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ByHwangJung-hyun
restrictions
Seoul’salreadyoverpopulated
ReporterofCultureSection
The planned lifting of greenbelt
restrictionsinthemetropolitanisexpectedto
D
oyouknowwhereSeoulstandsif
generate accommodation for above three
the capital of Korea is compared
millionpeople.However,theincreaseinthe
with major cities worldwide in
numberofresidentsintheregionwillgreatly
termsofqualityoflife?Accordingtoa2007
exacerbate the overpopulation of the
issue of the U.S. journal “Business Week,”
metropolitanarea,inwhich45percentofthe
Singaporetoppedthelistof100citiesinthe
nation’s population now lives. This will
worldas“thebestcitytolivein,”trailedby
create Seoul-dependant cities and devastate
Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. One of
the quality of life for those who live in the
theprominentgoodthingsaboutthesecities
region in terms of traffic, education,
isthattheyareincomparativeharmonywith
recreationandsoforth.
their natural surroundings, the magazine
said.Toourdisappointment,however,Seoul
Crimeagainsthumanity
tookameager87thplaceonthelist.Given
The World Economic Forum in 2005
that the country takes up a top position
announced an index of environmental
globallyintermsofsalesofmemorychips,
conservationoftheworldinareport.Korea
TFT-LCD, CDMA terminals and boasts of
was ranked 122 among 146 countries,
the highest penetration of super-speed
trailing states such as Liberia, Bangladesh
Internet, what do you think has brought
and Kyrgyzstan. The report mentioned the
about such a disgrace for the country’s
effortsofhandingoveracleanenvironment
capital?
to our descendents as the most important
reason for the ranking. Based on these
‘Lettherebeconcrete’
international statistics, it can be said that
Many people say a major cause of the
even though its economy is good,
situationisthegovernment’srecklessaction
environmentally, Korea is almost at the
toliftgreenbeltrestrictionsonthecountry’s
bottomofthetable.
land. The above results are the “inevitable
KimGwi-gon,aprofessoratSNU,saidin
outcome of selfish development projects
Korean newspaper the Munhwa Ilbo in
resulting from the repeal of greenbelt
2003, “Lifting greenbelt restrictions is
restrictions,” Kim Ki-ho, a professor at the
destroyingtheenvironmentandconstitutesa
Environment Graduate School of Seoul
crimeagainstcontemporarypeopleandtheir
NationalUniversity(SNU),claims.
descendents,nottomentionagainstnature.”
Numerous people like Kim have raised
Thedesignationofagreenbeltzoneisnotto
concerns over the serious destruction of
retain prime land for development but to
nature in the metropolitan area.
protect the environment. Environmental
Nevertheless, the government has
preservationleadsnotonlytothesecurityof
announceditwillremovedevelopmentbans
people,butthelongtermsecurityandhealth
on 308.5 square kilometers of greenbelt
ofanation.
zones,equivalentinsizetohalfthecapital,in
WhenwelookatreservoirsfromPaldang
New Yorkers at leisure in
the Seoul metropolitan area by September
to Chuncheon, they provide diverse eco-
the Hudson River Park, a
2020.Constructionwillbegininthefirsthalf
systems and drinkable water for 20 million
waterside park in the U.S.
city.
ofnextyear,withthelandtobecomehome
people.Waterweedswhichpurifythewater
tobothindustrialandresidentialbuildings.
flourish there. The reservoirs are treasure
Thegovernmentexpectsthatprovisionof
houses of ecology where extinct animals
reasonable priced houses in the capital
such as dabchicks and snowy herons have
region, as well as construction of industrial
come to live in the last three or four years.
plants will lead to revitalization of the
However,intheregionthatisnotdesignated
Koreaneconomy.
as greenbelt in that area, the eco-system is
broken and the quality of water is much
Opponents of lifting greenbelt
worse.
DECEMBER 2008

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