Recently, many cities are experiencing rapid environmental changes such as globalization or climate changes. However, it is difficult to predict the circumstances for the future, and unpredictability and uncertainty from various risks including disast ...
Recently, many cities are experiencing rapid environmental changes such as globalization or climate changes. However, it is difficult to predict the circumstances for the future, and unpredictability and uncertainty from various risks including disaster, aging society, unemployment rate, and economic crisis are increasing. Therefore, the city should be able to promptly adapt itself to urban changes and maintain its urban function and system as seeking ways to enhance the competitiveness of the city. To rapidly respond to this change, the importance of "resilience" has been emphasized. As the presence of resilience determines the competitiveness of the urban areas and a new paradigm of urban resilience in policy-making is introduced, it is time to discuss the regional resilience and its reinforcement in Korea.
The purpose of this study is to find out how to effectively utilize the areas released from the Green Belt in Seoul metropolitan areas, especially in Gyeonggido province, in order to strengthen the regional resilience based on the paradigm of national and regional development policies. Since 2000, the Green Belt has been undergoing the relevant regulation and policy changes. Local governments in Seoul metropolitan area have been faced the challenges how to strengthen the regional resilience for regional development. Therefore, the study on the practical application method to strengthen the regional resilience of Hanam city and Uiwang city in Seoul metropolitan area was conducted.
The study was proceeded sequentially through four stages of methods. First, the theoretical approach was carried out through the literature reviews on designation of the Green Belt, policy change process, and preceeding research on the Green Belt, definition of resilience, regional resilience and resilience in Korea. Second, the Green Belt in Hanam city and Uiwang city were investigated during the period of 2000 to 2015, and the basic status data were listed by four indicators including population/household/housing changes, land price changes, industrial changes and economic changes. I analyzed the changes and collected statistical data related to the Green Belt, which are visually illustrated by using the Arc GIS and Excel. Third, in order to calculate the regional resilience index of Hanam city and Uiwang city, the resilience index of the region was derived based on the indicators and analysis factors from the precedent research. Fourth, the significance of the indicator was confirmed through the correlation analysis between the indicators using statistical data suitable for the analysis of the resilience index of the areas released from the Green Belt in Hanam city and the Uiwang city. A significant indicator, the rate changes for the released areas of the Green Belt was considered as a dependent variable based on the Pearson 's correlation coefficient. For the independent variables, 16 variables for Hanam city and 14 variables for Uiwang city were selected and the effects of the rate changes for the released areas of the Green Belt on the regional resilience were examined. SPSS 19 was used for the analysis tool.
As a result, from the analysis of the regional resilience for the released areas of the Green Belt in Hanam city and Uiwang city during 2000 to 2015, it is identified a significant correlation between the regional resilience indicators and the resilience index. In the case of Hanam city, the regional resilience index is 0.01, indicating that there is a high correlation of positive (+) and negative (-) relations in a total of 16 indicators including 3 human capitals, 7 economic capitals, 1 material capital, and 5 social capitals. In the case of Uiwang city, the correlation between the regional resilience index and the indicators shows that the number of households has the highest correlation. Uiwang city shows the high correlation of positive (+) and negative (-) at 0.01 level in terms of 14 indicators including 4 human capitals, 5 economic capitals, 1 material capital and 4 socio-cultural capitals. Based on these analysis results, the regional resilience index for the areas released from the Green Belt in Hanam city and Uiwang city and index of human capital, economic capital, and the socio-cultural capital are highly correlated. In particular, both Hanam city and Uiwang city showed the highest correlation with economic capital indicators, followed by social and cultural capital indicators. However, both in Hanam city and Uiwang city, only the water and sewerage distribution rates were high among material capital related indicators, while their significance levels were lower than other indicators.
Therefore, it is necessary to pursue the policies and strategies to strengthen the regional resilience based on the analysis results showing the high correlation of economic capital and socio-cultural capital in Hanam city and Uiwang city. Lastly, it is expected that this research will contribute to require precise examination of the precise investigation and diagnosis of the Green Belt in Seoul metropolitan area. In addition, for the local governments in Seoul metropolitan area, it is recommended that the regional resilience index of the areas released from the Green Belt is selected and grouped the similar resilience index according to the degree of resilience of the Green Belt in Seoul metropolitan area. In this way, it is expected that it will be possible to utilize practical and efficient development strategies and measures on the area released from the Green Belt in a long-term perspective by local government.