| Title |
Neighborhood Territory in Residential Environments - A Case Study of Guro?Garibong-dong Residential Blocks - |
| Keywords |
Residential Environment ; Neighborhood ; Cognitive Area ; Activity Pattern |
| Abstract |
This study examines the characteristics of neighborhood in residential environments using an in-depth case study of Guro?Garibong-dong area in Seoul. It investigates the typological arrangement of the neighborhood territory and facility-using activity patterns of residents with an inquiry of how residents are likely to cognize and use the residential environments and structuralize the neighborhood territory. The four types of neighborhood territory and activity pattern are highlighted: for neighborhood territory, (1) clustering pattern, (2) scattering pattern, (3) expanding pattern, (4) one-block pattern, and for activity pattern, (a) street-oriented pattern, (b) short-distance pattern, (c) long-distance pattern, (d) combination pattern. The findings are, first, dominant types are clustering pattern with street-oriented pattern. Second, cognitive neighborhood territory is in general much smaller than Perry's Neighborhood Unit, administrative unit and irrelevant to population statistical unit. Third, cognitive neighborhood territory and activity pattern is structuralized its domain and centricity loosely by subway stations and open space, but not by public buildings and schools. The findings substantiate the actual neighborhood varies in its scale, form, major land use, and boundary compared to planned neighborhood unit. |