A Study on the Characteristics of New Towns and the Redevelopment of Project-Canceled Areas: A Case Study of Seoul, South Korea

Hyunjung Lee
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Hyunjung Lee: Associate Research Fellow, Department Urban Planning and Design Research, the Seoul Institute, 57 Nambusunhwan-ro, 340-gil, Seocho-gu 06756, Korea

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 20, 1-18

Abstract: This study examined regeneration issues from the perspective of urban regeneration and the characteristics of areas that have been the subject of public policy failure, namely new towns and redevelopment of project-canceled areas. These areas are in need of improvement, particularly in regard to old housing and poor infrastructure. It is imperative that infrastructure conditions that may be difficult to focus on in the private sector are improved. Therefore, the public (Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG)) needs to play an active role, with a particular focus on providing significant administrative power and finances to these areas in order to reduce the effects of policy failure and make continuous efforts to reverse the failed policy. The public should actively work to resolve distrust and conflict in the public policy and make restorative efforts through new policies.

Keywords: new towns and redevelopment of project-canceled areas; canceled areas; urban regeneration; failure of policies; residential area decline (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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