| Title |
An Analysis of Economic Self-sufficiency in New Towns Using Commuter Traffic |
| Authors |
이재홍(Lee, Jae-Hong) ; 반정환(Ban, Jeong-Hwan) ; 송태진(Song, Tai-Jin) ; 홍성조(Hong, Sungjo) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2022.38.2.117 |
| Keywords |
Balanced Development; New Town; Economic Self-sufficiency; Mobile Big Data; Traffic Pattern; Commuting Traffic |
| Abstract |
The Korean government implemented a balanced development plan to promote new towns in an effort to combat and resolve population density
issues in the Seoul metropolitan area. The aim of these new towns is to achieve economic self-sufficiency by relocating public institutions and
offering better employment opportunities. However, studies on the economic progress of these new towns have been insufficient and various issues
are continually being raised pertaining to the lack of independence within these new towns. The purpose of this study is to analyze the economic
self-sufficiency of new towns for balanced development and to draw implications for urban planning. This study uses weekdays in the second week
of October 2017 as the temporal range, the spatial scope covers all of Korea except Jeju Island and big data involving location analytics from
mobile devices were used in this research. Commuting patterns of new towns were classified into five regions. Upon analysis it was discovered that
the Multifunctional Administrative City and Ulsan Innovation City had a decent level of economic self-sufficiency. The relocation of Gyeongbuk
Provincial Government Office and Gyeongbuk Innovation City performed relatively poorly. Among new towns with the purpose of balanced
development, the level of economic self-sufficiency was not high or low based on a specific type. Therefore, as a result of this research it seems
that economic self-sufficiency of a new town is more influenced by its location rather than the type of new town. |