Sustainable City Suwon and the Green City Award

Lee Jae Joon

Vice Mayor of Suwon

Human City, Suwon

The Sustainable City Policy

Reward Results of The Sustainable City Suwon

Practical Movement of The Sustainable City Suwon

Convergence of The Sustainable City Policy (EcoMobility Suwon 2013)

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Sustainable City Suwon and the Green City Award Korea

Human City, Suwon

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Population Financial Scale

about 1.2million

about two trillion won

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A Cultural Tourism CitySuwon Hwaseong Fortress

A High-Tech Industrial CitySamsung Electronics

A Sports CityHeld the 2002 World Cup

VISION

Implementation of Sustainable City Policy

Public Administration Governance Together with Citizens

A People-Centered Environmentally Friendly Eco-City

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The Sustainable

City Policy

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Meaning of Sustainable City

To provide

improved quality of

life to the residents

Not to harm the

environment

To develop

economically

Social Sustainability

Ecological Sustainability

Economical Sustainability

Principles of the Sustainable City

Participatory and cooperative type model : Citizen planning group for city planning, civil round table conference, and etc.

Social

SustainabilityEnvironmental

Sustainability

Economical

sustainability

■ Governance and leadership

■ Reinforcement of decentralization

■ Public conflict management

■ Protection of the cultural heritage

■ Warm welfare

■ To share education and knowledge

■ To promote community building

Sustainable City

■ Climate change and the context

■ To increase the use of eco-friendly

means of transportation

■ To increase carpooling (car-sharing)

■ To increase green spaces

■ Zero waste

■ To manage water resource

■ To promote urban agriculture

■ Financial health

■ To promote the self-sufficiency

■ To vitalize the town’s economy

■ To use the land efficiently

■ Energy decarbonation

■ To create green buildings

Participation of the interested parties

ReligionCivil

Society

Politics

Economy

Media

Governance

Participation of the interested parties

International network

Plan Budget Execution

Governance

Citizen Planning Group

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Resident Participatory Budget System

Village Renaissance

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Reward Results of

The Sustainable City

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Awards

| EcoRich City Contest (The committee on green growth)

| Green City Contest (Ministry of Environment)

| Republic of Korea Green Climate Award (National Assembly Climate Change Forum)

| Green Start Network Contest (Ministry of Environment)

| Republic of Korea Eco-friendly Awards (Eco-friendly Award Committee)

Internal

Awards

| UNEP Awards (UNEP)

| Green Apple Awards ( The Green Organization )

| The Livcom Awards (UNEP)

| Sustainable Transport Award (Institute for Transportation & Development Policy)

| UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award (UN-Habitat)

Outside

4, 200, 1/3, Green City

Awards

| Suggested ideal goal in low-carbon green area

| Prepared policy base coping with climate change actively

| Selected as good example for other internal local governments

2011 EcoRich City Contest Presidential Prize

Awards

| Restoring covered Suwon river project

| Reflected Suwon's vision-Environmental city sustainable and people-oriented

| Artificiality → Nature → To the bosom of citizens

2012 Green City Contest Prime Minister Prize

2014 Sustainable Traffic Awards Special Prize (International ITDP)

2014 UN Habitat Grand Prize

2014 UN Habitat Grand Prize

Public Administration Governance

5,799ktonCO2 22,834Familes

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6,033ktonCO2 2,824Familes

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2013 2013

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* aimed 40% reduction until 2030

Greenhouse gas exhaustion Citizen Participation in Carbon Point System

Vitalization of Participatory AutonomyCivil Complaints by Group more than 20

5% reduction

20,000families increase

5% reduction

Citizen Participation

Increase

■ Citizen planning group for city planning

■ Community Building

■ Resident Participatory Budget System

■ Citizen Jury Court

■ Round-table debate by 500 people

■ Citizen Original Idea Contest

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VISION

To recover

a people-centered

community

Regional-style

Governance

To realize

Governance of

participation and

cooperation

Suwon-style Governance

To build

a new future – a

creative city

Korean-style Governance

Round-table debate by 500 people

Citizen Planning Group

| Citizens are ready,

Yet the administration is not prepared to accept it.

