Pohang Urban Park's New Transformation... A Community-Centered Park

Standardized Playgrounds, Customized Parks Considering Population Distribution and Age Group Demand

Mayor Lee Gang-deok, "Leading the Creation of Community-Oriented Parks That Meet Citizens' Expectations"

Pohang City is actively renovating children's parks that have been deteriorated for over 20 years in densely populated residential areas to promote residents' health and provide leisure spaces.

Many citizens are visiting the park after the children's park remodeling.

Recently, the city remodeled Duho 1 and 4 Children's Parks in the Duho-dong area of Buk-gu, installing combination playground equipment, small artificial turf spaces, and basketball courts.

Additionally, senior exercise facilities and pergolas for shade were installed for the elderly, and a large-scale planting of aesthetically shaped landscaping trees was carried out, including 130 large trees such as Ipapnamu and Paengnamu, and 6,790 small trees such as Palsoni and Namusugok.

The city analyzed the population distribution, resident age groups, and demands around the children's parks to transform the previously uniform playgrounds into themed, customized parks, striving to enhance convenience for residents by creating community-oriented parks that citizens can easily access within residential areas.

Among Pohang City's 199 urban parks, about 50 are aged urban parks that have been established for over 20 years.

Over the past four years, the city allocated approximately 7.5 billion KRW for renovation projects in 27 out of 144 children's parks and about 2 billion KRW for 5 out of 28 neighborhood parks, completing the refurbishment projects.

This year, a total of 5.2 billion KRW is being invested to carry out refurbishment projects on 8 children's parks and to replace aging restrooms within parks.

In particular, Pohang City was selected for the 2024 Ministry of Environment's ‘Climate Crisis Vulnerable Groups and Regional Support’ public contest project, securing a total budget of 350 million KRW, including 150 million KRW in national funds.

Accordingly, shade shelters were installed in four locations, including Daejam Somang Children's Park, to provide comfortable resting places easily accessible for the elderly and children, and tree planting projects were actively promoted.

The ‘Climate Crisis Vulnerable Groups and Regional Support’ public contest project aims to build a climate safety net by supporting infrastructure installation for vulnerable groups and regions that are relatively less capable of responding to abnormal climate events such as heatwaves and cold waves. In 2025, the city is preparing to apply for a 700 million KRW project targeting six locations, including the Ocheon area in Nam-gu.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, “We are actively promoting environmental refurbishment and remodeling projects to prioritize safety and resolve inconveniences for users of aging urban parks,” adding, “We will strive to improve citizens' quality of life by creating community-oriented parks that meet citizens' expectations and to establish a nature-friendly urban environment.”

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