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Seoul
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Recently, Seoul decided to integrate the metaverse platform to its smart city model and unveiled a master plan to develop a metaverse platform for the city government
• Smart mobility
Most of the world’s large cities suffer from traffic jams. Seoul successfully reversed the vicious circle into a virtuous circle with advanced ICT including advanced intelligent transport system (ITS) technology, Bus Management System (BMS), and Global Positioning System (GPS).
• Smart waste and energy: circular economy
Seoul, like many other cities, once suffered a spate of waste overloads and power shortages due to rapid growth. One of the solutions the city came up with is the Gangnam Resource Recovery Facility (RRF). The facility transforms waste into energy, which helps reduce landfill and power neighborhood heating.
Gangnam Resource Recovery Facility in Seoul transforms waste into electricity and heat. (Source: RRF with modification by the author)
• Smart citizenry and e-Governance: enabling citizens to engage with their city
Seoul has increased public access to government services and data. Though the basic system is based on the 24/7 telephone counseling system, the 120 Dasan Call Center also provides consultations through other means such as SMS, social media, text chat, and video chat. The city was able to reduce long wait time and increase citizens’ satisfaction with upgraded service quality.
• Smart public space: addressing an old issue in a new way enabled by technology
Smart cities like Seoul also reorganize public spaces as important assets to improve the quality of life and sustainability. Cheonggyecheon adopted ICT and sensors to control the water level in times of torrential rain. Water quality sensors are used to detect the inflow of contaminants in advance to maintain water quality. The data is transmitted in real time to a control center, and open to citizens, too.