Exploring Urban Amenity Accessibility within Residential Segregation: Evidence from Seoul’s Apartment Housing

Gyoungju Lee, Beomsoo Jeong and Seungwook Go ()
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Gyoungju Lee: Department of Urban and Transportation Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, Republic of Korea
Beomsoo Jeong: Department of Urban and Transportation Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, Republic of Korea
Seungwook Go: Department of Urban Planning and Design, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-18

Abstract: Residential segregation refers to the phenomenon where people of different socioeconomic backgrounds live in spatially separated areas. It is essential to ensure equitable access to urban amenities for all residents in pursuit of the normative values in urban planning. To achieve this planning goal, the disparity in accessibility to urban amenities needs to be appropriately diagnosed. Private apartments and public rental apartments are representative types of residences where residential segregation is likely to occur in the context of South Korea, since these two types show considerable differences in education, income, and occupations. The objective of this study is to develop an analysis framework for diagnosing the difference in accessibility to urban amenities between the two residential types, and to empirically demonstrate their utility in the planning process. The most highlighted methodological novelty of the proposed analysis framework is that it includes not only global indicators for diagnosing the overall level of accessibility in the entire study area and assessing its statistical significance but also local indicators that represent local variations in accessibility. The empirical analysis conducted on Seoul revealed that not only were there significant local variations in accessibility between the two segregated residential areas, but the overall differences across the entire area were also pronounced. The proposed framework is useful in supporting decision-making processes for locating new public facilities or identifying regional priorities for guiding the placement of private amenities, with the aim of mitigating differences between segregated residential areas.

Keywords: residential segregation; disparity; urban amenity accessibility; local variations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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