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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seoul

Smart citizens are front and centre of Seoul’s smart city masterplan, with smart infrastructure and smart services completing the trilogy

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Seoul’s fine particulate matter levels drop 37 per cent

Seoul deploys smart city services to promote safety and wellbeing

Seoul Metro aims to reduce pollution by more than a third

Shanghai ranked smartest city thanks to Citizen Cloud platform

Seoul implements intelligent disaster prevention system

Seoul launches autonomous night bus

Seoul puts plan in place to become a robot-friendly city

Tokyo named most innovative city in annual ranking

Seoul announces plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050

London ranked top city for Generation Z

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Seoul has a population of 9.7 million people (2020) and was the world’s fourth 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 liveable 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.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seoul

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Smart citizens are front and centre of Seoul’s smart city masterplan, with smart infrastructure and smart services completing the trilogy

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Manchester launches People’s Panel for AI

The panel aims to provide residents with access to education and training on AI, enabling local communities to influence the development of AI initiatives.

UK train station harvests kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps

The project at Leighton Buzzard station aims to show how untapped footfall energy at transport hubs represents a real opportunity to provide sustainable energy sources.

What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

Majority want high-speed rail to replace short-haul flights

Research also reveals that within cities, 72 per cent would use public transport more if it was better connected, with shorter journey times a major factor.

SmartCitiesWorld to host second Cities Climate Action Summit

The in-person (London) and online event takes place 26-27 June and will convene city leaders, climate experts and organisations from around the world.

SmartCitiesWorld Newsletters (Daily/Weekly)

Our editorial newsletter pulls together our latest news items into one email, direct to your inbox. We also feature our latest city interviews, Special Reports and Guest Opinions.