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Incheon Warmly Welcomes LGA/DRR Members
Incheon, the World Best City
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History with UN
Incheon Landing Operation
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Overview

• Size 1,007.47 ? (1 of country area, 1.6 times
  the size of Seoul)
• Population 2.71 million (third largest, after
  Seoul and Busan)
• Features
• International city with world-class airport and
  seaports
• - Incheon International Airport
  (opened 2001) handles 28 million passengers,
• and 2.33 million tons of cargo per
  year
• Major west coast business city contains large
  national/local industrial complexes
• City of culture and history Many historic
  buildings, museums, and scenic islands

• Budget US 4.58 billion (2008)

• Economy
• GRDP US 34 billion (4.7 of national total)
• Industrial complexes/companies 9 complexes/
  6,027 companies
• Industrial structure tertiary 68.2
  secondary - 31 primary 0.7
• Workforce 1.31 million

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Geographic Location
Gateway to Northeast Asia
Beijing 1.5 hrs Shanghai 1.5 hrs Tokyo 1.5
hrs Vladivostok 2 hrs Hong Kong 3 hrs
from to Incheon

• Located between China and Japan
• 61 cities with population of 1 million or more
• (1.5 billion total) within 3 hr flight

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Incheon International Airport
Worlds No. 2 in Cargo Volume
59 Airlines served 124 Destinations in 41
countries
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Port of Incheon
Center of international trade logistics

• 81 berths with cargo-handling
• capacity of 100 million tons per year
• Increasing to 135 berths by 2011

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INCHEON FREE ECONOMIC ZONE (IFEZ) PROJECTS
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Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ)
Cheongna
Yeongjong
Songdo
Size 209 km2 Location Middle west
coast of Korean Peninsula, 1-hour drive from
Seoul Development Period 20032020
Investment US200 bn Projected Value Added
US109 bn (13 of Koreas GDP)
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151 Story Incheon Tower Status In planning
(to be completed in 2012) Development Cost US
3 billion Developers Portman Holdings, Samsung
Hyundai 2nd tallest building in the world
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Incheon Bridge Status Under construction (to
be completed in 2009) Development Cost US 2.4
billion Developers AMEC Government
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IFEZ Transportation Infrastructure
Rapid Train to Seoul
Highway to Seoul
Highway to Kyunggi
Incheon Bridge
Subway to Incheon
Highway to Seoul
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IFEZ Offers a Brand-new Business City!
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Foreign Investments in IFEZ
UNESCAP APCICT
(Asian and Pacific Training Center for
Information and Communication Technology for
Development)

• First UN agency in South Korea
• Train IT specialists from 62 member countries
  including North Korea (promotes national
• image as IT powerhouse)
• US10 million provided over next five years
  (Ministry of Information Communications -
• US2.5 million, Incheon - US5 million plus
  facilities, in-kind)
• Construct networked city and IT cluster in
  Songdo Area

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UNISDR OFFICE in Incheon
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UNISDR OFFICE in Incheon
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LGA/DRR in Incheon, 2009
Overview

• Theme

1. Urban Risk Reduction
2. Capacity Building for Local Governments in
DRR
3. Linking DRR with Poverty Reduction
4. Gender and DRR
5. Mainstreaming DRR in CCA
6. Bridging the Gaps between the Local,
National, Regional and Global dimensions of
DRR
7. Linking Information and Communication
Technology with DRR
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LGA/DRR in Incheon, 2009
Overview

• Venue Songdo Convensia

• Date August 24-26, 2009

• Participants Local Regional Governments
• UN organizations, IOs, INGOs etc.

• Expected Participants 220250

• Host Incheon Metropolitan City UNISDR

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Songdo Convensia
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Songdo Convensia
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LGA/DRR
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Thank You ! See You in LGA/DRR Incheon, 2009!!