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The Distribution and Characteristics of Use of Urban Farms - A Case Study of the Siji Region in Daegu Metropolitan City -

도시텃밭의 분포 및 이용 특성 - 대구광역시 시지지역을 사례로 -

  • Received : 2013.11.25
  • Accepted : 2014.10.20
  • Published : 2014.12.31

Abstract

Within the urban area, over the past decades unused land and public land such as streams and road sides have given urban residents a space for farming (urban farms). However, because this use is illegal, farming in unused and public lands could cause conflicts between urban farm users and land owners, degrade the quality of the urban landscape and contaminate the environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to provide a way of legalizing these farming practices that have been cultivated in unused urban areas and public lands. This study analyzed the status of distribution and use of the urban farms that have been scattered around urban areas in many different forms. The survey was conducted through on-the-spot investigation and in-person interviews with farm users and those who were operating weekend farms in the Siji region of Daegu Metropolitan City. According to the results of this study, urban farms were mainly found in green areas that were easily accessible from residential districts and prohibited from development. It was also revealed that the nearer to the border of the residential districts the sites of urban farms were, the larger the number of urban farms was. When it comes to the type of land use, although the proportion of urban farms located in farmlands was very high, the proportion of those located on state-owned lands such as roads, railroads and streams was also high, over 1/3 of that of the former sites. Among the users of urban farms, the percentage of users who were farming private-owned land for free was highest and that of state-owned land without permission ranked second. Most people who were farming unused lands or state-owned lands without permission, such as streams, roads, railroads, were the elderly. This shows the potential of farms in urban area as leisure activities spaces for the elderly. Even though this study has limitations in that the survey target area was selected in a certain area and the sizes of all urban farms were not measured by surveying apparatus and instruments, it helps to determine the characteristics of use and distribution associated with the spaces of urban farming, and to raise the importance and necessity of legalizing urban farms cultivated illegally in public land.

도시 내 유휴지 및 하천, 도로변과 같은 공공시설부지는 오랫동안 도시민에게 도시농업 공간(텃밭)을 제공해 왔다. 그러나 유휴지와 공공시설부지에서 이루어지는 대부분의 경작은 불법이어서 텃밭 이용자와 토지소유자 그리고 공공시설 관리자간의 갈등을 유발하고, 도시경관의 질 저하, 환경오염, 공공시설물 훼손 등의 문제를 야기하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 도시 내 공공시설부지 등에서 무단으로 경작되는 도시농업을 양성화할 수 있는 방안 제시를 목적으로 도시지역에 다양한 형태로 산재한 텃밭의 분포 및 이용 실태를 조사 분석하였다. 조사는 대구광역시 시지지역을 사례지로 선정하여 현장 조사, 텃밭 이용자 및 주말농장 운영기관 담당자와의 면담을 통해 이루어졌다. 연구 결과, 도시텃밭은 접근이 쉬운 주택가 인근의 개발이 제한된 녹지지역에 주로 분포했으며, 주거지에 인접할수록 텃밭의 분포수가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 토지이용 유형별로는 농경지에 분포하는 텃밭의 비율이 월등히 높았으나, 도로, 하천 등 공공시설부지에 분포하는 비율도 농경지의 3분의 1을 상회하였다. 텃밭을 경작하는 사람들 중 개인 소유 토지를 무임 경작하는 사람들의 비율이 가장 높았고, 국 공유지 무단경작 비율이 다음으로 높았다. 도시 내 유휴지와 하천, 도로, 철도 등 공공시설이 위치하는 국 공유지를 텃밭으로 무임, 무단 경작하는 사람들 대부분은 노인으로 나타나, 노인 여가 공간으로서의 도시텃밭의 잠재력을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 조사대상지가 특정 지역에 국한된 점, 텃밭의 규모를 실측하지 못한 점 등의 한계가 있으나, 도시텃밭의 분포 및 이용 특성을 파악하여 불법으로 경작되는 도시농업의 양성화 및 제도적 수용 필요성을 제기했다는 데, 그 의의가 있다고 생각된다.

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