1. Green Cities and 'IT839': A New Paradigm for Economic Growth in South Korea
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Sofia T. Shwayri and Paul D. Mullins
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Government ,National government ,Eco-cities ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,0507 social and economic geography ,Green city ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,Urban Studies ,Economy ,Urban planning ,Information and Communications Technology ,Technology transfer ,Economics ,Townsend ,050703 geography - Abstract
The Korean government, like many in Asia, is actively building green cities from scratch—the most famous being Sejong, Songdo, and Cheongna. All these are considered models of green cities and are characterized by similar networked smart technological systems. This research builds on recent scholarly discourse by Anthony Townsend on smart technologies and urban planning, and Sofia T. Shwayri and Simon Joss on the “ubiquitous-eco-city” phenomena in Korea. In particular, it aims to extend Shwayri's hypothesis that the model is developed for export by uncovering the goals of the green city model actors. By tracing the national government's economic growth ICT strategy—“IT839”—and its key industry stakeholders, KT Telecommunications, this paper illuminates how Korea's green city model is being driven by an agenda of horizontal technology transfer in which the government has aimed to extend its traditional markets, and create a new paradigm for economic growth.
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- 2016
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