Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of urban decline on Subjective Well-being(SWB). According to the scale of the city, the municipal districts of Korea are classified into metropolitan cities, middle cities, and small cities. The SWB in the growth area, the maintenance area, and the declining area according to the degree of relative decline of each city group was examined. In addition, in order to consider the complex nature of urban decline, SWB was divided into overall life satisfaction, household income satisfaction, and housing environment satisfaction. Panel models were also used to identify the dynamic relationship between the progress of urban decay and the change in SWB. The empirical analysis of this study examined the effect of decline on the SWB for the local residents. As a result, it was confirmed that the effect of urban decline on the SWB of the residents varies according to the size of the city where the individual resides, according th the SWB by the division. In the case of metropolitan inhabitants, the decline of the housing environment of the residents due to deterioration of the physical environment was confirmed as a result of the decline of the city, but the overall life satisfaction was increased due to the decrease of the social costs such as congestion in an overcrowded area. On the contrary, in the case of the residents of the small cities, it is confirmed that the decline of the city reduces the overall life satisfaction, household income satisfaction, and housing environment satisfaction.
본 연구는 도시쇠퇴가 주민의 주관적 삶의 만족감에 미치는 영향을 실증하였다. 실증분석을 위하여 우리나라 도시들을 규모별로 분류하고, 각각의 도시규모별 쇠퇴정도에 따른 전반적 생활만족감, 가족의 수입만족감, 주거환경 만족감으로 구분하여 살펴보았다. 도시쇠퇴의 진행과 삶의 만족감 변화의 동태적 관계를 규명하기 위하여 한국노동패널(KLIPS) 자료를 사용하여 고정효과모형(Fixed effect model)을 사용하였다. 분석결과 도시쇠퇴가 주민의 삶의 만족감에 미치는 영향은 거주하는 도시의 규모에 따라, 부문별 삶의 만족감에 따라 각기 다르게 나타나고 있다. 대도시 주민의 경우 도시쇠퇴가 진행됨에 따라 주거환경 만족감은 감소하나, 과밀 해소로 인한 사회적비용의 감소로 전반적 생활만족감은 증가하였다. 이와 달리 소도시 주민의 경우에는 도시의 쇠퇴가 전반적 삶의 만족감, 가족의 수입만족감, 주거환경만족감을 모두 감소시키는 것으로 확인되었다.