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Kim Hyung-hoon, Director of the Green City Environment Bureau of Iksan City, stated, "As a result of sweating alongside citizens to plant trees and cultivate gardens over the past 10 years, Iksan has now established itself as a top-tier eco-friendly eco-powerhouse city in the nation. Based on the unparalleled garden infrastructure built so far, we will do our utmost to complete a prestigious and safe green city where anyone can encounter forests and gardens right outside their doorstep." Iksan City announced that it has successfully transformed its urban environment into an eco-friendly garden city through ecological innovation projects pursued over the past decade from the 6th to the 8th popular elections. Director Kim held a regular briefing on June 10 to present the achievements of establishing a green infrastructure in living zones, which was accomplished together with citizens over the past 10 years, along with a blueprint for leaping into a future garden city.
The core pillar of Iksan's ecological transition is the '500 Million Trees Planting Project' promoted to respond to the climate crisis. The city exceeded its initial target by planting a total of 5,103,731 trees through public-private cooperation from 2019 to 2024. Based on this, 26 urban forests spanning 234,000 square meters—equivalent to the size of about 33 soccer fields—have been created in the center of the city since 2018. In particular, climate-response urban forests utilizing industrial complexes and abandoned railroad idle sites, such as the Osong Nuri Forest Trail, serve as lungs that block fine dust, and have recently evolved into havens for citizens with enhanced night safety lighting. Other developments include a 3.5-kilometer premium street tree section from Pyeonghwa Overpass to Mokcheon Church, a Cheondanpung (green maple) street along the main road of the Wanggung National Food Cluster, and 'Child-Safe Green Forests' created at eight locations including Namchang and Moheyon Elementary Schools.
The city is expanding its garden culture beyond downtown to the entire area of Iksan. Currently, administrative power is concentrated on the 'Yongan Ecological Wetland Local Garden Creation Project,' which will become a hub for ecological tourism in the northern area. Investing a total project cost of 6.4 billion won, eight themed gardens blending the natural scenery of the Geumgang riverfront with Baekje culture are scheduled to be completed by 2026. In addition, 'Agape Garden' in Hwangdeung-myeon, which unveiled itself after being registered as Jeonbuk's No. 4 Private Garden in 2021, attracted 36,000 tourists last year alone based on its scenic Metasequoia forest trail, standing tall as a representative garden of the region. 'Shinheung Park,' which had been closed for 50 years to protect the water supply source, has also been reborn by planting 240,000 flowers and trees on a 3.8-hectare site, featuring a Rainbow Garden, Hydrangea Garden, and Pink Muhly Garden. Notably, in October last year, an 'Eco-friendly Pedestrian Bridge' connecting Jungang Sports Park and Shinheung Park was opened to improve pedestrian safety. The 'Private Park Special Project,' introduced to preserve long-term unexecuted urban parks that were at risk of expiration, also settled successfully, generating budget-saving effects by receiving donations of four major downtown parks, including Madong, Sudosan, Moin, and Sora Parks.
Iksan City's approach of appropriately utilizing its unique urban assets and private capital to prevent the reckless development of long-term unexecuted parks, and significantly improving the residential conditions of citizens through forests, is worthy of evaluation as a successful benchmarking case for local governments in the era of regionalism. Reversing the city's weaknesses, such as industrial complexes and abandoned railroads, into ecological infrastructures, and maximizing budget efficiency through private park special projects, secured both administrative flexibility and sustainability.
However, since millions of planted trees and gardens scattered throughout urban idle lands have passed the initial formation stage and entered a full-scale maintenance cycle, a precise countermeasure against the administrative cost burden to be injected into follow-up management, such as mortality rate control and systematic pruning work, is required in the future. Large-scale tree planting and park creation can easily become flashy achievements, but if trees die en masse due to droughts or pest infestations caused by climate change, it can lead directly to controversy over budget waste. Only when Iksan City continues substantial follow-up administration focusing on qualitative management—such as regularizing a citizen management team and establishing a professional tree pest control system to stably maintain these large-scale green infrastructures—will it be able to reborn as an authentic, sustainable, and safe green city.
