Creating generation forests, connection forests, and diffusion forests to mitigate urban heat islands and realize a pleasant green city

Chungnam Province held the "Final Report Meeting for the Basic and Detailed Design Services of the Naepo New Town Urban Wind Corridor Forest" on the 10th at the grand conference hall on the 6th floor of the Chungnam Culture and Tourism Foundation, with officials from Hongseong-gun, Yesan-gun, the service provider, and other related parties in attendance.

This meeting was arranged to share the results of the basic and detailed design for the Naepo New Town Urban Wind Corridor Forest project, review its detailed implementation plan, and finalize the future direction of development.

The Naepo New Town Urban Wind Corridor Forest project is a three-year initiative investing a total budget of 20 billion KRW to create 31.1 hectares of urban forest. It aims to build generation forests, connection forests, and diffusion forests so that cool and clean air generated from the forests on the outskirts of the city can flow into and diffuse through the downtown area.

Through this service project, phased project sections were selected by comprehensively considering the current status of the wind corridor forest and green space equity, and an analysis of wind corridor forest creation conditions and soil surveys were conducted. In addition, detailed designs for each construction type and design standards for each forest type were established to materialize development plans tailored to the characteristics of each target site.

The province plans to reflect the opinions presented at this final report meeting into the final design and swiftly push forward with the project, aiming to break ground in the first half of next year.

Kim Young-myung, Director-General of the Climate, Environment and Forestry Bureau, stated, "The urban wind corridor forest goes beyond simply creating green spaces; it is a vital project to restore urban wind corridors and respond to climate change," adding, "We will do our utmost, in close cooperation with Hongseong-gun and Yesan-gun, to transform Naepo New Town into a pleasant green city where nature and people coexist."

[ⓒ Global Economic Times. 무단전재-재배포 금지]