| Title |
A Comparative Study on Relationship of Spatial Configuration and Suicide Rate Between High-rise Apartments of Social Housings and Shanty Towns |
| Authors |
김영욱(Kim, Young-Ook) ; 김주영(Kim, Joo-Young) |
| Keywords |
자살률 ; 공간구조 ; 영구임대아파트 ; 판자촌 ; 공간구문론 Suicide Rates ; Spatial Configuration ; Highrise Social Housing ; Shanty Towns ; Space Syntax |
| Abstract |
This study aims to analyze the relationship between the spatial configuration and suicide rates in low-income residential areas. High-rise apartments of social housing and shanty towns are compared in detail. Space syntax analysis is applied to examine spatial configuration. Suicide rates are analyzed by the areas of the two housing types. The results show that the suicide rate is higher in High-rise apartments of social housing than that of shanty town. However, the ‘local integration’ is higher in shanty town than that of those apartments. Local integration represents the degree of integration of spatial networks between neighboring spaces. The high-rise apartments of social housing appear to have lower local integration, meaning loose social networks among neighbors. Many researches argue that the major influential factor of suicide is economic status, but this study provides different aspects. By considering an income level, people in shanty towns are economically poorer than residents of those apartments. However, the suicide rate in those apartments is higher, despite the higher income level than that of shanty town. In conclusion, this study indicates that the spatial configuration of high-rise apartments of social housing have more vulnerable spatial networks to suicide than that of shanty towns. |