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The Cheonggyechon River Restoration of Seoul:Challenge to the history and environment

eng

21871418

https://doi.org/10.15002/00009902

法政大学理工学部・生命科学部

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2013-04

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Korea is a large peninsula where 70 percent of the land is mountainous. Traditionally, cities were built on the rivers and coastline. These harbor and river valley cities that still stand today have transformed themselves over the generations. The river city of Seoul is one such city, with over 600 years of history it has seen some sudden changein recent times.　The Cheonggyecheon project attracted public support for several reasons. There was hope that Seoul would see environmental improvement and local disparities would be addressed along with concern about the safety of dismantling the aging concrete cover road. 5.84km of the total 8km length of the river and work on all 9 blocks progressed at high speed. In October 2005, in just the second year after the work started, the Cheonggyecheon was restored to it's former glory. The historical city of Seoul was planned according to feng shui principles. It also introduces how the Cheonggyechon has adapted to enormous changes in modem times as rapid growth and a wave of urbanization led to it's concreting over and the building of an elevated highway. It includes a profile of the Cheonggyechon's design and discusses water security, flood prevention, maintenance, bridge design and more. Post-restoration issues are also explained through analysis from a variety of points of view. The 6km stretch has 9 blocks which can be roughly divided into three broad areas.

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