조선 전기 도시 토지이용 정책의 가치

Abstract

This study discusses whether there existed some germ of modernist urban planning in the medieval Korea as analyzing land use policies of Seoul in the former term of the Joseon Dynasty. This study finds that there were some traces of modern land use ideas such as safety, property ownership, and convenience in that era. However, this paper, in the land use policies, identifies the existence of some pre-modern values such as royal authority, mercy to the people, and regulation of mansion size in addition to the modern values. This study finds that the pre-modern values rather overwhelmed the modern ideas in that era. It suggests that there was little rational urban planning in the medieval Korea. One of the most crucial issues in urban planning in the former term of the Joseon Dynasty was the confrontation between regal power and retainers' authority. In conclusion, what the latter overpowered the former impeded the progress of modern urban planning in the Joseon Dynasty.