In Korea, for the past several decades, urbanization followed by rapidly industrialization has resulted in various problems, causing overcrowding and congestion, etc. While growth management at the broad-band and city dimensions has failed, urban prob...
In Korea, for the past several decades, urbanization followed by rapidly industrialization has resulted in various problems, causing overcrowding and congestion, etc. While growth management at the broad-band and city dimensions has failed, urban problem is increasingly exacerbated by extensive developing of existing downtown areas and by building high density apartments in most new development areas. Moreover, Large scale urban development projects such as land development, redevelopment and rebuilding of built-up areas require extensions of urban infrastructure to serve neighboring as well as relevant areas. However, development permissions are issued without comprehensive estimation of infrastructure service level.
At this time, Korea has introduced and utilized growth management strategies to pursuit balanced development of whole urban areas such that growth and preservation of public service quality are maintained. But, the effectiveness and result of these growth management strategies seem insufficient yet because they have stayed at the level of conceptional establishment and presented indifferent strategies that do not take into consideration areal peculiarities.
To keep development density at the proper level is possible when it is maintained within capacity of key infrastructure and public facilities. In other words, development density should be kept to extent that the service level of infrastructure is not deteriorated with the speed, time, position of development controlled.
The main goal of this research is to suggest appropriate strategies for managing development densities optimal for selected areas of Cheongju City. The appropriateness of density is evaluated based on the availability of roads, schools and parks, which is assessed by the legal requirements on the service levels of infrastructure. Specifically, for each of the three kinds of infrastructure, a composite index is constructed to assess the adequacy of infrastructure. Then, each of the study areas is assigned as crowed, decent, or sparse. Finally, distinguished growth management strategies are provided for the three kinds of assorted.
Here, the growth management strategies mean the combinations of a diversity of growth management tools, which comprises the instruments that are available in Korea, as well as those that are not yet introduced into the Korean planning system.