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Effects of Neighborhood Environment on Residents' Subjective Health -A Case study of Changwon

지역주민들의 주관적 건강수준에 영향을 미치는 근린환경요인 분석 -창원시를 대상으로

  • Lee, Kyunghwan (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University)
  • 이경환 (공주대학교 건설환경공학부 도시.교통전공)
  • Received : 2013.07.01
  • Accepted : 2013.08.07
  • Published : 2013.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze neighborhood environment that have influence on residents' subjective health in Changwon. In the study, neighborhood's socio-economic environment, landuse, bicycle use environment and other personal socio-demographic variables were used as explanatory variables, and a statistical analysis was carried out by applying multi-level analysis. Analysis shows that a high level of business density lowers the residents' health, and a high level of quality of bicycle facilities, safety of bicycle use and accessibility to main facilities have a positive effect on residents' health. Therefore, bicycle-friendly neighborhood will improve the residents' health, quality of bicycle facilities, safety of bicycle use and accessibility to main facilities should be used for planning factors to make a healthy neighborhood.

본 연구는 창원시를 대상으로 지역주민들의 주관적 건강수준에 영향을 미치는 근린환경요인을 분석하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 개인의 사회경제적 속성과 함께 근린환경을 사회경제적 특성, 토지이용 특성, 자전거 이용환경으로 구분하고 다수준분석을 이용하여 지역주민들의 주관적 건강수준에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 분석결과 사업체밀도가 높을수록 지역주민들의 건강수준이 낮게 나타났으며 자전거 이용환경 중에서는 자전거 편의시설의 질, 자전거 이용시 안전성, 주요시설의 접근성이 지역주민들의 건강수준에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 향후 건강한 근린환경 조성을 위한 계획을 수립하는데 있어 자전거이용을 고려한 근린환경조성이 필요하다고 생각되며 특히 자전거 편의시설, 자전거 이용시 안전성, 주요시설의 접근성 등을 고려하여 관련 계획을 수립할 필요가 있다.

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