‘The Future of Urban Planning and the 15-Minute City’ … Ministry of Land and Busan City Join Forces

Common Ground Between Government Urban Policy Directions and Life Zone-Centered 15-Minute City Policies, Exploring Government-Level Support Measures

Over 100 Citizens Including Government, National Research Institutes, Academia, Local Players, and

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City, in collaboration with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, will hold a forum on the 16th at 3 p.m. at Yeongdo Mumyungilgi under the theme "Lifestyle Transition, the Future of Urban Planning, and the 15-Minute City."

This forum is organized to seek government-level support measures by finding common ground between the government's sustainable urban policy direction and Busan City's first pledge, the 15-minute city policy direction, in line with the post-pandemic lifestyle transition centered on living zones, and to expand consensus on the 15-minute city within the region.

The forum will invite panels from the government, national research institutes, academia, local players, and regional government officials, and will proceed with presentations, discussions, and Q&A sessions with about 100 citizens including the 15-Minute City Consensus Policy Group.

Professor Jihyun Kim of the Department of Urban Engineering at Busan National University will give a keynote presentation titled "The Meaning of the 15-Minute City in Changing Urban Spaces," covering ▲the meaning of the 15-minute city in modern cities ▲the 15-minute city we need to create ▲recommendations for implementing the 15-minute city.

Following this, Eunyoung Sung, head of the Residential Culture Research Group at the Architectural Space Research Institute, will present "Analysis of N-Minute City Cases and Urban Planning Application Measures," covering ▲the concept and planning principles of the N-minute city ▲cases of N-minute cities ▲review of feasible walking N-minutes ▲directions and key strategies for realizing the N-minute city.

After the presentations, Senior Researcher Jaehwan Oh of the Busan Research Institute will serve as the moderator, and panel discussions on the topic will be held with Yuisik Yoon, Director of Urban Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; Soyoung Kim, Head of the 15-Minute City Planning Team of Busan City; Youngha Kim, Professor of Landscape Architecture at Dong-A University; Cheolwoo Kim, CEO of RTBP ALLIANCE; and Haemun Ra, Head of the 15-Minute City Team at Jeju Province’s Urban Planning and Regeneration Division.

Subsequently, there will be a Q&A session between the presenters, discussants, the consensus policy group, and general participants.

The city expects that this forum will serve as an opportunity for the value and philosophy of the 15-minute city centered on living zones, a global trend and a new issue in urban policy, to come closer to Busan citizens, and that government-level support for living zone planning and development will be realized.

Kwanghoe Kim, Director of Urban Balanced Development Office of Busan City, said, "This forum is a starting point to confirm policy changes of local governments following the lifestyle transition centered on living zones and to seek government-level support measures," adding, "I hope that forums like today’s will continue actively in various regions so that the government and local areas can jointly lead the global trend of changing urban policies."

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