To increase civil capability through continuous education

| Collective Intelligence

The example of Sir Francis Golton’s livestock show in the UK

Citizen Planning Group

| February ~ June 2012

For the Suwon City’s General

Plan 2030 130 citizens and 100 youths

participated

| Five-stage conference

Accepted citizens’ opinions in

2,000 cases

Produced the map of dream

Citizen Planning GroupDeliver the map of dream

Citizen Planning Group

The first attempt of local government in Korea

Included in the elementary social studies textbook 2014

Reflected the basic plan

Reflected the city policy

24.1% 70.4%

Citizen Planning Group

To pursue public value

To accumulate

experimental assets for

developing participatory

urban planning

To establish continuous

participatory model

To expand participation of regular citizens

To make new path for direct participation

To try sharing views by debate

Citizen Planning GroupCitizen Planning Group Meeting

Citizen Planning GroupYouth Planning Group

Resident Participatory Budget System

| To increase transparent and sound finance management

→ Promote an efficient execution

| To authorize citizens through citizen participation

→ Settle participatory democracy

Resident Participatory Budget System

Honorary

Inspector System

Site Monitoring

System

Resident Participation Budget

Youth Committee

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Resident Participatory Budget System

By yearNumber of proposals

Reflected budget (Unit : 1,000,000)

Total City Gu (borough) Youth

2011(2012 prediction)

19747

12,46025

10,07222

2,387-

2012(2013 prediction)

349109

27,97847

22,282457

4,1865

1,509

2013(2014 prediction)

734161

11,51460

6,57088

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| Spontaneous participation based on understanding of citizens

⇒ Make a place for communication on city finance management

Resident Participatory Budget SystemYouth Committee

Resident Participatory Budget SystemExcellent Case Conference

Village Renaissance

"Civic Community Movement" that newly designs the residents'

own village into a beautiful living space in harmony with culture, art,

architecture and environment by themselves

Village Renaissance

Civil group activists leading resident participatory project

emergence of conscious villages

(Seoungmi mountain community, Chilbo mountain village)

Vitalizing grassroots autonomous movements

Revival of the local self-governing system in 1991

popularly elected heads of local governments since 1995

Village Renaissance

| Participation Method : General and Planning

| Project area : community program, building facility

and space

| Project Type : 2 areas 5 types

※ 438 projects

(54 in 2011/ 131 in 2012/139 in 2013/ 114 in 2014)

| Enhancing support system for residents - assistance from experts, supporters composed

of public officials (village friends)

| Assessment of contest projects and contest

Village RenaissanceHaenggung-dong Gold Choir

Village RenaissanceAlley Wall Painting Project (Ji-dong)

Village RenaissanceCommunity Garden (Seodun-dong)

International Network : Outcome of Sustainable Local Movement

| Period : 2012~2017 (5years)| Site : Jangan-dong, Paldal-gu (borough), Suwon-si(City)| Content- Build international sustainable

development network by playing a leading role

| Co-hosting EcoMobility Suwon 2013 - Suwon, ICLEI, UN-Habitat

| Attending Hanover Fair(Global Town Hall)| 2013 Suncheon International Biological

Diversity Forum| CDP COP 12 City Summit Forum and etc.

Operation Outline Main Results

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Convergence of The

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What is ecological mobility?

Nonpower

Mobility

Public

Transportation

Eco-friendly Electric

Transportation

Environmentally and socially desirable

Transportation System

width of road : 6~8m length of road : 1.6km

City Planning Road

Width of road = less than 4m and alleys • Jangan-mun old recollective road• Hwaseo-mun old recollective road• Na Hyeseok old memorial road

Old road (3 sections)

width of road : 8~9m L : 500m

Road near fortress

width of road : 12m length of road : 540m

Hwaseomun-ro

width of road : 10m length of road : 410m

Shinpung-ro

September 1st to 30th , 2013

Haenggung-dong(Sinpung-dong, Jangan-dong)

EcoMobility Alliance and ICLEI members(75 countries)

suwon, ICLEI, UN-HIBITAT

2,200Familes

Host / Sponsor

About

생태교통이란?Building Traditional Food Experience Center, Etiquette Center, Royal Court

Culture Experience Center, Korean-style Guesthouse

Building Art Museum

Building Passive House, Eco Street Lamp

House Improvement, Green Parking, City Agriculture,

Security Facility

Improving Sign and Facade

House Remodeling(support for building and

remodeling projects)

Street Infrastructure Improvement, Wire Underground Work,

Drainage System Improvement, Old Road Reorganization

(EcoMobility Group)

(Culture and Tourism Division)

(Economic Policy Division, Women Policy Division, Hwaseong Office)

(City Plan Permanent Planning Group)

(Urban Design Division)(Housing Policy Division

(Support Green Structure ))

(Urban Regeneration Division)

Through Creating Specialized Streets

Improvement of living environment

BEFORE AFTER

Through Creating Specialized Streets

Pedestrian-friendly road

BEFORE AFTER

Through Creating Specialized Streets

Activation of Regional Economy

BEFORE AFTER

EcoMobility Festival

EcoMobility Festival

EcoMobility Festival

Convergence of The Sustainable City Policy

Governance Policy

Eco-friendly Traffic Policy

Ecological Environmental

Policy

Old Downtown Urban Restoration

Policy

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Republic of Korea

Environmental City

Northeast Asia

Representative

Ecological City

The whole world

Environmental

Hub City

People Make City,

City Makes People

Thank You