Urban cultural facilities are the facilities for providing facilities, equipments, data and documents, information, and education services for cultural activities of urban residents. Culture is defined as the complex and comprehensive life-style compo...
Urban cultural facilities are the facilities for providing facilities, equipments, data and documents, information, and education services for cultural activities of urban residents. Culture is defined as the complex and comprehensive life-style composed of regulations, customs, and activities that have learned and educated by a society s members. World cities in 21st century are creating cultural and historical images of cities using urban cultural resources including arts, historical heritages, and entertainment resources. They also improve competitiveness of urban industries by developing new creative businesses with high added values in fields of design, entertainment, and tourism industries by connecting urban cultural activities with cultural industry strategies. The demand of urban cultural activities is in increasing trend when Koreans national income is recently close to 20,000 U.S. dollars per capita. Central and local governments are building cultural clusters and cultural streets in order to satisfy cultural needs of city residents. However, there has been a lack of understanding to public administrators and urban planners in existing urban culture and cultural facilities. The objective of this research is to analyze location characteristics of urban cultural facilities using statistical analysis methods and GIS techniques in the Seoul metropolitan city.