| Title |
Socio-economic Disparity in Supplying Urban Parks within Living Zones : A Case of Cheongju City |
| Authors |
문지영(Moon, Ji-Young) ; 반영운(Ban, Yong-Un) |
| Keywords |
도시공원 ; 생활권공원 ; 공급특성 ; 공급권역 ; 형평성 ; T검증 Urban Parks Within Living Zones ; Supply Characteristic ; Supply Area ; T-test |
| Abstract |
Urban parks usually provide citizens with such functions as ecological habitat, health improvement, environmental comfort and community building. In particular, urban parks within living zones play an important role in improving the quality of citizens' life. Likewise, the urban parks are urban infrastructure as well as public service which all citizens should equally enjoy no matter what their socio-economic statuses are. This study analyzed the characteristics of supplying urban parks within living zones in terms of socio-economic aspects. To reach the goal, this study examined the current status of supplying urban parks within living zones into the urban areas located in Cheongju. This study set the service boundary of the urban parks within living zones and examined socio-economic characteristics of the area inside and outside of service boundary using t-test. This study found out the following results: 1) that the service of supplying of urban parks within living zones was provided insufficiently and even disproportionately; 2) The area inside service boundary showed more population, higher income and land price than the area outside service boundary. This fact means that supplying urban parks within living zones has been disproportionately provided in accordance with socio-economic disparity between serviced areas and non-serviced ones. To solve the above service disparity of urban parks within living zones, it is necessary to identify the current status of supplying the parks and to make a plan, providing the areas out of service with the parks in priority. |