Several types of the pavements in Korea

⚠ Warning : I'm not good at English

If I could define a pave road in Korea, 

I want to say it is temporary and easy to construct.

I think, the one of the most effective way to change 

an entire image of city is a pavement.

Although city governments are taking care of pavements, 

it's little inefficient and not sustainable. 

For all those reasons, 

those pavements that they tried to 

change aren't in good condition now.

Now I show several types of the pavements.

*From: http://azureluv.tistory.com/

This is the pavement of Dongseongno of Daegu.

it almost consists of reddish bricks 

and there is uneven grayish stones sideways.

its condition isn't bad 

because that street is for pedestrians.

This method is vulnerable to cars.

And I think if those bricks were more darker,

 it looks cleaner than now.

 Here is Seomyeon in Busan.

As you see, 

the grayish pavement isn't in good condition.

This style of the pavement that is gray, a grid brick pattern 

and no bounded between a car and 

a pedestrian is the mainstream in Korea.

The two of alleys is in so poor condition.

It will be much better than now 

if the alley in the first picture is improved and 

fixed but the other alley which is

 in the bottom picture is still attractive.

 I mean the bottom alley matches with 

that place in that's own way.

It's the center of Ulsan's downtown.

A patter with black and white spots is matched 

with vivid signs and grayish buildings and 

I felt that pavement looked cleaner than 

other city's pavements when I saw that. 

I just guess that reason 

why I felt like that is that pattern.

But if this style of the pavement use into the alley 

that is in above pictures, 

it should be horrible and not match with that place.

This is a street in JeonJu hanok village.

That stone pavement is in harmony with 

that area very well.

If that pavement was concrete,

 it never got like this landscape.

 *From: ohmynews

You could think, 

I miswrote two words but not.

Seoul government has changed 

that pavement like the left picture.

I think someone who is seeing that picture

 is the same mind with me.

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Lastly

Now you have seen sever type of the pavements in Korea 

like concrete, stone, grid or black and white patterns, cement and asphalt.

I think the best way to pave is the way of stone like JeonJu Hanok village's pavement.

the most  basic reasons why I think like that are that the stone pave is strong at contamination and damage from cars and sustainable.

it was made in 1971,

 but it is still working well and in good condition.