Seongnam city experienced a rapid changes in terms of the environment from its agricultural settings to city ones after the housing project in the Jungbu-nyon, Gwangju-gun in Gyunggi province area was managed in 1968. The project was promoted in an at...
Seongnam city experienced a rapid changes in terms of the environment from its agricultural settings to city ones after the housing project in the Jungbu-nyon, Gwangju-gun in Gyunggi province area was managed in 1968. The project was promoted in an attempt to solve the chronic housing shortage in the Metro Seoul area in 1960s. Even though substandard surroundings such as blocks of small lots, narrow roads and poor housing conditions can be improved all at once, demolish and redevelopment based on administrative expediency develops problems of too rapid changes in housing structure.
There are two types of developing deteriorated single-family housing: demolish and redevelopment, and restorative development. In order to develop deteriorated single-family housing, an appropriate type of development should be chosen according to the specific conditions of the area. In cases of Jungwon-gu and Sujong-gu of Seongnam-si, these areas are adjacent to the core 3 areas of Seoul including Gangnam-gu, Suseo-gu and Songpa-gu, and low-income people are the majority of the dwellers. Demolish and redevelopment is not considered as an effective solution for deteriorated single-family housing. According to the precedent studies, demolish and redevelopment approach resulted in less than 10% of return-and-settle rate of the residents in the relevant areas, which means that this approach caused confusions in the residents’ life style including jobs. In order to assess self-development by each lot in the single-housing area is available or not, legal preview such as on the Construction Law is necessary. Single-housing is usually planned based on the personal preferences, but in case of multi-housing is targeted for rent or selling by unit. Accordingly, maximum floor ratio is pursued in cases of multi-housing, and legal restrictions on the floor ratio may need to be deregulated in some degree.
Local realtors, owners and consumers participated in the survey of the present study. Questionnaire was prepared with 8 questions which were selected from the realtor’s checklist, and additional 7 questions for survey.
Descriptions on the subject real estate were better than average in the 5-step scale. Registrations were mostly confirmed by the local realtors. Regulations on transaction were confirmed by realtors and other experts in the field. The current condition of the real estate was checked by the author. Environment was checked by the author, realtors and residents of the area. Means of transportation in the area were subway and bus. Administration method was self-administration. Answers on the additional 7 questions may be highly subjective due to the sensitive contents included in the questions.
In the in-depth interview, income level, educational background, family status, housing type and size of housing were investigated. In conclusion, restorative development is considered to be better for future urban redevelopment than the method of demolish and redevelopment based on the opinions of the author and seasoned realtors who have more than 30 years of experiences.