Gangneung City

Republic of Korea Mayor: Han-geun Kim
Summary
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    Population 219274
  • km 2
    Area 1040.0
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    GDP N/A
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Targets

Targets by Gangneung City

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Actions
Saving of local energy - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Reduction of GHG emissions and energy saving for low carbon green pilot city

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Sectors:
  • Street Lighting and Traffic Signals
local action
Construction of Back-nyun-i-um(100 year connection) green-sharing forest - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Construction of localized forest

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
local action
Sewage Treatment Plant Digestion Efficiency Improvement - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
  • Status: In operation

Anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge generated in the process pioneered new demand by utilizing biogas energy use and dissemination of government policies in response

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Sectors:
  • Water and Wastewater (energy only)
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Improvement of lightening at a crime-ridden district - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

dditional implementation and repair of streetlight and security light on students’ safe way to school in order to protect students from different safety accidents and crime

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Sectors:
  • Street Lighting and Traffic Signals
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Forestation project - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Stable supply of good wood through forestation and improvement of public value
Expansion of carbon sinks corresponding to climate change

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
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Vitalization of ‘Green Start Gangneung Network’ - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Public Participation/Stakeholder engagement
  • Status: In operation

private-public governance organization corresponding to climate change
climate change education, formation of green leader, green home consulting, promotion of climate change etc

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Sectors:
  • Residential
  • Commercial
  • Transport
  • Waste
local action
Construction of landscape forest in preparation of 2018 Winter Olympic - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Construction of landscape for creating visual image harmonizing the stadium and main access road related Winter Olympic

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
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Green City Experience Center - Gangneung City
  • Start year: 2011
  • Type: Public Participation/Stakeholder engagement
  • Status: In operation

Electric buses and electric vehicle chargers installed around the green city with history and culture, and tourism resources to explore the introduction of a green city tours and bicycle and bicycle roads superintendent green transportation experience through the chapters have been compositions.

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  • Buildings
  • Facilities
  • Street Lighting and Traffic Signals
  • Other Emissions
local action
Gangneung Hongje Water Treatment Plant Green Energy Facilities - Gangneung City
  • Start year: 2009
  • Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
  • Status: Completed

Renewable energy facilities in the water treatment process by introducing low-carbon, green model city image promotion and civic education as a field of Gangneung utilized

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Sectors:
  • Water and Wastewater (energy only)
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Improvement of non-industrial GHG emissions facility - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Change of LED streetlight in the highschool and university

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Sectors:
  • Buildings and Facilities
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Construction of green space in unused land along the curb - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Afforestation of empty land(illegal arable land) in the road

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
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Promotion of 『Low carbon Green pilot city』 - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Construction of model city for low-carbon and green growth to reduce GHG emissions and environmental pollution and to create new growth engine and jobs by green technology and clean energy

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
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Improvement of sewer for low carbon green city - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
  • Status: In operation

Effective management of a sewage treatment plant through inflow circuit breaker

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Sectors:
  • Facilities
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Projects for providing new & renewable energy - Gangneung City
  • Start year: 2014
  • Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
  • Status: In operation

In order to expand the supply of new & renewable energy, it has implemented city-run projects (sunlight, heat, geothermal) and Korea Energy Management Corporation-run projects (sunlight, heat, geothermal)

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Sectors:
  • Residential
  • Buildings and Facilities
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Expansion of LNG Supply - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

LNG Supply to detached house, multiplex house and townhouse etc

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Sectors:
  • Residential
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Management of public forest - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Systematic and effective management of public forest

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
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Construction of street trees - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Realization of valuable green city with beautiful landscape at the street and reinforcement of connection with city ecosystem through systematic construction of street tress and its management

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
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Carbon point system - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Public Participation/Stakeholder engagement
  • Status: In operation

Program for reducing GHG emissions through offering the incentives (point) according to their reduction results in the use of electricity, gas and water in households and shops(buildings).

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Sectors:
  • Residential
  • Commercial
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Support of electric charge for scene lighting of apartment houses - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Public Participation/Stakeholder engagement
  • Status: In operation

Ensure the safety through the support of electric charge for scene lighting of apartment houses for low-income people

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Sectors:
  • Buildings and Facilities
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Environmental management Master Plan - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Environmental friendly energy utilization, Smart transport plan, Sustainable building space, Restore the ecological environment

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Sectors:
  • Buildings
  • Facilities
  • Government Transport
  • Transport
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Effective and eco-friendly management of city hall - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
  • Status: In operation

Construction of eco-friendly city hall corresponding to low carbon green growth pilot city

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  • Buildings and Facilities
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Ecological restoration of Shinri-river - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Ecological river restoration

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Plans for tourism resources of costal landscape - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Construction of ocean rail bike
Construction of green landscape street at the eastern coast

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Conservation and management of clean ocean - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Emergency restoration of erosion area at a costal beach
Clean-up the waste at the beach and harbor

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Recovery of Sunpogae Eco-Wetland - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Through recovery of eco-wetland, it has created different organism habitat

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Construction of Green city clean agriculture belt - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Construction of watershed-based specialized area in the upper region of the river
Construction of eco-friendly rice production area for school meal
Production of eco-friendly and organic potatoes for school meal

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Environment conservation and facility - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Education/Awareness Raising
  • Status: In operation

onstruction of eco-park near cultural sites and expansion of facility

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Promotion of mountain climbing culture - Gangneung City
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  • Status: In operation

Expansion of forest culture service
With the increase of mountaineer, it has made a tracking road alongside the city limits for enjoying forest ecosystem, culture and historical experience.

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local action
Korea Green Climate Cities - Gangneung City
  • Start year: 2013
  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics host city for ICLEI's Green Climate Gangneung City to promote the registration phase of the local O2 plus enhance and strengthen the symbolism for Olympics

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local action
Culture, production and supply of an agricultural effective microorganism - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

Culture, production and supply of an agricultural effective microorganism for expansion of eco-friendly agriculture and livestock

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Realization of low-carbon fishery and management stabilization - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

support of high-efficient fishing equipment and stabilization of fishery management

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local action
Management of Gyeongpo Euryale ferox Salisb. wetland - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: Completed

Use wetland for ecological environment education, eco-tourism
Systematic and effective management of wetland which is a rich repository of bio-diversity and has a function to purify pollutants etc

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Construction of eco-friendly agriculture zone in preparation of 2018 Winter Olympic - Gangneung City
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

As hosting city for winter olympic, it has prepared the base for production high-quality safe agricultural products.

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Inventories
Community inventories

The Gangneung City has reported 2 Community emission inventories, since 2005. In its latest inventory, compiled in 2010, the Stationary energy, Industrial process and product use, Transport, Agriculture, forest and other land use, Agriculture, forest and other land use and Waste management are identified as key emission sources.

GHG emission from Gangneung City
GHG inventory in 2010
Government operations inventory

GHG emission from Gangneung City
GHG inventory in

Mayor Han-geun Kim
Gangneung City, Republic of Korea

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