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Seoul

Seoul has a population of 9.7million people (2020) and was the world’s 4th largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$635 billion in 2014 after Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. In 2015, it was rated Asia’s most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally. In 2016, the World Health Organisation stated that the air quality was 2.4 times the recommended level.

CITY RESOURCES

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seoul

NEWS

10 Jun 2021

Seoul uses blockchain and IoT to monitor risky buildings

04 Jun 2021

Data analysis of Seoul’s IoT sensor network to inform smart city policy

21 May 2021

Seoul’s smart poles to charge EVs and drones

11 May 2021

Seoul connects city with its Pedestrian Forest Path

05 May 2021

Seoul to create more modular parks to reduce particulate matter levels

27 Apr 2021

Plug and Play accelerator launches in Seoul

09 Apr 2021

Ehang partners to build eco vertiport in Italy

31 Mar 2021

Singapore, Seoul and London top smart city governance ranking

25 Nov 2020

EHang completes maiden flights of two-seater air taxi in South Korea

28 Oct 2020

Mayors warn that Covid stimulus funds must be directed at a green recovery

23 Sep 2020

Quanergy and iCent partner to improve pedestrian safety in Seoul

25 Jun 2020

Report reveals how citizens are rethinking transportation

Seoul: A city based on data

The South Korean capital believes the analysis of urban patterns forms the bedrock of smart infrastructure and services. SmartCitiesWorld explores how it has been using data more intelligently since 2011.

Opinions

5G’s importance for smart cities has been underplayed

Everyone talks about 5G hype but Kevin Hasley RootMetrics & IHS Markit argues that the importance of 5G to connected communities and smart city success has been underplayed.