국토지리학회지 ISSN:1225-3766(Print) THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL OF KOREA

The green belt areas in Gyeonggi province were designated in one city, five counties, and 73 lis, and as of December 2019, they reached 21 cities and counties. Among the green belt areas located in 21 cities and counties in Gyeonggi province, Goyang city and Namyangju city have the largest number of cancellations followed by Uiwang city and Hanam city, and Suwon city show the smallest number of cancellations of green belt areas. This paper aims to compare and analyze the reasons to be released from and how to use those green belt areas in five regions. First, among the five cities in Gyeonggi province, Goyang city and Namyangju city have the cancellation cases of 24 and 23 respectively, reaching 47 cases or 65.3% out of total 72 cases in Gyeonggi province. This is way above what three cities Suwon city, Uiwang city, and Hanam city are combined, 34.7% or 25 cases, which seems to have been steadily lifted. The reasons of the cancellation were the highest rate of 34.7% in 25 cases out of 72 cases with the prior cancellation of collective settlement, followed by 21.2% in 21 cases of cancellation related to housing sites or public housing development zones. Next, the number of cancellations related to small-scale disconnected land and border penetration sites was 12 cases, accounting for 16.7%. Looking at the five case areas, it is found that the most cancellations were made for the purpose of developing residential and public housing sites or prior cancellation of collective settlement.