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Ocean cities usually develop a large amount of industrial traffic around their harbors that eventually declines due to changes in the structure of the industry. Pohang, a city that has grown with the growth of the industrial costal area, is now redeveloping its disused inner harbor into a promising urban place. As such, this study aimed to suggest an approach for redesigning the inner harbor by considering the characteristics of the local urban structure and location and by comparatively analyzing the locational features of inner harbors in various cities to those of Pohang. As a result of these analyses, Pohang’s inner harbor area was found to have high level of potential to grow as a central site that could influence the whole city and connect the city and the ocean. However, spatial isolation caused by the poor structure of the city’s streets and the harbor’s lack of proximity to main urban functions due to inland-oriented, ocean-exclusive developments was also evident. The inner harbor must be considered a maritime area that is connected to the surrounding city rather than an isolated, disused harbor. The scope of planning should be expanded to connect the inner harbor to the city in terms of both form and function. In addition, a long-term planning strategy should to be used to transform the inner harbor into a center that can progress the city’s maritime culture.