Urban Regeneration of

Suncheon City
How creative art, ecological, and cultural revitalization
will regenerate the city.

Fritz Sihombing
Outline
Introduction
Observation & Problem Identification
Discussion
Introduction
[The collapse of Britain's industrial and manufacturing
economy has left many] inner city areas blighted by
unemployment, riddled with poor housing and socially excluded
from more prosperous districts. Urban regeneration is the
attempt to reverse that decline by both improving the
physical structure, and, more importantly and elusively, the
economy of those areas. In all regeneration programs, public
money is used as an attempt to pump prime private
investment into an area.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2001/mar/19/regeneration.urbanregeneration1
Introduction
Every city has pockets of underused and underutilized land or
distressed and decaying urban areas. These pockets of underused land
weaken the citys image, livability, and productivity. They are usually the
result of changes in the urban growth and productivity patterns. To
tackle the issues of decline and urban decay, these cities and others
around the world have designed complex processes of urban
regeneration.
Rarely are urban regeneration projects implemented solely by the public
sector. The need for massive financial resources is one factor. However,
even if the government could provide the necessary resources for
regenerating urban land, the buy in from the community and business
sector is needed to ensure the sustainability of regeneration efforts.
Consequently, participation of the private sector is a determining factor
in success of regeneration of underutilized urban land.
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Observation & Problem Identification
Using 5W1H approach
What (Concept)
Why (Objective)
Who (People)
When (Chronological)
Where (Location)
How (Methods)
What (Concept)
What is to be done?
Suncheon city urban regeneration
What are the targets for completion?
Establish self-sufficient economic system for Suncheon city
Public space for recreation
Ecological and cultural revitalization public space
Build a platform and resources for local creative
Why (Objective)
Low growth and low fertility
Urban policy centered on the development of suburbs
The number of old residential areas increased and
The decline of existing cities deepened.
Population declined by more than 20% over the past 30 years.
The total number of businesses decreased by more than 5% over
the last 10 years or.
Continuously for more than 3 years in the recent 5 years.
Who (People)
The urban regeneration project is based on the local self-
sufficiency, not the government-led top-down promotion
system, and the bottom-up promotion system by the voluntary
participation of the local community can enhance the
sustainability of the urban regeneration project.
Bottom-up urban regeneration projects require the planning
and operation of local communities and coordination of various
interests, and it is necessary to strengthen these capabilities
and support the business through intermediary support
organizations.
Who (People)
Suncheon City Residents
Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Small and Medium Business Administration
Suncheon City Urban Regeneration Support Center
(http://urc.sc.go.kr/scurc/)
When (Chronological) & Where (Location)
Urban regeneration business [Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs]
Period: 2014 - 2017
Target area: ,
Suncheonbu Fortress ( ) Tourism Resources Corporation [Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism]
Period: 2015-2018
Destination: Former site of Suncheonbu Fortress
New village development [Regional Development Committee, Ministry of Land,
Transport and Maritime Affairs]
Period: 2015-2018
Destination:
Activation of commercial center of commercial center [Small and Medium Business
Administration]
Period: 2014 - 2016
Target area: Jung-dong
How (Methods)
Vision and Goal
Ecological city regeneration linked with natural environment
resources
Revitalizing cities through history and culture
Town development with participation of residents
Enhance competitiveness of city center by strengthening
city function
How (Methods)
Strategy
Cultural and historical revitalization ()
Creating art center and recruiting (famous) artist
Developing eco-friendly village
Promoting local culinary
Intermittent Observation
In April, the third year of the project, Suncheon City launched its
performance survey as promised. Compared to before the project,
the number of stores in the center of the Suncheon center was
67.4%, average daily sales increased by 11.2%, and vacant houses
decreased by 85.9%.

In 2014, the number of stores increased from 396 to 663 in

2016. (8 13), hospitals (4 8), restaurants (40 66), beauty
shops (10 15), construction industry (10 15) . In Jungang-
dong, the number of entertainment bars (3 16), restaurants (83
131), service shops (10 20), construction industry (2 8) and
manufacturing industries (9 29) increased
Intermittent Observation
The average daily sales of these businesses also increased
from 250,000 won in 2014 to 278,000 won in 2015. Among
them, the number of vacant houses, which reached 78 in
2013, decreased to 11 in 2015

Along with the increase in the number of startups, the

number of construction permits in Suncheon city, which was
only 10 cases in 2013, increased to 20 in 2015

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Consumerism Business Entities
Restaurant Food Commercials
Consumerism Business Entities (Before and After 2014)
Consumerism Business Entities (Before 2014)
Consumerism Business Entities (After 2014)
Consumerism Business Entities (Recent)