Korean ubiquitous-eco-city: A smart-sustainable urban form or a branding hoax?
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- 1 November 2014
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
- Vol. 89, 100-114
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.034
Abstract
The buzzwords of zero-carbon, low-carbon, carbon-neutral, smart-eco and ubiquitous-eco have become common brands for the sustainable eco-cities of the 21st century. This paper focuses on one of these city types ‘ubiquitous-eco-city’ (u-eco-city). The principal premise of a u-eco-city is to provide a high quality of life and place to residents, workers and visitors with low-to-no negative impacts on the natural environment by using state-of-the-art technologies in the planning, development and management stages. The paper aims to put this premise into a test and address whether u-eco-city is a dazzling smart and sustainable urban form that constitutes an ideal 21st century city model or just a branding hoax. This paper explores recent developments and trends in the ubiquitous technologies, infrastructures, services and management systems, and their utilisation and implications for the development of u-eco-cities. The paper places Korean u-eco-city initiatives under microscope, and critically discusses their prospects in forming a smart and sustainable urban form and become an ideal city modelKeywords
Funding Information
- Queensland University of Technology
- Hanbat National University
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