TY - CHAP
T1 - Seoul, South Korea
T2 - Dismantling a highway - Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project
AU - Rieh, Sun Young
AU - Chang, Jiin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 selection and editorial matter, Sébastien Darchen and Glen Searle.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Cheonggyecheon, meaning ‘crystal clear stream’ in Chinese, runs east to west through the historic centre of Seoul. It represents a dramatic economic, social and environmental urban transformation of Seoul. With Seoul’s modernization in the 1950s, the stream served as a sewage canal, lined with squatter housing and illegal industrial businesses. Subsequently, the stream was covered and converted into an arterial road. In the early 1970s, an elevated highway was constructed to accommodate heavy traffic. By the 1980s, however, the congestion and pollution of the Cheonggyecheon area epitomized the worst aspects of uncontrolled urbanization. The dismantling of the highway and restoration of the Cheonggyecheon waterway in the 2000s created an urban amenity that resulted in an unprecedented regeneration of Seoul. The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project represents a paradigm shift in metropolitan urban planning and urban governance. It provides a template for green urban regeneration. It contributes to the correction of the economic imbalance between the northern and the southern parts of Seoul. However, the resulting gentrification and the destruction of social networks due to forced relocation of existing trades and industries are the cost of this restoration initiative.
AB - Cheonggyecheon, meaning ‘crystal clear stream’ in Chinese, runs east to west through the historic centre of Seoul. It represents a dramatic economic, social and environmental urban transformation of Seoul. With Seoul’s modernization in the 1950s, the stream served as a sewage canal, lined with squatter housing and illegal industrial businesses. Subsequently, the stream was covered and converted into an arterial road. In the early 1970s, an elevated highway was constructed to accommodate heavy traffic. By the 1980s, however, the congestion and pollution of the Cheonggyecheon area epitomized the worst aspects of uncontrolled urbanization. The dismantling of the highway and restoration of the Cheonggyecheon waterway in the 2000s created an urban amenity that resulted in an unprecedented regeneration of Seoul. The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project represents a paradigm shift in metropolitan urban planning and urban governance. It provides a template for green urban regeneration. It contributes to the correction of the economic imbalance between the northern and the southern parts of Seoul. However, the resulting gentrification and the destruction of social networks due to forced relocation of existing trades and industries are the cost of this restoration initiative.
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U2 - 10.4324/9781351124225-9
DO - 10.4324/9781351124225-9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85084550678
SN - 9780815357568
SP - 121
EP - 134
BT - Global Planning Innovations for Urban Sustainability
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -