The new challenge of urban and architectural design for sustainable development

Abstract

This paper introduces the concept of sustainability to propose a Korean-style green-growth city where human beings can coexist with the environment. The sustainable city requires new approach models as the suburban-district development model, such as the garden city, is considered eco-friendly but reveals duplicity due to its damaging greenbelt land. This paper thus proposes a new model for Korean-style green growth through the integrated concepts of the compact city, smart growth, and sustainability. The Korean-type green-growth city can become a solution to the climate change issue, thanks to its bilateral balance between city development and environment protection. The city can be developed to become the nation's new growth driver through the cultivation of green industries, and is believed to have the potential to improve the quality of life of the city people through the construction of sustainable regional communities across the econo-enviro-cultural fields.

Keywords:

• sustainability
• quality of life
• smart growth
• green growth
• city competitiveness