도보권 근린공원의 최적입지 선정에 관한 연구

A Study on Optimal Location Choice of Neighborhood Parks within Walking Distance

This study investigates the spatial distributions and the best choice of optimal locations for neighborhood parks within walking distance (NPWWD) in Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) which are in high demand of NPWWD. In order to analyze the optimal locations for NPWWD, this study suggests a new method and process to explore the quality of optimal locations at a microlevel using available spatial data including population density map devised through dasymetric mapping technique. According to the results, there were considerable areas, 33,880,000㎡, for the new optimal locations of NPWWD in SMA and those areas belonged to only forty-eight areas of seventy-nine Si/Gun/Gu administrative zones. The high-ranking areas were discovered to be heavily populated areas in Seoul city and Gyeonngi-do province. The highest category of optimal locations of NPWWD, ‘Very Good,’ were mostly appeared within the inner Seoul city. Meanwhile, there were twenty-two Si/Gun/Gu which have ‘Very Good’ level and consequently, NPWWD should be installed focusing on those Si/Gun/Gu for the near future. The findings of this study can be directly applied to set up a new NPWWD in the future and the methodology to find optimal locations will be helpful for follow-up studies.