Development of general purpose model for park and green space management system in South Korea

Urban parks and green spaces are managed by local authorities, and 8 local authorities are utilizing the park and green space management system in Korea. However, in each local government, park and green space data, system components, main function, and tasks were established in different forms and their utilization was also very low. In this context, this study suggests a general-purpose model of the park and green space management system that can be used commonly by local governments for park and green space management. Based on the requirements that the GIS (geographic information system) should be used for continuous management in the “park and green space master plan guideline”, and the creation of an urban park inventory in the “act on urban parks, green areas, etc.”, we proposed a general-purpose model that builds GIS—based spatial information. We expect that local governments can reduce time and cost of introducing the park and green space management system, and the central government will be able to collect data and statistics on national park and green space, and establish data-based policies. © 2017, Korean Spatial Information Society.