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National Pilot Smart City

National Pilot Smart CityNational Pilot Smart City

A sustainable city, as a test bed for new technologies of the 4th industrial revolution, where citizens actively take part in addressing urban issues to improve the quality of life.

The national pilot cities were developed to demonstrate and integrate technologies related to the 4th Industrial Revolution on the lands without development plans.

With the aim to present the leading future smart city model by creating an innovative industry ecosystem that can implement creative business models, the national pilot cities have been developed in Sejong and Busan.

Expected Effects of a Smart City

A City that Creates Ideas and Jobs
  • 2.3 million new jobs due to automation using smart technology

    Gartner Report (2017)
  • Artificial intelligence increases idea diversity by 57%

    Cannes Lions Deloitte Digital Case (2018)
  • 25% improvement in personalized demand through blockchain based information sharing

    KPMG Study(2018)
  • 300% higher employment rate due to walking city development

    Example: Dublin Temple Bar District
A Walkable City
  • Walking increases creativity by 60%

    Dr. M. Oppezzo, Prof. D. L. Schwartz of Stanford University (2014)
  • A walkable city has 80% higher trust and participation than an automobile-dependent city

    Prof. K. M. Leyden of the National University of Ireland (2003)
  • A walkable city has 40% more active exchanges than other cities

    Manhattan Union Square North Research (2012)
  • A walkable city has a 49% lower commercial vacancy rate than other cities

    Manhattan Union Square North Research (2012)
An Environment Reviving City
  • Reduction of GHG by 72% by increasing energy efficiency

    UN Sustainable Energy for All(2015)
  • Reduction of power consumption by buildings and industry by 14% with increased energy efficiency

    UN Sustainable Energy for All(2015)
  • 24% of CO2 emissions are generated from owned cars

    The Guardian, edited (2017)
  • As of 2030, the energy directly produced by private companies will be ten times that in 2016

    Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils(2016)
City for a Healthy and Happy Life
  • 45% reduction in emergency visits to hospital due to remote medical services

    Capital Blue Cross Study (2016)
  • 40% reduction in infectious disease due to the integrated network of hospitals

    The Kansas Healthcare Collaborative(2016)
  • 15% reduction in disease risk due to real-time air monitoring

    McKinsey Report(2018)
  • 11% more social participation for every 10-minute reduction in commuting time

    Prof. R. D. Putnam of Harvard University, edited (2000)

National Pilot Smart City Project

Overview of the Sejong National Pilot Smart City Project
  • Project Name

    5-1 Living Zone National Pilot Smart City Project establish

  • Overview

    Whole area of Hapgang-ri, Sejong-si (Sejong 5-1 Living Zone), 830,000 pyeong, Design Population 23 million people

  • Project Period

    2021~2036years (15 years) * Five-year deployment (~‘26 years) / 10 years of operation(~‘36 years)

  • Total Project Costs

    Total 3.1148 trillion won (government expenses 843①, city expenses 24②, LH 156③, private 30,125)
    *①Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport(service) ②Sejong SPC governmental investment ③LH SPC governmental investment ④O¹ consortium(direct investment 25,643, loan 4,482)

  • Agency Roles

    City(Support for administrative procedures), MOLIT(Business general manager, institutional support), LH(land supply)

  • Strategies

    SPC(Special Purpose Company) established (established capital 90 billion won(public 180/private 720))

  • Project Information

    Creating a leading district (3,842 households) and providing smart services (21) using cutting-edge technologies such as AI, big data, and IoT

Sejong 5-1 Living Zone " A sustainable platform that enhances resident s’ happiness and provides creative opportunities "

Sejong City 5-1 Living Zone, the national pilot city of Sejong Smart City designed to lead balanced national development to enhance national competitive edge and upgrade the quality of cities for creating a sustainable city model for future generations, is in the joining of Mihocheon Stream and Geumgang River surrounded by a beautiful natural environment and is to be constructed in an area adjacent to the industry-university-research cluster in the 4-2 living zone, a self-sufficient happy city.

Sejong 5-1 Living Zone is developed as a data-based sustainable innovation ecosystem by establishing an integrated city operation system based on all-stage data flow from data production to collection, to processing, to utilizing to open and use urban data for building citizen-centered governance and creating new business models. It creates a variety of channels for citizens to participate from planning to operating of the city and put together an efficient collaboration system to provide smart services that can be felt by citizens.

Overview of the Sejong National Pilot Smart City Project
  • Project Period

    2018-2023 (Moving in from the first half of 2023)

  • Location

    around Gangseo-gu, Busan

  • Project Area

    2,191,000㎡ (660,000 pyeong)

  • Design Population

    Approximately 8,500 (approximately 3,380 households)

Busan Eco Delta City " A place of innovative and international leadership for future living where the nature, people and technology come together "

Busan Eco Delta City (EDC), as the mecca of the future industry with the 4th industrial revolution technologies, aims to enhance the quality of life of citizens, in which all residents can benefit from equal opportunities and inclusive growth in education, culture, safety and environment. As a charming city where art, culture, and tourism are harmonized together under the theme of water based on the potential of the Semulmeori waterfront in which three streams meet, it presents a sustainable future city model with urban planning and smart technologies.

We plan to operate three future urban platforms (digital city, augmented city, robot city) that enable innovative and sustainable urban innovation of Busan Eco Delta Smart City, and adopt ten innovative technologies (robot-based life innovation, learn-work-play integrated society, intelligent urban administration and management, smart water, zero-energy city, smart education & living, smart healthcare, smart mobility, smart safety, smart park) in order to establish a leading model of smart city that brings about an innovative transformation of individuals, societies, cities and the public sector.

3 Values
  • Post-materialism
    • Lifestyle-oriented, Work-life Balance
    • Human-centered, Environement-friendly
  • Decentralization
    • Sharing, Open and Distributed
    • Diversity and Community based
  • Smart Technologies
    • Data-driven, Artificial Intelligence
    • Creative Innovation
  • New Smart Growth City
    • Smart Life for Future
    • Smart Links for Sharing
    • Smart Place for Everyone
    • Urban planning for smart city
  • Technological Base
    • Digital city platform
    • Augmented city platform
    • Robot city platform
  • 10 Innovations That Add Valus
    to Urban Living
    • Life innovation with city-bots
    • Learn-Work-Play integration
    • Intelligent administration and management
    • Smart Water
    • Zero-energy city
    • Smart education & living
    • Smart healthcare
    • Smart transportation
    • Smart safety
    • Smart parks