[News Terms] What Is the 'Bohaeng Ilsang-gwon' Promoted by Seoul City?

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] The 'Walking Daily Life Zone' refers to the right to enjoy housing, jobs, and leisure activities all within a 30-minute walk around one's home.

This concept was presented through the '2040 Seoul Basic Urban Plan' announced by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the 5th. It is a new type of urban space reflecting the changed lifestyle as the spatial and temporal constraints of workspaces have disappeared due to the digital transformation and the COVID-19 pandemic, and housing has emerged as the central space of daily life.

The standard unit is a radius of about 1 km reachable within a 30-minute walk, including one or two subway stations, a population of 20,000 to 30,000, and one or two administrative neighborhoods. Within this area, 7 to 8 large and small parks and green spaces will be created, along with 2 to 3 exhibition and performance facilities, and about 30 daily service facilities.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said about the '2040 Seoul Basic Urban Plan,' "It accommodates recent diverse social changes and demands such as non-face-to-face, digital transformation, ultra-personalization, and hyper-connectivity, while also sufficiently incorporating future-oriented considerations. We will implement it without fail to improve the quality of life for Seoul citizens and the city's competitiveness."

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