| Title |
A Comparative Study of Vacant Housing Governance Arrangements |
| Authors |
양석(YANG, SHUO) ; 이건원(Lee, Gunwon) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2026.42.9.95 |
| Keywords |
Vacant Housing Governance; Policy Arrangement Approach (PAA); Shrinking City; Urban Commons; Adaptive Reuse |
| Abstract |
This study examines vacant housing under conditions of population decline by approaching it as a governance issue rather than merely as a
problem of physical maintenance. Drawing on the Policy Arrangement Approach (PAA), it compares Korea, Japan, and selected European
cases through four dimensions: rules, resources, actors, and discourses. The analysis shows that differences in vacant housing trajectories are
shaped less by the existence of individual policy instruments than by how these dimensions are combined and coordinated. In Korea, strong
administrative regulation and public intervention remain weakly connected to intermediary support and reuse-oriented coordination, thereby
channeling implementation toward demolition-centered management. By contrast, Japan and the selected European cases show governance
arrangements in which mediation, matching mechanisms, and use-right-based coordination support reuse-oriented pathways. The findings
suggest that the Korean case is better understood not simply as a lack of policy tools, but as partial misalignment within its governance
arrangement. The study highlights the importance of strengthening intermediary capacity and exploring use-right-based arrangements to broaden
regeneration pathways. It further argues that vacant housing governance is not only an institutional issue, but also a condition shaping the
retention of architectural typologies, adaptive reuse, and the continuity of urban fabric. |