The new town project, unlike the existing redevelopment project, is evaluated as a new approach model that can comprehensively and innovatively improve the qualitative level of the residential environment. The Kangbuk New Town project of Seoul City ha...
The new town project, unlike the existing redevelopment project, is evaluated as a new approach model that can comprehensively and innovatively improve the qualitative level of the residential environment. The Kangbuk New Town project of Seoul City has attempted to present the new residence development method that can resolve the unbalance between Kangnam and Kangbuk districts by working out several means for overcoming the practices inherent in the existing residence development. method from the early stage of planning. But in spite of the strong desire of Seoul City, it is difficult to take an optimistic view of the new town project now. Among other things, it is difficult to raise financial resources. Accordingly, specialists advise that the new town project requires 'choice and concentration. First of all, it is not late to increase development project areas gradually after adopting 2~3 places as the wide-area development district, equipping them with infrastructures and succeeding it them.
In the new town where the development district(promotion district) and the preservation district(retention district) co-exist, there is a possibility of controversy over the equilibrium of development between residents in both districts. To resolve this controversy, it is necessary to take into consideration the resident-led development method and carry forward with it with the time enough to reflect its contents in the 2nd and 3rd new town project in the model district. The confrontation of diverse interests should be adjusted by the clear and fair evaluation and criterion. And the right to live of the small landowners and tenants alienated by the market principle should be institutionally protected. All kinds of unreasonable and inefficient elements of the administrative procedure should boldly wiped out. Finally, the strong centripetal force is needed to integrate and adjust diverse interests and objectives and residents' interests and publicity should be harmonized. For this purpose, it is necessary to examine the joint civil-government redevelopment method.
Several problems currently occur in the new town projects of Seoul City. Especially, the vacant houses arising from the reduced inflow of the population such as purchasers or new tenants after original inhabitants move to the other areas following the expiration of the lease period or the sale of the house rapidly ghettoizes the pertinent area and becomes the dangerous area that triggers the social problem such as fire, crimes and the like. This danger becomes larger as the procedure for the project becomes delayed. The role of the public sector is not so much to provide simple support for residents' activity as to propose the ideal development method through its active participation. the new town project has already been transformed into the concern of all people, not the project confined to Seoulites. It is necessary to make a more sufficient examination and inspection of it because Seoul government takes the initiative in it and other cities take an interest in it. Accordingly, for the public sector including Seoul City government to carry forward with the successful new town project, it is necessary to induce active participation and creative wisdom by fostering the community with related agents and accept the reasonable proposal of related agents and the group of civil specialists.