현재 독일 함부르크에서 공사 중에 있는 하펜시티는 수변공간 개발을 통한 도시재생 사업 중 모범적인 사례로 평가받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 하펜시티가 21세기형 도시를 지향하고 있음을 밝힐 것이다. 이는 도시인구의 교외이동으로 인한 도심의 공동화 현상을 치유하고 극복하는 방안으로서의 재도시화 현상과 맞물려 있다. 따라서 하펜시티 프로젝트의 현황과 특징을 살펴보기에 앞서 유럽의 해항도시에서 도시공동화를 불러일으킨 원인과 그 극복방안으로서의 재도시화 현상에 대해 먼저 살펴볼 것이다. 함부르크 하펜시티가 지향하는 새로운 도시성, 그리고 전통과 창조의 결합을 통한 문화적 가치들이 하펜시티 프로젝트에 어떻게 구체적으로 추구되고 있는지를 살펴보고 소개함으로써 북항 재개발 사업이 개선되어 올바른 방향으로 나아가길 바라기 때문이다

Waterfront redevelopment is an element in the process of inner-city regeneration now widespread in many ports of the world. Academic interest in the processes involved has yielded a literature biased towards specific locations rather than towards the analysis of processes and issues. The redevelopment of urban waterfronts does not, of course, occur exclusively in port cities but is found as a continuous process in most places where settlement and water are juxtaposed, whether or not commercial port activity is or was present. Port cities, however, as a result of the concentration and juxtaposition of urban and maritime influences, generally present the major issues involved in waterfront redevelopment most clearly. In this context, the general aim is to explore Korean dimensions of waterfront redevelopment in a range of port cities in a context of inner-urban renewal; and a specific objective is to examine the views of decision-makers in Korean port cities on the processes involved by a questionnaire method. The focus is on comparative strategies, and in particular upon the factors affecting the balance between social goals and commercial interests. To test the response of four categories of decision-makers in Korean port cities on a number of issues perceived as underpinning the processes involved in waterfront redevelopment, four catergories of respondents-port authority representatives(PO), urban planners(UP), port specialists(PS) and city-government official(GO)-were asked to fill in a questionnaire form. In three out of ten cases, the overall result broadly confirmed the a priori expectation; in six cases the confirmation was partial; and in one other the view of respondent was generally contrary to those anticipated. In many, but by no means all, cases there was substantial agreement between the four categories of respondents, but the range of scores was generally much wider than expected.