Currently, one of the most important problems of Korea is the low fertility - ageing society. The aggregate birthrate of Korea does not surpass 2.0 per woman and the rate of old person(over 65 years old) had marked 7% already in Korea and Gyeonggi Pro...
Currently, one of the most important problems of Korea is the low fertility - ageing society. The aggregate birthrate of Korea does not surpass 2.0 per woman and the rate of old person(over 65 years old) had marked 7% already in Korea and Gyeonggi Province. In this
situation, this study aims to research the urban policy change response to the low fertility-ageing society and to know how to do.
The direction of urban policy change response to the low fertility -ageing society is not to build the houses and facilities for accommodating pregnant woman and old person but to make pregnant woman and aged person-friendly urban space with well combined housing, transportation, cultural and welfare facilities. This policy is a kind of adaptation policy response to the phenomenon of the low fertility -ageing society. So, we have to do more challengeable policy approach to introduce young person and well educated and skilled foreigners into city centre.
In getting urban policy change, the most important thing is breaking the policies of suburban newtown development, supply-oriented housing development and mobility-based transportation investment. To do so, we have to decrease index of city population and housing provision, to change from suburban newtown development to inner city regeneration, to focus on walkability transportation facilities, to implement barrier-free and universal design concept, and to introduce younger city programs.
In addition, to implement the urban policy change response to the low fertility-ageing society, I would like to suggest 4 strategies and 12 policy tools.
The 12 policy suggestions are i) investigation on barriers of city and countryside for pregnant woman and aged person ii) building complex town of residential-child care-educational facility iii) designation of aged person-friendly district iv) restructuring and collecting countryside villages v) rebuilding residential service facilities for old person vi) integrated residential and public health service system vii) leisure and cultural infra for aged person viii) supply of 3 generation lifelong house ix) providing retirer"s house x) law making of community development act response to the low fertility-ageing society xi) Gyeonggi Provincial urban planning ordinance response to the low fertility-ageing society, and integrated provincial government department for implementing policies of low fertility-ageing society.