| Title |
A Study of the Influence of the Physical Structure in the Apartment Complex on Sense of Community - Focusing on Apartment Complex in Gwangju Metropolitan City |
| Authors |
Lee Ra-Young ; Shin Nam-Soo |
| Keywords |
Sense of Community ; Apartment Complex ; Physical Design Factors ; One-way ANOVA |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to explore whether the physical structure of apartment complex influences residents' Sense of Community. The survey conducted in Gwangju metropolitan city in 2008 is used to pursue this research. For the measure of “Sense of Community”, five elements-individuals' sense of belonging to community, sense of connectedness, satisfaction of community, consciousness of participation, and the settlement of living places?are used. Three explanatory variables are: 1) residents' social background 2) objective conditions 3) design elements. As the methods of analyses for this research, One-way ANOVA and simple correlation analysis are used. The results of the analysis show this prominent findings about design elements. among the “design elements” of the apartment complex, the pedestrian system, the road system in the apartment complex, the public space system, and the parking type show a significant relationship with the “Sense of Community.” In specific, the parallel type with pedestrian and vehicle, and the combination of the parallel and partially separated pedestrian system demonstrate higher level of Sense of Community. Similarly, the circular and branch type of road among the road system in the apartment complex, the combination of centralized and decentralized types of the public space system, and the deck type and the indoor parking in the parking type are positively related to the “Sense of Community.” |