A study on the planning process of sport & leisure complex for healthy community and residents: A case of Ballymun, Ireland

Recently, the importance of social sports center is being emphasized, because it is centripetal space which can generate holistic health of citizens and residents. In an urban regeneration process, especially, there is a point that the social sports center supports residents' health in a daily living zone. The purpose of this research is to examine the process to promote holistic health of community and residents, and to analyze the research techniques used in the process of developing sport & leisure complex for holistic community regeneration. As a research method, content analysis of an archival record of several reports which recorded the whole process of the development. Consequently, each planning process of sport & leisure center in Ballymun was analyzed and considered in the view of holistic health, and the demand of end-user residents could be identified by using semi-professional residents in the community. As a result, the center as a central place to promote health & the process to increase the functional adequacy of the center were recognized.