52nd Gyeonggi Urban Policy Forum Held on Dec. 15...Seeking Urban Planning Improvements Post-COVID

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province will hold the "52nd Urban Policy Forum" online on December 15 to examine changes in the urban environment caused by COVID-19 and seek improvements to Gyeonggi's urban planning.

The forum, attended by urban planning officials from Gyeonggi Province and its cities and counties, is structured around six thematic presentations: ▲(Urban Policy) Exploring post-COVID urban policy and improvement measures ▲(Urban Ecosystem) Predicting urban ecosystem changes for sustainable urban planning ▲(Urban Spatial Structure) Prospects for urban spatial structure changes with the emergence of future transportation means ▲(Urban Management) Tasks for improving the district unit plan system for three-dimensional urban management ▲(Ecological Environment) Direction of Gyeonggi urban policy from an ecological and environmental perspective ▲(Planned Development Promotion) Large-scale logistics facility location operating guidelines and operational cases (Anseong City).

Presentations will be delivered by Professor Kim Hyun-soo from Dankook University (chairman of the Korea Planners Association), Senior Researcher Cho Young-ah from the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, Director Specialist Lee Jong-deok from the Korea Transport Institute, Associate Research Fellow Choi Jung-yoon from the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, Research Fellow Kim Han-soo from the Gyeonggi Research Institute, and Anseong City Facilities Planning Team Chief Kim Hak-gun.

The forum will be held online through Social Media Live Gyeonggi (live.gg.go.kr) in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing guidelines.

Yoon Sung-jin, Gyeonggi Province's Urban Policy Director, said, "We hope that through this urban policy forum, we can flexibly respond to future urban changes in the post-COVID era," and added, "Going forward, we will continue to work together to improve residents' quality of life through urban policy development.