Designation of Nakdonggang Estuary National Urban Park and Commencement of Macdogreen City Basic Planning Project
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City is drawing up a blueprint to develop the Nakdong River Estuary area and Maekdo region into a sustainable "future-oriented green smart city."
The city has initiated a basic planning project to designate the lower Nakdong River area as the nation's first National Urban Park and to create a "Net-Zero Carbon Green City" on 1 million pyeong of Maekdo in Daejeo-dong, Gangseo-gu.
Busan City is moving to designate the Nakdong River Estuary, a globally significant migratory bird habitat and a brackish water ecosystem formed where seawater and river water meet, as the nation's first "National Urban Park."
A National Urban Park is a park designated by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to promote national commemorative projects and preserve natural landscapes, historical and cultural heritage. Once designated, part of the costs for installing and managing related facilities can be supported by national funds.
The city plans to designate the 10.8 million square meters (3.27 million pyeong) of the Nakdong River Estuary area, including Eulsukdo, Maekdo Ecological Park, and restoration sites of Eco Delta City, as a National Urban Park in phases by 2028. To this end, the current project will prepare a basic plan for the National Urban Park designation.
On approximately 3.85 million square meters (about 1 million pyeong) of Maekdo, where warehouses and factories have proliferated within the development-restricted zone, a Net-Zero Carbon Green City will be established to actively respond to future climate change.
The city has appointed a natural environment engineer as the lead technical expert for this project, prioritizing nature, ecology, carbon neutrality, and citizen happiness throughout the project.
From the initial survey and data collection to the establishment of the basic plan, a public-private consultative body and a citizen planning group composed of local residents, social organizations, and experts will participate in all stages of the project to collaboratively design the basic plan for Busan-style future city and park.
Based on free exchange of opinions and communication among communities, the project will move beyond a supplier-centered simple development plan to concretize programs for building living service infrastructure and improving quality of life.
Lee Geun-hee, Director of the Green Environment Policy Office of Busan City, said, "This project is a very valuable task where various communities including citizens, social organizations, and experts participate together, placing the highest value on nature conservation and citizen happiness, to design the future city and park of Busan where we will live. We will accelerate the designation of the Nakdong River Estuary as a National Urban Park and the realization of a citizen-happy future-oriented Net-Zero Carbon Maekdo Green City."
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