Table 1.
Changes in the types of urban parks

1940 1962 1967 1980 1993 2005 2013 2016 2019
Urban Planning Act (시가지계획령) Urban Planning Act (도시계획법) Park Act (공원법) Urban Park Act (도시공원법) Act on Urban Parks, Green Areas, etc 도시공원및녹지등에관한법(공원녹지법)
National urban parks (국가도시공원)
Grand parks (대공원) Natural parks (자연) Grand park (대공원) Natural parks (자연공원) Urban nature parks (도시자연공원) Urban nature park zone (도시자연공원구역)
Exercise parks (운동)
Common parks(보통) Common Parks(보통공원) Neighborhood parks Metropolitan area Living-zone Parks (생활권공원) Neighborhood parks (근린공원) Metropolitan area(광역권)
Small parks (소공원) Neighborhood parks(근린) Neighborhood park (근린공원) Urban area Urban area(도시지역권)
Walking distance Walking distance(도보권)
Neighborhood living area Neighborhood living area(근린생활권)
Children’s park(아동) Children’s park (아동공원) Children’s park (어린이공원) Small parks(소공원)
Park(유아) Children’s park(어린이공원)
Other parks (준공원) Parkway (도로) Parkway Theme parks (주제공원) Historical parks(역사공원)
Steert garden (가원) Cultural parks(문화공원)
Waterside parks(수변공원)
Sport parks Sport parks(체육공원)
Cemetery parks(묘지공원) Cemetery parks(묘지공원)
Urban agricultural parks(도시농업공원)
Disaster prevention park(방재공원)
Other parks(기타공원)
Seoul Ecological parks(생태공원), play parks(놀이공원)
Street parks(가로공원)
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