Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Municipal reaction to the gated apartment complex

Private ownership has been inviolable in Korean planning tradition and Korean land owners have enjoyed more freedom in altering land than in any other developed country. Thus, the Korean government, municipality and court have maintained laissez-faire attitude regarding to gating of private properties. As long as a property belonged to private entities, the public authority didn't do almost anything against gating.

However, complete gating of an apartment complex did alarm the municipality. A local newspaper reported that the city council had decided to cut financial subsidy to gated apartment complexes. Gating of apartment complexes is in infancy in Korea but growing. Will nationwide gating phenomenon provoke similar reactions from the central government?

그들만의 세상, 조례로 막자. (Sanctioning "Their Own World" with City Ordinance)
http://www.kmtimes.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=13372

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