SPATIAL PATTERNS OF ETHNIC GROUPS IN KOREATOWNUP206a

Urban Planning

Seung Chul Song

Koreatown in the City of Los Angeles has been a meaningful place for Korean immigrants and visitors from Korea. It is the largest Korean Community outside of Korea.

The demography of Koreatown is changing. According to SCAG Region: Compass Blueprint Case Study, Koreatown is home to concentrations of ethnicities other than Korean Americans, including Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Bangladeshian and other Asian Americans.

KOREATOWN, LITTLE BANGLADESH GET ACTURAL BORDERS

MAPPING PLAN

Phase I: Identify boundary of Koreatown

Identify ethnicity in Koreatown

Analyze the spatial patterns for different users groups

Phase 2: Identify open space in Korea town

Identify transportation mode as a way to connect open space

Conclusion

The percentages of Asian and Latino people are high for the county.Highly diverse for the city of Los Angeles and highly diverse for the county

Ethnicity

Asian Hispanic

Space use by Ethnicity

There is a relationship between Zoning and spatial pattern of Ethnic groups.

Hispanics live northeast of the major commercial area (map on the left) but few individuals live near the commercial area (refer to ethnicity map).

Therefore, we can conclude that the commercial area is Korean dominated.

Zoning map and Ethnicity

Spatial Pattern

•Korean Restaurants•Mexican Restaurants•Bangladesh Facilities

Buffer Zones

WHERE IS A OPPORTUNITY SPOT FOR ETHNIC FEST?

Currently, Open spaces are on the edge of Koreatown. There is no space where different ethnic groups can celebrate together .Thus it is likely to be used by certain ethnic group.

PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION USERS

It is necessary to change routes of existing public transportation or implement new transportation system

SUGGESTION –FIXED GUIDE RAIL SYSTEM

New transportation can be a circulative loop that connects cultural centers of each ethnicity.

POTENTIAL ROUTE FOR NEW TRANSPORTATION

FINDINGS The boundary defined by census does not match with actual

spatial use in Koreatown. Each ethnic group forms its own spatial boundary and tends to

gather around space associated with each culture.

CONCLUSION There is no central open space where different ethnic groups can

celebrate together. It is required to change current public transportation routes or

implement new system in order to make closed loop for each community centers.

GIS SKILLS USED TO CREATE LAYOUTS Inset map(p5) Point or line graduate symbol(p6,8,9,10,11) Aggregating attribute fields(p7) Attribute sub-sets selections(p6,p13) Boundary sub-sets selections(p6) Buffering(p11) Geo-processing(p6) Geo-coding(p10) Spatial Analyst(p13) Network Analyst(p15)