Defining Prosuming-Parks: Integrated Models of Industrial Activities and Green Infrastructure for the Border Regions of South Korea

Jin-Hee Ahn (), Kyung-Taek Koh, Jeong-Hann Pae and YoungSeok Kim
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Jin-Hee Ahn: Korean Peninsula Infrastructure Research Center, Department of Construction Policy Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyang-daero, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si 10223, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Kyung-Taek Koh: Korean Peninsula Infrastructure Research Center, Department of Construction Policy Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyang-daero, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si 10223, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Jeong-Hann Pae: Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
YoungSeok Kim: Department of Geotechnical Engineering Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyang-daero, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si 10223, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Land, 2025, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-18

Abstract: This study proposes “Prosuming-Parks,” spatial models that integrate industrial activities with green infrastructure to revitalize South Korea’s border regions. A dataset of 2126 brownfields—including aging industrial sites, military facilities, water infrastructure, public buildings, schools, and railways—was compiled and evaluated through a Prosuming-Park Typology Index linking brownfield types with eight industrial sectors. Six models are derived and applied to fifteen municipalities, suggesting tailored strategies for industrial restructuring and ecological restoration. The framework demonstrates how brownfields can seed scalable green networks and, with future inter-Korean cooperation, evolve into transboundary ecological systems.

Keywords: brownfield regeneration; green infrastructure; post-industrial landscape; typology index; GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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