Issues of Metropolitan Planning and Management Were Discussed at International Conference
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December 2000, Vol.14 ISSUES OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT WERE DISCUSSED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE International Conference on Metropolitan Planning At the presentation on September 29, Young- and Management was held on September 29 to 30 at the Hwan, Jin and Dong-Ju, Kim of KRIHS introduced Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry in the joint the details of Metropolitan Plan for 2020 for six auspices of KRIHS, the Korean Regional Science Asso- metropolitan areas with green belts in Korea. The ciation and the Graduate School of Environmental Stud- objective of the Metropolitan Plan for 2020 lies in ies of Seoul National University. restructuring the green belts - Restricted Develop- The conference was held timely as the Korean gov- ment Zones (RDZ) - that have been strictly controlled ernment, according to the urban planning law renewed for the last 30 years. The restructuring of the RDZ is this year, is working on the demarcation and planning examined through metropolitan planning in addition of metropolitan areas adopting a metropolitan planning to environment assessment. With the Metropolitan system for the first time. Furthermore, the matter of Plan for 2020, urban problems arising from adjusting green belts that have been kept intact for the metropolitan growth as well as restructuring green past 30 years is considered at the level of metropolitan belts are expected to be dealt with more efficiently at planning. Metropolitan planning and management are both environmental and planning perspectives. expected to help alleviate urban problems like traffic As foreign experiences in metropolitan planning and jam, pollution, housing and short supply of infrastruc- management and in green belts policy, Robert Pirani, ture facing the big cities throughout the world accord- director of Regional Plan Association of New York ing to the extension of metropolitan areas and attain a introduced regional plans for the New York Metropoli- more comfortable urban environment. tan Area stretching over 3 states of New York, New Jer- Status of six Metropolitan Areas(1998) Seoul Busan Daegu Gwangju Daejeon Ma Chang Metro. Metro. Metro. Metro. Metro. Jin Metro. Area Area Area Area Area Area Population 21,900 4,340 3,110 1,660 2,580 1,460 (thousand) Area Total 11,754 1,708 4,978 2,995 5,112 1,614 2 (km ) RDZ 1,518.7 552.7 545.5 554.8 437.2 314.2 Seoul, Daegu, and Gwangju and Daejeon, 5 cities Masan, Busan, Incheon, and 7 cities and 5 cities and and counties in Changwon, Municipalities Yangsan, 31 cities and counties in counties in Chungnam-do, Jinhae, Included and Gimhae counties in Gyeongsang- Jeollanam-do and 4 in Gimhae, cities Gyeonggi-do buk-do Chungbuk-do Haman Note) In the Daejeon Metropolitan Area, Chungju City and surrounding areas may be treated as a separate Metropolitan Area by the deci- sion of Central Urban Planning Committee in Korea 2 sey and Conneticut. In addition, he also told about the sion in Portland, Oregon. Martin Simmons, head of 3Es, basic principles of plan- development and transport strat- ning: economy, environment and Location of Six Metropolitan egy and chief planner of Greater equity. Elizabeth Mclaren, assis- Planning Areas in Korea London Authority Transition tant deputy minister of Munici- introduced the directions of the pal Affairs and Housing spoke Greater London urban planning of the administering system in and changes in managerial the Greater Toronto Area. Tat- ■ organs. According to him, the suo Ito, president of Nagoya Seoul Metro Area Greater London Authority given Sangyo University of Japan, a full authority implements the introduced the planning and ■ relevant policies to realize the management system in the Daejon Metro Area strategic objectives of the ■ Tokyo Metropolitan Area focus- Daegu Metro Area metropolitan area planning also ing on green belt policies. David sharing functions with municipal- ■ Bragdon, the presiding officer of Kwangju Metro Area ■ ities which provide basic services Pusan Metro Council in Portland illus- ■ to the residents. A workshop on Ma-Chang-Jin Metro Area trated the preservation of farm- Metro Area the Capital Region Metropolitan ing land and forestry and mea- Planning in Korea followed on sures to prevent the urban expan- September 30. THE JOINT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE CHUNGCHEONG CIRCLE IN PROGRESS he Daejeon Metropolitan City and the Chung- Chungcheong Province and North Chungcheong Tcheong Circle administrative council commis- Province. The program can be characterized as a sioned KRIHS to carry out a research on the joint regional collaborative plan that was established by development program for the Chungcheong Circle in local