Determinants of Resident Satisfaction with Urban Renewal Projects

Abstract

South Korea's urban renewal policy emphasizes resident participation and multidimensional activities. This study identifies the determinants of resident satisfaction with five urban renewal projects implemented in South Gyeongsang Province, Changwon, Gimhae (Gaya, Jangyu), Sacheon, and Miryang. Multiple regression analysis was utilized for survey data from these five areas. Results reveal that the resident satisfaction was positively influenced by 1) the level of the resident's opinions reflected in the project, 2) the expectations for improving the local economy, 3) the level of satisfaction with living environments, 4) the importance of improving neighbourly relations, and 5) the level of satisfaction with public hearings/discussions in the decreasing order of severity. Meanwhile, the 1) the need for urban renewal projects, 2) the importance of tourist visits, 3) the importance of improving living environments, and 4) the level of satisfaction with recreational/sports facilities negatively affected resident satisfaction with urban renewal projects in the decreasing order of severity. The aforementioned factors have significant implications to promote practical resident participation in the establishment of renewal strategies tailored to the regional contexts of South Gyeongsang Province.

Is Our Home Ready for Working from Home?

“…The concept of residential satisfaction is a cognitive and affective state which are the gap between households' actual and desired/aspired housing and neighborhood environment. It represents congruence and incongruence of the residents in their dwelling by expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction (Baek and Joo, 2021;Galster, G., 1987;Galster, George C. and Hesser, 1981). When residents evaluate their residential environment as an "objective attribute", they go through the process of assessing with cognitive, so it becomes a "subjective attribute" depending on their needs, expectations, and achievements (Amérigo and Aragonés, 1997;Jansen, 2013).…”

Study of residents’ willingness to construct community gardens in the post-epidemic era

“…To our knowledge, few studies have investigated the willingness of residents in different communities to build community gardens. The involvement of the local community is considered to be one of the keys to successful planning and management of the environment and human space (Baek and Joo, 2021;Jun, Lee et al, 2019), and the construction of community gardens requires the participation of residents. Therefore, this study aimed to find out whether community residents support the construction of community gardens on community public land by surveying three communities in the main urban area of Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei Province.…”

Editorial introduction

“…Bearing in mind what has been mentioned, research presented by (Baek & Joo, 2021) looks into residents' satisfaction scores in relation to the urban regeneration taking place in five local cities in South Korea. The paper aims to identify the possible elements that affect residents' satisfaction in order to provide a reference they can use over the course of a new urban regeneration project.…”