| Title |
A Study on the Characteristics of Change of Residential Area in Okin-dong Seoul |
| Authors |
Bae Jun-Ho ; Jun Byung-Kweon |
| Keywords |
Urban Residential Area ; Okin-dong ; Transformation of Residential Area ; Residential Environment ; House-type |
| Abstract |
Large-scale urbanization was developed as a result of rapid industrialization since the modern times. In the process of such urbanization, problems of insufficient housing and land supply within the cities, traffic congestion, and air pollution have arisen as a big population flowed in the cities. Then, when the physical environment of existing urban residential areas has gotten too bad to accommodate a modern lifestyle, residential improvement measures such as re-development, re-construction, and even new town development had to be taken. As such, if we keep providing a new environment by demolishing all the existing residential areas from the perspective of uniform urban development, the trace of our urban history and citizens' familiar residential environment will soon disappear from us. That is, the physical residential environment of historical cities and urban residential areas, which were constructed during the modern time, is improved more carefully, the value of the cities will formed, and the cities will be able to show a modern aspect of Korea's cities. Based on these issues, this study was conducted to investigate the formation and characteristics of single-family detached urban housing areas that have been formed since the modern times. In order to trace the pattern of urban change, this study investigated and analyzed the physical environment of urban residential areas that are disappearing, particularly focusing on the area of Okin-dong in Seoul, which is one of the modern urban residential areas in Korea. By analyzing the last remaining urban detached residential area in Seoul, we will be able to investigate the current status of an urban residential area that has been formed since the modern times. The area can serve as valuable data in suggesting a direction for planning to improve a residential environment. |