Yongin City to Establish Comprehensive Slope Disaster Management System...Nation's First

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is establishing a 'Comprehensive Slope Disaster Management System' to prevent slope disasters caused by typhoons and heavy rains and to manage them systematically.

This measure is to proactively block disasters that often occur due to the increase in slopes as facilities such as houses and factories adjacent to mountains have increased through various development projects, but appropriate management measures are lacking.

In this regard, Yongin City is carrying out a project to build a control system that allows a comprehensive view of scattered information related to slopes in the Citizen Safety Office at City Hall, targeting June 2024. Among local governments nationwide, Yongin City is the first to establish a system to manage slopes.

The system links databases (DB) of systems from different ministries to comprehensively check not only the location information of slopes within the jurisdiction but also ownership information of the relevant land.

In addition, permanent measuring instruments will be installed in slope areas with a high risk of collapse to enable focused management by monitoring real-time data. In particular, slopes created by development permits, such as artificial slopes with a high possibility of disaster due to insufficient management, can be systematically managed.

To this end, detailed records of disaster occurrence history, repair and reinforcement plans, and results for slopes will be kept from the permit process through completion or use approval.

In case of disasters such as slope collapse or soil outflow due to heavy rains, a convenient reporting channel will be provided for citizens.

The city plans to invest 300 million KRW in city and provincial funds this November to install permanent measuring instruments that can detect ground movement on the steep slope of Malguri Hill in Gogi-dong, Suji-gu. The system will consist of measuring instruments, CCTV, and inclinometers.

This area frequently experiences slope debris accidents during heavy rains, causing temporary road closures and inconvenience. The city estimates that about 1,000 vehicles pass through daily.

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin City, emphasized, "We are trying to establish a control tower that integrates slope information managed by different agencies for the first time among local governments," adding, "We will proactively respond to protect citizens' safety from various disasters by systematically managing slopes that have been blind spots."

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