Nature is suffering from natural disaster such as pollution and unusual weather due to rapid industralization and city development. Also, our lives our threatened by such nature. On the other hand, the necessity of new technology and effort to overcome such natural disasters is increasing. It is common sense that all living creature including human come from nature and go back to it. Above all, I raise the question to us humans of how to overcome and preserve such nature and how we can live a future-oriented life.
Our ancestors adapted to nature and appropriately utilized nature. Thus, they tried to promote human's welfare by balancing and harmonizing with nature. The answer to thus can be found in the idea of topography.
Idea of topography is one of the theory with long history and tradition in Korea. Geomancy, as it can be inferred from the lettering wind, water and logic is the pure structure of nature. Ancestors commonly applied idea of topography when enforcing national policy and private space such as dwelling.
However, considering geometric geography being closely related with our daily lives and being an empirical science that is drawn from comprehensive theory combined of natural science and real life experiences, it exists in many different theories which makes it hard to approach and thus, people have the tendency of having difficulty in understand it. In fact, by being less scientific than others and that experts can view it differently, geometric geography had been somewhat neglected up to now.
By understanding the basic conditions for being a great location such as Yin-Yang and the Five Elements theory and sympathized relation which are the basic ground for idea of topography and the mountain, water and traits of nearby mountains which determines the condition of great location, geometric geography can be a big help in choosing the right place.
The trend of past geomancy research related with urban location or property has mostly interpreted existing city or traditional city. However, nowadays studies are presenting conclusions that quantify the geomancy and it seems to become a practical study in the future. Thus, in order for goemancy to become a practical study it needs to come off from the traditional analyzing of the location and would need to contribute in housing and land development and urban location and property development. In order for this to happen, the applied location needs to be defined and interpreted in geomancy and field based study research that can actually make suggestions would be needed.
The study for this thesis would fist discuss about the theory of traditional idea of topography and after interpreting and applying in geomancy approach about the main regional characteristic and structure of Busan as a detailed research theme about the analysis of modern urban property, the fact that regions that had good location condition geographically or environmentally in geomancy can have a big influence in development from city planning and urban growth.
In conclusion, with these facts not only can we live a harmonized and pleasant life along with nature in urban development and living in the future but also it would lead us to developing into an eco-friendly urban life.