This study aims to identify the problems of the Special Act on Urban Regeneration Activation and Support (abbreviated as the 'Urban Regeneration Act') in relation to laws related to urban regeneration to derive improvement measures to contribute to ur...
This study aims to identify the problems of the Special Act on Urban Regeneration Activation and Support (abbreviated as the 'Urban Regeneration Act') in relation to laws related to urban regeneration to derive improvement measures to contribute to urban regeneration.
The Urban Regeneration Act was enacted as a way to solve the problem of urban decline, which is difficult to solve with existing redevelopment-oriented urban development and maintenance methods, such as improving the residential environment of urban ordinary people. Among the laws that should be linked to urban regeneration, the Act on Urban Redevelopment Projects aimed at improving the physical environment for some or all of the declining and aging existing urban areas is a representative law related to urban regeneration projects. The differences between urban maintenance projects and urban regeneration projects, such as the Urban and Residential Environment Maintenance Act and the Special Act on the Promotion of Urban Renewal, were examined. Through the urban regeneration policies and laws of such nations as the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Japan, it was inferred that public intervention is necessary to determine basic policies and initiate projects for urban regeneration, and private capital participation is important.
The problems derived after examining the relationship between existing urban improvement projects and urban regeneration projects and overseas cases are as follows.
ⅰ) The main concepts that first emerged in this Act, such as urban regeneration and urban regeneration projects, are somewhat abstract and unclear, which may lead to overlapping with existing urban improvement-related laws and confusion in the application of the law.
ⅱ) The system with other laws has not been clearly established.
ⅲ) The legal nature and status of urban regeneration organizations are not clear, and the regulations on urban regeneration project implementers are also complicated.
ⅳ) The provision that the basic policy for urban regeneration takes precedence over the national land plan corresponding to the spatial plan has an aspect that contradicts the planning system of the Land Public Act.
ⅴ) Local governments with low financial independence cannot guarantee the effectiveness or sustainability of urban regeneration projects without the payment of continuous and stable funds or subsidies from the central government.
ⅵ) The participation of local residents is only a formal procedure, with the participation of a small number of residents.
ⅶ) Projects implemented under the Urban Regeneration Act have limitations, such as lack of relevance to urban regeneration goals or similar projects being promoted at urban regeneration sites across the country.
Improvement measures are as follows.
ⅰ) The Urban Regeneration Act should be reviewed in relation to laws related to urban regeneration.
ⅱ) The issues of consistency and systematicity between administrative plans under the Urban Regeneration Act and related plans under other laws should be reviewed.
ⅲ) In terms of housing welfare, the public should actively intervene, but measures should be prepared to induce private participation and support it.
ⅳ) It is necessary to increase the role of local governments and authority.
ⅴ) It is necessary to come up with measures to realize residents' participation.
ⅵ) It is necessary to implement at urban level and merge the various projects that have been promoted until now by ministries and departments.
ⅶ) The regeneration of the decline in the current cities shall seek sustainable harmony with the environment for future generations, taking into consideration the residential stability and the quality of life of the current generation.