The port is closely related with the city. Cities have been formed around the ports. While the ports have grown up, the cities therearound have developed. However, as the ports have continued to grow, various urban problems have arisen. While the port...
The port is closely related with the city. Cities have been formed around the ports. While the ports have grown up, the cities therearound have developed. However, as the ports have continued to grow, various urban problems have arisen. While the ports have been expanded and replaced into the suburban areas, the existing ports have been degenerated, losing their original functions. In this process, the existing ports areas would turn into slums, causing various social problems such as environmental ones. In an effort to solve such problems and recover the urban functions, many of the major port cities in the world have attempted to redevelop their ports centering around the waterfronts. In particular, they have rebuilt the waterfronts into comfortable waterfront areas only to improve citizens' life quality and recover the original functions of the cities and ports. Lately, redevelopment of the ports has been underway in consideration of society, environment and economy and focusing on the sustainability or the global topic.
According to such a global trend, Korea pursues a sustainable port redevelopment. Currently, Busan metropolitan city has been redeveloping its North Port, which must be an exemplary port redevelopment case in Korea. Busan metropolitan city has associated its North Port redevelopment with the original downtown renovation project in an effort to get a synergy effects of enhanced city competitiveness and improved city image. However, any redevelopment plan for Busan South Port has yet to be drawn up, while the city authority has been pressured to redevelop the South Port being subordinate to the redevelopment of the North Port and renovation of the downtown. Currently, the redevelopment projects of the North Port and the renovation of the original downtown have been underway, even encompassing the South Port and the areas thereof. For the successful redevelopment of the North Port and renovation of the original downtown, it would be inevitable to redevelop the South Port, and thus, Busan city authority is pressured to make an independent port redevelopment project. In order to design the sustainable port redevelopment in harmony with the surrounding areas, a water-front space plan should be made, while its unique identity and placeness should be kept intact.
The purpose of this study was to survey the basic data and conditions of Busan South Port space and waterfront and thereupon, analyze their conditions, and thus, address their problems, and thereby, suggest some solutions to the problems and suggest a sustainable waterfront space plan conducive to activation of the waterfront space as well as its facilities.
The results of this study can be summarized as follows;
The problems facing Busan South Port and its surrounding areas are the industrial facilities built along its waterfront, which makes it difficult to gain access to the waterfront. Moreover, most of such industrial facilities are obsolete enough to contaminate its surrounding environment and destroy the landscape, creating a negative image for the South Port.
In order to solve such problems and activate the waterfront of the South Port, it is essential to renew its environment for the citizens and tourists to use the waterfront space safely. Furthermore, it is also necessary to use its waterfront and marine spaces to plan a variety of waterfront spaces and facilities. Besides, in a longer term, it would be necessary to relocate the ship-building yard and modernize the obsolete industrial facilities in order to transform the South Port into a user-centered waterfront complex.
Based on the above conceptions, the researcher set a sustainable goal and direction for the waterfront plan. Then, the researcher made a basic plan for the redevelopment of the South Port by dividing the zone and its waterfront into Seo-gu, Jung-gu and Youndo-gu districts and thereby, endeavored to keep their original unique characteristics. Then, the researcher divided the entire waterfront into 7 zones for detailed sub-plans. Namely, a theme was set for each zone, and thereby, the waterfront spaces and facilities were planned with the characteristics of each space maintained, and thus, a road-map was drawn.
In addition, the AIVP port city plan guideline suggested by AIVP and the sustainable elements contained in the AIVP 2030 agendas were all reflected on the redevelopment plan for the sustainable redevelopment of Busan South Port. Lastly, it is hoped that the results of this study would be used as some basic data for designing of the port redevelopment plan for the Busan South Port.