Table 4.
In the late 1960s, a step-by-step change in the area of urban planning park to apply to the expanded administrative boundary of Seoul(area unit: 1,000m2)

1968. Master plan of planing parks* 1969. Proposal report of planning parks (a+b)** 1971. Notification as deciding new urban planning parks***
(a) Change to existing parks (b) New parks
Place Area Place Area Place Area Variation Place Area Place Area
Natural park 2 70,790 10 68,958 28(19) 42,913 (-3,786) 10 68,958 9 59,890
Common park 42 66,497 56 66,862 28 23,949 26 22,371
Neighborhood park 76 12,448 64 7,232 19(5) 2,252 (-148) 45 4,980 40 4,064
Children’s park 398 1,200 79 265 79(14) 265 (-71)
Parkway 2 751 9 1,433 8(5) 1,069 (-198) 1 364 1 420
Cemetery park 6 5,216 6 4,411 3(0) 1,303 (0) 3 3,108 2,589
Special park 6 1,301
Exercise park 9 5,801 3 3,810 2(0) 3,307 (0) 1 503
Recreation park 9 7,305 10 6,936 3(0) 1,437 (0) 7 5,499 3 886
Protective green belt 7 35,211
Etc. 10 1,171
Total 557 206,522 237 159,966 142(44) 52,603 (-4,165) 95 107,363 89 91,391
Source: Seoul, 1968: 214.
August 7, 1969. Official Document of Seoul [서울특별시, “도시계획공원녹지 기본계획,” 계획 415-3039].
August 7, 1971. Public notice of the Ministry of Construction, No. 465. (However, changes to existing parks were not included in this notice.).