The Making of a Smart City in Korea: The Quest for E-Seoul

The Making of a Smart City in Korea: The Quest for E-Seoul provides empirical evidence on how the notion of the smart city has been interpreted and applied in Seoul, South Korea, showing how shifting a traditional city into a digital one has brought about noticeable changes in governance, economics, arts, and cultures.

Format: Hardback
Length: 354 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

Cutting across diverse disciplines, such as economics, sociology, public administration, public policy, urban design and planning, urban engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and tourism research, The Making of a Smart City in Korea: The Quest for E-Seoul provides empirical evidence on how the notion of the smart city has been interpreted and applied in Seoul, the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. The contributors show how shifting a traditional city into a digital one has brought about noticeable changes in the governance, economics, arts, and cultures of Seoul.

This edited volume on the Seoul Metropolitan Governments quest for e-Seoul provides great resources for many cities worldwide to seek to benchmark this particular type of smart city, as well as for all those academics in the related fields to learn it theoretically and empirically, given that Seoul has systematically pushed different stages and strategies of the smart urbanization.

The book is organized into five parts, each of which explores a different aspect of the smart city development in Seoul. The first part provides an overview of the citys current situation and challenges, including its population growth, urbanization, and environmental issues. The second part examines the Seoul Metropolitan Governments vision and strategies for becoming a smart city, including its efforts to promote digital infrastructure, innovation, and sustainability.

The third part explores the impact of smart city development on various sectors of the economy, including technology, healthcare, education, and tourism. The fourth part discusses the challenges and opportunities that arise from the smart city development, including issues of privacy, security, and social inequality. The fifth part provides case studies and examples of successful smart city projects in Seoul, including the Seoul Smart City Initiative, the Digital Seoul Initiative, and the Smart City Expo.

Overall, The Making of a Smart City in Korea: The Quest for E-Seoul is a valuable resource for policymakers, urban planners, and researchers interested in understanding the development of smart cities and the challenges and opportunities that arise from them.

Weight: 676g
Dimension: 435 x 237 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666931853