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To promote healthy development of a city and to sustain desired urban growth, it is very important to determine the precise mechanisms of land use which can be altered by various factors. Also crucial is a detailed understanding of the land use, the relevant configuration factors, the land use patterns, and the characteristics of the downtown areas. Daejeon Metropolitan City has experienced the transformation of urban structure including changes in functional distribution of its urban space due to large new town development since the 1980s. This paper analyzes the process of new town formation, particularly oriented by large-scale new town development run by the government, and identifies the characteristics of each central district, their interconnection, and the differences among them. Then, the characteristics and differences are analyzed by comparing the land uses between the existing and new central districts.