Hwaseong Prepares for Megacity Status with 1.1 Million Population, Urban Management Plan Revamped

Hwaseong City will revamp its urban management plan by 2015.

Ji Young-min, Director of the Urban Housing Bureau of Hwaseong City(photo), announced on the 26th during the city's regular briefing that Hwaseong will comprehensively revise its urban management plan across the entire city to systematically implement the '2020 Hwaseong Urban Master Plan' with a planned population of 1.1 million.

Through this revision of the Hwaseong urban management plan, the city will reexamine the validity of previously established urban management plans, including land-use plans for responding to changing urban conditions and major city administration initiatives. The plan aims to establish a rational spatial system and respond to future development demands, while promoting environmentally friendly and sustainable regional development and improving citizens' quality of life.

Through this revision, Hwaseong's urban management plan, which has been managed separately across three regional zones—east, west, and south—will be integrated into one unified framework, making it easier for residents to understand zoning designations, districts, basic plan structures, and local conditions.