Sacheon City Wins Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award for Urban Sustainability Evaluation

From Crime and Disaster Prevention
to Job Creation, Housing Improvements, and Citizen Participation

Sacheon City in South Gyeongsang Province was selected as an outstanding local government in the overall index evaluation category at the "2026 Korea Urban Awards," hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award.

The city announced on September 9 that in this evaluation, which targeted local governments nationwide, it was assessed on urban policy-related indices across four areas: urban society, urban economy, urban environment, and support systems.

[Photo by Sacheon City] After being selected as an excellent local government in the overall indicator evaluation category at the '2026 Korea Urban Awards' hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Sacheon City officials are taking a commemorative photo after receiving the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award.

The Korea Urban Awards is a system that evaluates local governments' urban sustainability and the level of living infrastructure. Award-winning local governments are selected through index evaluations and assessments of outstanding policies.

For this year's index evaluation, Sacheon City submitted its achievements in crime and disaster prevention, welfare and cultural policies, business attraction and job policies, improvement of residential environments and responses to climate change, as well as initiatives in urban planning and citizen participation.

In the urban society category, the evaluation included crime prevention, improvement of disaster-prone areas, and welfare and cultural policies targeting socially disadvantaged groups.

In the urban economy category, the focus was on policies for business attraction, job creation, and responses to population decline. In the urban environment category, improvements to the living conditions of vulnerable groups, climate change response, and the expansion of eco-friendly transport networks were evaluated.

In the support systems category, major evaluation items included the prevention of reckless development, urban regeneration, the implementation of participatory budgeting, and the operation of structures that encourage the participation of residents and experts.

Additionally, achievements such as expanding CCTV and safety facilities, establishing major disaster prevention systems, regenerating the historic city center, and increasing citizen participation were presented.

Sacheon City explained that related indices were managed by each department, and all necessary achievements were compiled in preparation for the evaluation.

Sacheon Mayor Park Dongsik stated, "With this award as an opportunity, we will continue to thoroughly review all urban policies and promote projects to improve the urban environment related to citizens' daily lives."

The award was based on the government's urban policy-related index evaluation results. However, the actual effectiveness and public perception of individual policies will require confirmation through each project's performance and ongoing changes in the indices.

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