아동친화도시 실현을 위한 공공시설 조성 경향 연구

Abstract

(Background and Purpose) There is a global consensus on the necessity of realizing a city that guarantees children's rights and improves the quality of their lives. Local governments in Korea have declared and practiced the creation of child-friendly cities, and since 2013, the number of local governments receiving child-friendly city certification is continuously increasing. This study aims to lay the groundwork for the realization of the physical infrastructure of a child-friendly city, by identifying trends in the creation of public facilities by local governments in Korea, and arranging the types and contents of the facilities systematically. (Method) This study used BigKinds, a news archive database, to collect newspaper articles, and extracted 356 facilities mentioned in articles from 2013, the first child-friendly city certification in Korea, to 2020. According to the main users and supporting attributes, these were classified as: anchor facilities, infant care facilities, elementary school students care facilities, youth activity facilities, play facilities, education/experience facilities, and cultural/sports/medical facilities. (Results) According to the main research results, first, the number of mentions of facilities in articles increased from 2017, when the number of local governments that received child-friendly city certification increased. Specifically, the number of articles on youth activity facilities and play facilities increased noticeably. Second, welfare-related facilities, such as anchor, infant care, and elementary school students care facilities, increased in line with the government's policy direction and the local government's efforts to realize a child-friendly city. Notably, the village-level care system has been expanded under the cooperation of the central and local governments. Third, youth activity facilities and play facilities appear in various forms by local government; the names of the facilities are also differentiated. Further, child-friendly facilities are positioned as specialized facilities of local governments. Fourth, various attempts have been made to expand the physical infrastructure in terms of the construction method of public facilities. The use of the idle space indoors and outdoors has been diversified, and child-friendly facilities are included in the village facilities, while the living SOC is complexed. At the same time, there are plans to install child-related facilities by using the apartment building management and the lower floors in apartment complexes. (Conclusions) This study is meaningful in that it quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the overall trend of child-friendly cities in recent years using newspaper articles. The study found that the types of facilities are diverse, and quantitative expansion is being implemented through the use of idle facilities, living SOC complex, and the use of common space for apartment houses.