Increasingly, cities are adopting urban greening strategies to enhance the quality of citizens’ life and contribute to the city’s attractiveness and vitality. While there have been many discussions about the environmental, social and economic benefits of urban greening, little attention has been paid to the concerns for social inclusiveness. Specifically, urban greening projects often involve displacement and exclusion of the existing, typically lower-income communities resulting from site clearance or gentrification. Using a case study of the Cheonggye Stream Restoration Project, this study explores the issues surrounding the displacement and relocation of small businesses in the area. It examines the ways in which the Seoul city government has dealt with such issues and the impacts on the affected Cheonggye merchants. This study evaluates the case and addresses the vital role of the socially balanced and inclusive perspective obscured in current urban greening projects.

越来越多的城市正在采用城市绿化战略，以提高市民的生活质量，并为城市的吸引力和活力做出贡献。尽管关于城市绿化的环境、社会和经济效益的讨论很多，但很少有人关注社会包容性问题。具体而言，城市绿化项目通常涉及因场地清理或高档化而导致现有的、通常是低收入社区的流离失所和排斥。本研究以清溪川修复工程为例，探讨了该地区小企业迁移和搬迁的相关问题。它审查了首尔市政府处理此类问题的方式以及对受影响的清溪商人的影响。