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In this study, an empirical study was conducted based on the exploratory analysis on the consumer visit & preference factors of local food specialized retail store in Daejeon, Sungsimdang. In this period where many businesses are complaining of difficulties due to the changes in the external environment and expansion of the influence by large companies and franchise stores, Daejeon Sungsimdang has secured immunity on the commercial supremacy based on the spirit of entrepreneurship, and is providing the clue for activation of the commercial area. While listening to the opinion of consumers that Sungsimdang is coexisting with the consumers in the region for long period of time to become their pride, an analysis was performed on the preference factors by the consumers that Sungsimdang has. The result of empirical analysis showed that the visit & preference factors of Sungsimdang were reliability, taste, originality, locality, reputation and morality. The success of urban regeneration lies in inflow of population and businesses. With respect to activating the original downtown of Daejeon, the commercial facilities utilizing the local foods having locality have their unique placeness for long period of time that has been enabled with continuous revisit by consumers to show powerful consumer attraction nationwide, and is showing the possibility of activating the commercial area. This contributes to activating the original downtown and on urban regeneration, and the implication of this study is on the empirical analysis performed on the consumer attraction factors of commercial facilities that have an influence on the urban image.

The purpose of this study is to suggest a policy direction to promote youth policy governance. This research analyzed youth policy governance focused on Gwangju Metropolitan City by using Social Network Analysis. Based on the results of the study, the problems of youth policy governance are as follows. First, governance exist in only the most rudimentary form. Second, there are pendant nodes and isolated nodes. Third, youth committee lacked both internal and external interaction. Fourth, Youth Committee is not located at the center of policy network. The approaches are needed to solve the problems of youth policy governance. First, policy decision makers should participate in formal meetings. Second, information and resources related to governance should be shared. Third, youth committee should activate group meetings. Fourth, joint projects are pushed to strengthen youth committee’s network. Fifth, youth committee should create an online communication platform. This study is significant in that it is the first paper to analyze the network structure of youth policy governance. It will be used as basic data for activating youth policy governance and will help to enhance the effectiveness of youth policy governance.

The purpose of this study is to develop and adjust the age-friendly city checklist which is applicable to four boroughs in Seoul. The review indexes of the checklist were modified by the eligibility of the age friendly city and the data availability for the four boroughs of the national statistics. The final review indexes are 19 which are 7 indexes for external environment and buildings, 6 for transportation and 6 for housing facilities. Seocho-gu and Songpa-gu were predominant in 3 categories mostly but Gangdong-gu was superior to Gangnam-gu in pedestrian sound signal and urban park spaces. Second, in the transportation aspects, most of Gangdong-gu and Gangnam-gu are ranked high. However, Gangnam-gu was higher than the other three boroughs. Third, in the housing categories, Gangdonggu, Gangnamgu and Seochogu are ranked high in 3 categories mostly, but Gangnamgu showed the lowest value in the home ownership proportion item. The results of the study are expected to contribute to urban management data analysis to prepare for various demands of the aging society in which the elderly population is continuously increasing.

This study aims to compare between approximating land price and public appraisal price, and to analyze the differences between them. The results are as followings: First, the accuracy of approximating land price did not reach 60%, which means the survey is operated negatively on the projects. Second, the unaccuracy derived from approximate land price assessment is not based on any real survey longer. Third, the approximate land price assessment should not depend on the building conditions. For examples, lands which have new building were evaluated high, and lands which have old buildings were estimated low. It indicates that approximate land price assessment is not reliable. So the approximate land price assessment should be done under the least real survey and consider the land use.

The following are the factors affecting investment decisions of private investors in the neighborhood renewable urban renewal project related to the government 's urban renewal policy. First, the head of local autonomous governments plays a key role in the policy process of local autonomous entities, and its influence and authority are greatly increased. The results of the empirical analysis show that the leadership of the local governments has the greatest influence on the investment decisions of the private investors in the urban renewal business. Therefore, for the success of the urban regeneration project, local governments should strengthen their ability to manage their organizations, capture business opportunities, and deliver their vision to their employees. Second, profitability affects the investment decisions of private investors in urban renewal projects. The profitability of the real estate that investors perceive is more crucial to the investment decision than the risk perception. Finally, it was confirmed that the accessibility, commercial area, natural environment and residential convenience related to the property of the real estate do not affect investment decisions of private investors. This can be attributed to the fact that many limitations and problems in the process of improving accessibility, revitalizing commercial areas, improving infrastructures, and improving the natural environment and residence comfortability in a declining city can dilute the business feasibility.