Participatory Planning through Flexible Approach: Public Community Facilities in Seoul’s Urban Regeneration Project

Seon Gyeong Baek and Hyun-Ah Kwon
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Seon Gyeong Baek: The Institue of Asian Culture, Mokpo National University, Muan-gun 58554, Korea
Hyun-Ah Kwon: Department of Architecture, Mokpo National University, Muan-gun 58554, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-17

Abstract: Since the 2000s, urban regeneration projects have been actively implemented to address urban problems in Seoul. These projects not only help improve the environment but also make the community sustainable. Accordingly, a number of public community facilities have been created through public participation. In Seoul, since there are few existing communities that have been active in relation to public projects, there are many cases in which the government must find residents who could participate in such projects, form a new organization, and induce participation. This study analyzes such cases and identifies related characteristics. In particular, flexibly planning community participation can increase sustainability under these conditions in various communities within cities. Planning from a flexible perspective assumes that the occurrence and impact of participation may not be sequential and allows and induces community change. This study is useful in preparing planning strategies under similar conditions in the future.

Keywords: community participation; participatory planning; sustainable community; sustainable public place; flexible approach; public community facility; community formation; community change; Seoul urban regeneration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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