Smart City Strategy of Korea - ① Specialized City Design

Today, we will look into the smart city strategy of  Korea.  

First strategy is special city design  

We show a national pilot city project for new city building.

The national pilot city project is a forward-looking smart city model

where various cutting-edge technologies are clustered on an empty land

There are two cities in the project: Living Zone No.5-1 in Sejong and Eco-Delta City in Busan. The master planners are Brain scientist and data specialist.

First, Sejong City.

Sejong plans to form a smart city based on the AI-based city concept

that transforms its citizens’ day-to-day life through seven innovative factors,

namely, mobility, healthcare, education, energy and others.

One of the most important services in Sejong is mobility.

In Sejong, in some areas we have plans to utilize smart mobility such as personal mobility and autonomous-driving shuttles. 

Moreover, we would also introduce a service called “MaaS” that connects all transportation such as bus, taxi, bike and PM into a single platform.

Another important service is healthcare.

Sejong will function as a single large-scale hospital

For example,

there is a plan to provide customized treatment immediately provided upon the arrival of patients by providing the patient’s conditions in real time on their dispatch to the hospital while dispatching ambulances and providing rescue services in optimal paths

when emergencies occur.

The next project is Eco Delta City national pilot project for Busan.

For Busan, a state-of-the-art waterfront city will be built based on

10 innovative factors including robots, water and energy based on the data and AR.

There is a plan to turn Busan into a world-class robotic city where robots are utilized throughout citizens’ lives such as delivery, care, and parking and robot-friendly infrastructure is installed to support developing the robotic industry.

Also important thing is water.

The latest technologies will be applied to the entire water circulation process in the city

ranging from rainwater collection to water purification and recycling.

The goal is to turn Busan into an eco-friendly city where the water can be reused 100%.

Next, we introduce to you the Smart City Challenge program for the existing cities.

This project supports for private companies to explore the creative solutions for urban 

problems.

For example,

Incheon City plans to establish the “demand-response transportation system”

that changes bus routes depending on the real-time passenger volume

in partnership with Hyundai Motors.

We will support Funding for planning & pilot project in first year

And expansion in second year after competition.

To be continued…

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