| Title |
The Settlement Project of Seoul in the late 1950s to Early 1970s |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2022.38.9.191 |
| Keywords |
settlement project; outskirts of Seoul; urban formation; refugees; victims; evicted residents; displaced people; urban dwelling |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to examine the development process and derive the meaning of the settlement project through comparing it with
the simultaneous housing policy, which is thought to have been the starting point for the formation of urban spaces in the outskirts of Seoul.
At the end of the 1950s, when the restoration of the Korean War and free aid from aid organizations were ending, the Seoul Metropolitan
Government attempted to carry out various housing policies. At that time, public housing construction was designated as Korea’s housing
authority; apart from that, the settlement project began as a relief project by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs that continued to
respond to changes over the years despite numerous failures. The settlement project was developed in the order of refugee settlement project,
victim settlement project, evicted resident settlement project and displaced people settlement project according to the change in the project
target by period. Settlements were also meaningful as urban dwellings in Seoul through a continuous policy settlement during the urban
formation period, but spatially, they were located along the topography or at the boundary of newly incorporated land. The identification of
settlement projects and settlements were also the starting point for grasping the process of Seoul’s modern expansion and actual urbanization |