October 27, 2025LandOpen Access

Institutional Shifts in Urban Park Management Policies: A Policy Arrangement Approach to Apartment Construction in Korean Parks

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This analysis reveals the impact of governance structures on park management and community participation in urban planning policies in South Korea.

Urban parks are increasingly compromised by policies favoring private capital, sidelining community participation.
Private capital initiatives have reshaped governance structures while pushing legal definitions of public spaces to the brink.
Policy Arrangement Approach sheds light on historical shifts in urban park management from authoritarian to neoliberal governance.
Findings highlight urgent needs for ecological integrity and community voices in discussions of environmental governance.

Oh et al. (2025) studied this question.

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This analysis reveals the impact of governance structures on park management and community participation in urban planning policies in South Korea.