultural

Physical

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