Cities today issue 12 | Page 32

CITY PROFILES Housing: 1,494,400,000,000 won (US$1.38 billion) Water and Sanitation: 950,900,000,000 won (US$881 million) Security: 889,300,000,000 won (US$824 million) Energy supply: 269,300,000,000 won (US$250 million) Seoul Photo: Oskar Alexanderson GHG emissions: 49.75 million tonnes Period reported: 2010 Inventory method: 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Source: CDP Cities) Mr. Hong Jun-Pyo Tel: +82-55-211-2001 http://www.gsnd.net 3,380,000 NEAR (1996) UCLG (2006) Governors’ Association of Korea Daegu Metropolitan City Photo: Daegu Metropolitan City The key focus for 2014 is to promote policies for effective balanced development and to reduce disproportions between the city and rural areas. Sister cities (10): Yamaguchi (Japan, 1987), Maryland (U.S, 1991), Shandong (China, 1993), East Java (Indonesia, 1996), Dong Nai (Vietnam, 1996), Jalisco (Mexico, 1997), Laguna (Philippines, 1997), Pomorskie (Poland, 1997), Fejer (Hungary, 1997). Friendship cities (5): Liaoning (China, 2000), Queensland (Australia, 2008), Rio de –Janeiro (Brazil, 2009), Okayama (Japan, 2009), Heilongjiang (China, 2011). Daejeon Metropolitan City Photo: Koreawiki The Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial budget was 6,207,722,910,000 won (US$5.7 billion) in 2013 allocated to the following areas: