다문화지구의 주거지속성을 위한 공간인식 조사

Abstract

Background As multicultural families have recently rapidly increased in the country, there have arisen many social issues such as the fact that over 41% of the immigrants from foreign countries have experienced social discrimination. Particularly, discrimination in the use of, and interchange in, the urban space has been serious. Accordingly, this study attempts to derive basic principles to build a sustainable residential environment and improve space design through conducting an attitude survey on residents of Siheung-si Jeongwang-dong and Ansan-si Wongok-dong. Methods The research methods are as follows. First, the characteristics and issues of a multicultural residential area are organized through investigating existing studies and literature. Second, multicultural residential area improvement policies and directions are identified. Third, a questionnaire survey is conducted on a residents of Siheung-si Jeongwang-dong and Ansan-si Wongok-dong, which are representative multicultural residential districts of the country, about their consciousness of a multicultural residence, characteristics of interchange places, effects on the residential environment, and space design improvement directions. Fourth, an improvement direction and implications are derived by organizing the results of the questionnaire survey. Result The results of this study showed that more efforts to build public space needed to be made, and the building of public space for a promotion of multicultural education and public relations and an expansion of interchange was required. The results of a questionnaire survey showed that with more interchange and use of multicultural public space, a higher a understanding of multicultural environment developed, presenting a necessity of the improvement of interchange places within the public space. Conclusion For the expansion of a durability and understanding of the residential environment, an expansion of public interchange places as daily living spaces and space improvements to raise safety are continuously needed. It is expected that this research can serve as basic data for the space improvement of multicultural districts.