ABSTRACT
The Daejeon Urban Renaissance [DJURe) zone in South Korea, covering an area of 0.89km2, suffers from classic doughnut or inverted concentric zone complex. Daejeon Old City District, once the thriving heart of the city, has since been overtaken by surrounding towns assimilated into Daejeon by the Government in 1990. The DJURe area is currently cluttered with single-storey detached commercial, industrial and residential buildings that have fallen into disrepair and are fenced in by four and six-lane highways. Businesses and homes have migrated to newer suburbs outside the Old Town with superior infrastructure and flourishing communities.