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Kim Hyung-hoon, Director of the Green City Environment Bureau of Iksan City, stated, "As a result of sweating alongside citizens to plant trees and cultivate gardens over the past 10 years, Iksan has now established itself as a top-tier eco-friendly eco-powerhouse city in the nation. Based on the unparalleled garden infrastructure built so far, we will do our utmost to complete a prestigious and safe green city where anyone can encounter forests and gardens right outside their doorstep." Iksan City announced that it has successfully transformed its urban environment into an eco-friendly garden city through ecological innovation projects pursued over the past decade from the 6th to the 8th popular elections. Director Kim held a regular briefing on June 10 to present the achievements of establishing a green infrastructure in living zones, which was accomplished together with citizens over the past 10 years, along with a blueprint for leaping into a future garden city.
The core pillar of Iksan's ecological transition is the '500 Million Trees Planting Project' promoted to respond to the climate crisis. The city exceeded its initial target by planting a total of 5,103,731 trees through public-private cooperation from 2019 to 2024. Based on this, 26 urban forests spanning 234,000 square meters—equivalent to the size of about 33 soccer fields—have been created in the center of the city since 2018. In particular, climate-response urban forests utilizing industrial complexes and abandoned railroad idle sites, such as the Osong Nuri Forest Trail, serve as lungs that block fine dust, and have recently evolved into havens for citizens with enhanced night safety lighting. Other developments include a 3.5-kilometer premium street tree section from Pyeonghwa Overpass to Mokcheon Church, a Cheondanpung (green maple) street along the main road of the Wanggung National Food Cluster, and 'Child-Safe Green Forests' created at eight locations including Namchang and Moheyon Elementary Schools.
The city is expanding its garden culture beyond downtown to the entire area of Iksan. Currently, administrative power is concentrated on the 'Yongan Ecological Wetland Local Garden Creation Project,' which will become a hub for ecological tourism in the northern area. Investing a total project cost of 6.4 billion won, eight themed gardens blending the natural scenery of the Geumgang riverfront with Baekje culture are scheduled to be completed by 2026. In addition, 'Agape Garden' in Hwangdeung-myeon, which unveiled itself after being registered as Jeonbuk's No. 4 Private Garden in 2021, attracted 36,000 tourists last year alone based on its scenic Metasequoia forest trail, standing tall as a representative garden of the region. 'Shinheung Park,' which had been closed for 50 years to protect the water supply source, has also been reborn by planting 240,000 flowers and trees on a 3.8-hectare site, featuring a Rainbow Garden, Hydrangea Garden, and Pink Muhly Garden. Notably, in October last year, an 'Eco-friendly Pedestrian Bridge' connecting Jungang Sports Park and Shinheung Park was opened to improve pedestrian safety. The 'Private Park Special Project,' introduced to preserve long-term unexecuted urban parks that were at risk of expiration, also settled successfully, generating budget-saving effects by receiving donations of four major downtown parks, including Madong, Sudosan, Moin, and Sora Parks.
Iksan City's approach of appropriately utilizing its unique urban assets and private capital to prevent the reckless development of long-term unexecuted parks, and significantly improving the residential conditions of citizens through forests, is worthy of evaluation as a successful benchmarking case for local governments in the era of regionalism. Reversing the city's weaknesses, such as industrial complexes and abandoned railroads, into ecological infrastructures, and maximizing budget efficiency through private park special projects, secured both administrative flexibility and sustainability.
However, since millions of planted trees and gardens scattered throughout urban idle lands have passed the initial formation stage and entered a full-scale maintenance cycle, a precise countermeasure against the administrative cost burden to be injected into follow-up management, such as mortality rate control and systematic pruning work, is required in the future. Large-scale tree planting and park creation can easily become flashy achievements, but if trees die en masse due to droughts or pest infestations caused by climate change, it can lead directly to controversy over budget waste. Only when Iksan City continues substantial follow-up administration focusing on qualitative management—such as regularizing a citizen management team and establishing a professional tree pest control system to stably maintain these large-scale green infrastructures—will it be able to reborn as an authentic, sustainable, and safe green city.
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