Table 1. Length and density of pubilic roads established in forests and adjacent areas in Korea. Roads with high traffic volumes that are unsuitable for forestry operations—including expressways, urban expressways, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, and underpasses—were excluded from the analysis.

Region Road length (km) Road density (m/ha)
National Special & Metropolitan local National local Provincial local Municipal or county Township or Village Forest area (ha)
Seoul 13 273 4 1 21 117 15,134 28.35
Pusan 52 383 31 4 55 268 32,886 24.11
Daegu 61 315 29 41 152 851 92,738 15.62
Incheon 4 201 3 3 45 50 22,352 13.69
Gwangu 34 297 9 11 26 178 17,649 31.45
Daejeon 26 291 8 15 65 251 27,705 23.68
Ulsan 95 525 27 21 75 512 63,787 19.67
Sejong 35 290 16 57 20 313 21,898 33.38
Gangwon 1,165 0 200 781 2,820 4,181 1,218,470 7.51
Gyeonggi 710 15 375 799 3,643 3,546 441,518 20.58
Chungbuk 604 2 192 747 2,234 4,794 480,839 17.83
Chungnam 634 4 154 689 2,168 7,239 363,332 29.97
Jeonbuk 664 0 193 732 1,857 4,678 419,399 19.37
Jeonnam 955 3 162 958 2,942 7,165 664,179 18.35
Gyeongbuk 1,326 3 394 1,390 3,778 11,199 1,294,967 13.97
Gyeongnam 862 6 272 1,043 2,657 7,384 687,914 17.77
Jeju 0 0 43 256 485 653 73,483 19.56
Total 7,240 2,608 2,112 7,548 23,043 53,379 5,938,249 16.15