Seongjeon-myeon, Gangjin-gun, Active Resident Participation in Urban Regeneration University

Operation of Resident Participation in Urban Regeneration Planning Process

Gangjin-gun operates the 'Seongjeon-myeon Urban Regeneration University,' an educational program where residents participate in establishing the urban regeneration plan for Seongjeon-myeon. (Photo by Gangjin-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-su] Gangjin-gun, Jeonnam announced on the 16th that it has been operating the ‘Seongjeon-myeon Urban Regeneration University’ since the 17th of last month as an educational course for residents to participate in establishing an urban regeneration plan for Seongjeon-myeon.

About 20 residents living in or having their living area in Seongjeon-myeon are participating in this education, with particularly high participation from residents of Wolpyeong-ri, the preliminary urban regeneration project site.

This education program runs for a total of 6 weeks until the 22nd and includes basic urban regeneration education, discovering local resources and identifying problems, decline diagnosis and potential analysis, discovering core urban regeneration contents and unit projects, establishing plans for utilizing community facilities, and creating execution plans for pilot projects on building safe villages, aimed at strengthening the capabilities of Seongjeon-myeon residents and establishing a resident-participatory urban regeneration plan.

Gangjin-gun operates the Urban Regeneration University by applying a resident participation project team method so that residents can independently discover local resources, diagnose and solve local issues and problems, and derive urban regeneration goals and detailed project plans for Seongjeon-myeon through participatory education led by residents.

Also, since the resident education is conducted amid the COVID-19 situation, strict compliance with COVID-19 hygiene rules such as temperature checks before class starts, wearing masks, and hand sanitization is maintained to prevent infection.

An official from the Gangjin-gun Urban Regeneration Support Center said, “Through the Urban Regeneration University, by discovering projects suitable for the region together with residents, we expect it to serve as a foundation for the full-scale promotion of the Seongjeon-myeon urban regeneration New Deal project in the future.”

Meanwhile, Gangjin-gun was selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s small-scale regeneration contest project this year and will promote community space creation, resident economic organization development, and safe village creation projects in the Seongjeon-myeon township area by next year.

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