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The landscape of a
skyscraper-packed
modern city without
greenery contrasts
starkly with that of a
tree-shrouded portion
indowntownTokyo.
TheHanRiver,whichbisectstheSouthKoreancapitalof
Seoul,offersSeoulitesgoodrestingareas.
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third, to gain financial advantages through the
good place to live back in the 1970s. Graffiti
Reclaiming wasteland and turning it into
greenway, fourth to become familiar with
couldbeseenoneverywallandonthestreets,
inhabitable space, protecting the city’s
insectsandwildanimals.”
and 42nd Street was a hangout for gangsters.
greenbelt and developing parks in the city can
Lastbutnotleast,agreenwayhelpsusenjoy
However, as the city’s finances started to
allhavesignificantknock-oneffectsintermsof
an elevated quality of city life. Former U.S.
improve in the early 1980s, officials began to
life quality and are vital to turning Seoul into
Vice President Al Gore said in the “Smart
concentrateonthecreationof“greenplaces”to
thekindofcityitsinhabitantscanbeproudof.
Growth”reportthatforthetrafficenvironment
makethecityabetterplacetolive.
As William Bryant so presciently noted,
wherepeoplecancommutequicklyandsafely
Redevelopment projects such as those in
prevention is better than cure, and if South
and preserve their national heritage, we
BatteryParkandRiversideSouthweredoneby
Korea’sgovernmentwantstoeaseSeoulupthe
shouldn’t ruin green places and agricultural
the mayor and many leaders of citizens’
global rankings, render the city more
landunderthenameofdevelopment.
groups. For example, the New York City
competitive and inhabitable, and probably
ForProfessorKim,anidealcityfromwhich
Councilpassedalawtoturnthecentrallotsof
contribute to reducing South Korea’s
SeoulcanlearnisthecityofNewYorkinU.S..
the city into Central Park in 1853. William
shockingly high suicide rates, environmental
WheredoesthecompetitivenessofNewYork
Bryantwasthefirstonewhoputforththeidea
protection would be a noteworthy first port of
come from? Being the center of economy and
tobuildCentralParkinNewYork.
call.
cultureintheworldisnottheonlycauseofthe
Citizens, business people, artists, and even
competitivenessheldbyNewYork,Kimsaid.
politicians of New York all agreed that the
“Even though its population density is very
mostessentialthingtodecidequalityoflifeisa
high,thecityhassomanyopenspacesandthe
greentractofland.Nowtheparkisoneofthe
spaces are equally dotted throughout
majorattractionsofthecity,andthestandardof
junghyunh@hufs.ac.kr
Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and
living in New York became better because of
Staten Island.” Actually, New York was not a
thepark.
DECEMBER 2008

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