주한미군 공여구역 주변지역 활성화를 위한 법･제도 개선방안: 의정부시 사례를 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to propose a development direction, legal and policy improvements and detailed management methods, etc. for the revitalization of the areas surrounding the districts granted from the United States Armed Forces in Korea (USFK) in the city of Uijeongbu. For this purpose, I looked into the relocation policy and the related laws and systems of the USFK and the city of Uijeongbu’s development plan for the granted and non-granted lands. Moreover, I looked into the cases of developing the granted districts of the United States Armed Forces within and outside of Korea, and studied their limitations. The case study was conducted on 8 granted districts that were either returned or non-returned within Uijeongbu, and analyzed the status and characteristics of the surrounding areas. Additionally, I proposed a direction for the space composition and development for the future. Moreover, I proposed measures to amend laws, enact/amend ordinances on development plans related to granted districts, which are currently at standstill, and also proposed specific methods for resident participation and conflict management to reflect the local characteristics of Uijeongbu. The relocation of the US military bases to Pyeongtaek since the 2000s has provided a new turning point to overcome the limitations of being isolated from the development for many regions. However, the project implementation process has not been smooth, and many difficulties are arising during the actual implementation stages due to the inadequacies and limitations on the laws and systems related to the cooperation between the central government, metropolitan local governments and the lower level local governments. I hope that this study on various proposals for the areas surrounding the granted districts of the USFK will provide assistance in establishing and implementing development plans on the granted districts by the relevant lower level local governments. Unfortunately, the subject of this study is limited to the city of Uijeongbu, and due to many circumstances, including the study period, the opinions of the local residents were not sufficiently collected. Therefore, I propose a study on developing a method to resolve the overall problems by comprehensively considering the local characteristics of regions related to the US granted districts, such as Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do, the development directions and various problems, etc. in the future.