There are a lot of factors to affect the optimal location and the sufficient size of civic facilities for the residents in an area. Among them, the centrality of the community is one of the most important factors, containing important implications for...
There are a lot of factors to affect the optimal location and the sufficient size of civic facilities for the residents in an area. Among them, the centrality of the community is one of the most important factors, containing important implications for urban planning practices. Previous research argued that Bundang new town has been grown to the center of its surrounding areas. Particularly, its level of centrality for commercial service is the highest. The paper investigates additional types of civic facilities, including cultural, medical, social welfare and religious facilities. For the investigations, questionnaires for the destination choices of the residents and a field survey for spatial distribution of the facilities were carried out. The results of the analysis are the followings. First, the sizes of the various facilities are the biggest and their numbers are the highest in Bundang new town. Second, destinations of facilities demand in each areas are aggregated on Bundang new town. Third, the centrality index of Bundang new town is the highest for all the facility types in the surveyed areas. The study concludes that Bundang new town has been developed as a regional center and that a core-periphery relationship described in the central place theory is working in Bundang and its surrounding areas.