Creating a Busan Where People Want to Live Again... Urban Forests to Be Established in 22 Downtown Locations!

50 Billion KRW Invested, Implemented in 5 Types

Providing Green Spaces for Rest and Mitigating Urban Heat Islands

Planned site for the protected Zelkova tree resting area in Suyeong-gu.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City will invest 5 billion KRW this year to create urban forests totaling 29,000㎡ in 22 locations within Busan.

Urban forests are forests created and managed to address environmental issues such as air pollution and climate change occurring in urban areas and to improve the cityscape.

They have high user satisfaction due to their accessibility, allowing citizens to easily use them in daily life.

This year, the city will introduce various greening plans according to urban space types such as points, lines, surfaces, and structures for urban forest creation, and will promote them in five categories: ▲green resting areas ▲street tree planting ▲flowerbed green spaces ▲underpass greening ▲rooftop greening.

The main planned urban forest sites are ▲four green resting areas including the protected Zelkova resting area in Suyeong-gu ▲three street tree planting sites including the village walking path in Mandeok 1-dong, Buk-gu ▲eleven flowerbed green space sites including the alley flowerbed in Jwa-dong, Haeundae-gu ▲two underpass greening sites including the underpass urban forest in Yeongju, Jung-gu ▲two rooftop greening sites including the Myeongji Senior Welfare Center in Gangseo-gu.

In particular, among the planned sites, the protected Zelkova resting area in Suyeong-gu has already completed compensation for private land around the protected tree last year, and once the urban forest is created, it is expected to provide a green space for rest for the local community and contribute to improving the local environment.

Rooftop greening planned site at Myeongji Senior Welfare Center, Gangseo-gu.

Through underpass greening and rooftop greening types, various forms of urban forests such as small gardens will also be created around shared spaces in urban living areas and multi-use facilities in the city center to mitigate the urban heat island effect and provide comfortable resting spaces for citizens.

In places where trees are scarce and securing green spaces is difficult, such as urban roads, the city plans to continuously introduce urban artificial structures and surrounding greening plans to enhance connectivity between urban forests.

Lee Geun-hee, Director of the Environmental Policy Office of the city, said, “With this urban forest creation, we expect to provide citizens with green spaces where they can comfortably rest in daily life and also mitigate the urban heat island effect within the city.”

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