governments autonomously and, in particular, is July 1999. The research aimed at devising appropriate meaningful in that it incorporated the 4th national com- measures to materialize the cooperation and assistance prehensive territorial plan. between the Daejeon Metropolitan City, South The program spans the three regions of the Daejeon Metropolitan City, South The Location of Chungcheng Circle Chungcheong Province and North Chungcheong Province and will be completed by the year of 2020. In the Gangwan Province program, policies for regional collabo- Gyeonggi Province ration and joint development were worked out confined in three areas of industry, transportation and tourism as detailed in the below with the objective North Chungcheong Province of developing the Chungcheong Circle South Chungcheong into a stronghold of national develop- Province ment in the 21st century. To achieve North Gyeongsang this objective, the Chungcheong Circle The Daejeon Province Metropolitan City is divided into 5 areas: central metropolitan area, the north of the West Coast, the south of the West Coast, north inland and south inland. North Jeolla Province <Industry> Five collaborative policies are pro- 3 December 2000 posed to attain a high level Five Sub-regions of the Chungcheong Circle of industrial structure in the regions and strengthen the industrial competitive- Central Metropolitan Area ness, namely, the joint for- • Carrying out the pivotal function for the development of the Chungcheong Circle • The nucleus of administration, management and advanced scientific technology mation of a triangular • Supporting tourism areas in the Chungcheong Circle high-technology belt, joint installation and operation the north of the West Coast North inland • Functions of Large-scale • Cultivating bases for inland of technology transfer production and logistics base industries center, installation of • Accommodation of the industries the north North inland • Accommodation of industrial removed from the Capital of the West functions by plan industrial information net- Region and expansion of the Coast • Forming mountainside and work, establishment of a logistics base Central riverside tourism & leisure zones system for small and • Coastal tourism base Metropolitan Area the south of the West Coast South inland medium industry support- the south ing connection and joint • Inter-China trading base of the West South inland • Pure and clean leisure zone near constitution and operation • Large-scale production and Coast metropolitan cities trading base • Securing foundations for of industry promotion • Connectable to coastal, historical ecological farming, suburban and cultural tourism leisure and resort organization. The out- • Supporting metropolitan areas in standing feature is to the rear develop a demonstrative estate for venture compa- nies and technology trans- fer center in the borderland of the three regions mayor or provincial governor and advance the estab- jointly for a triangular high-technology belt. And lishment of extended transportation planning board for the future industrial cooperation between the that the three regions can join altogether. three regions, the Chungcheong Circle industrial development administrative council under the con- <Tourism> trol of mayor or provincial governor and the Five collaborative policies are conceived to form Chungcheong Circle industrial development agency a tourism belt for sojourn with a cultural identity. (CDA) are proposed to be jointly constituted. They include joint development of 5 integrated tourist areas and 18 core tourist bases, 5 extended <Transportation> theme tourism belts, a theme park, joint tourism pro- The policy objective lies in strengthening the Cir- motional marketing and establishment of an organi- cle's function of nationwide transportation center and zation to assume a full charge of tourism promotion. establishing an efficient extended transportation net- A notable feature is the development of the work within the Circle. Collaborative policies to Geumkang canal tourism belt that connects the grow the Chungcheong Circle into a logistics center Geumkang estuary dyke - Buyeo & Gongju- accessible by land, sea and air will be practicable Daecheong Dam-Cheongju passing through the three through the activation of Cheongju Airport, joint regions and 'history & culture highways' connected management and operation of mid-land logistics base through the Naepo Cultural Area-Baekje Cultural and joint development of extended transportation Area-Jungwon Cultural Area-Confucian Cultural network within the Chungcheong Circle. Area in North Gyeongsang Province as tourist attrac- Of particular interest is the constitution of Cheongju tions. And furthermore, it is recommended to Airport Promotional and Managerial Agency and the upgrade the West Coast tourism development to an construction of inland harbor