Mapping the Distribution Pattern of Gentrification near Urban Parks in the Case of Gyeongui Line Forest Park, Seoul, Korea

Yoonku Kwon, Shinha Joo, Soyoung Han and Chan Park
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Yoonku Kwon: Landscape and Urban Laboratory, © Urban Architecture Team SODO, #619, 415, Heungan-daero, Dongan-gu, Anyang-si 14059, Korea
Shinha Joo: Department of Horticulture, Biotechnology & Landscape Architecture, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul 01797, Korea
Soyoung Han: Landscape Architecture Program, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061, USA
Chan Park: Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Urban Science, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: The objective of this study was to map the distribution pattern of gentrification, showing the adverse effect of urban parks. The study adopted the perspective that urban parks, which have thus far been featured in urban planning without much criticism, may actually bring about unintended effects. This study employed a theory of gentrification that has received increasing interest in urban sociology to investigate the other side of the gentrification phenomenon. We identified urban parks as the cause of the gentrification from the start, and verified and visualised the phenomenon in the case of the Gyeongui Line Forest Park. We determined that the area with the higher possibility of gentrification was that within 600 m of the park. Big data accumulated over the past decade were used to prepare a proactive, systematic procedure to address gentrification, which is materialising in diverse forms. Through this study, we contribute to debates on the environmental justice of urban parks. Small changes in urban space can strongly affect our healthy lifestyles and urban sustainability. From this perspective, our study’s research process and its results could provide indications of how to structure and manage new urban planning projects in the future.

Keywords: gentrification; gentrification distribution pattern; urban park; Gyeongui Line Forest Park; environmental justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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