Korea has led the shipbuilding industry in the world, after European countries had led in the 1950s~1960s and Japan had led in the 1970s~1990s. However, China has increased the capability of shipbuilding recently threatening to Korean shipbuilding industry. If the shipbuilding industry in Korea is declined by China, the City of Geoje which is the major city of shipbuilding industry in Korea will get serious influences to all aspects of urban life. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the urban regeneration to the regions of shipbuilding industry for the better quality of life and quality of environment in the City of Geoje.
Urban regeneration is the management for revitalization that not just includes physical and economic measures but also involves cultural and social aspects. Hence, the aim of this study is to find out the directions of urban regeneration and to investigate the applicable regeneration techniques for the City of Geoje.
The methodologies for this study are as follows:
First, literature review and theories of the urban regeneration are examined. Second, this research conducted with the case study of the urban regeneration for similar cases of cities in the world. Third, the study investigated the directions of urban regeneration and important factors of each direction by the survey of experts.
The results of this study showed that the direction of urban regeneration of City of Geoje at the location of shipbuilding industry revealed as a resort area development focusing on park and marina. For the physical urban regeneration, decrepitude improvement shown as the most important factor. For the economic urban regeneration, employment acceleration was the most important factor and public services activation revealed the most important factor as social urban regeneration. Furthermore, cultural area activation shown the most important factor for the cultural urban regeneration and nature-friendly factor was the most important factor for the ecological urban regeneration.