U-City: New Trends of Urban Planning in Korea Based on Pervasive Ubiquitous Geotechnology and Geoinformation - Myungjun Jang - Institute of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul

2. Definition And Characteristics of U-City (1) Definition of U-City A fuse of spatial concept and high-tech information Enables all human activities through high-tech infrastructure and ubiquitous information service Ubiquitous : ‘existing anywhere’ in Latin Accessible regardless of place Next-generation informatization city Place of innovation and improvement of quality of life 3

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6. Definition And Characteristics of U-City (3) Types of U-City Service u-Home, u-Work, u-Traffic, u-Health, u-Environment, u-Public service and u-Education, and etc. Combined with communication infrastructure wired and wireless service (ex: xDSL, FTTH, RFID, Wi-bro, mobile communication) construction infrastructure such as high-tech intelligent building and intelligent road solutions such as home networking, building management system 6

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8. Trend And Status of U-City (1) Driving Factor for Developing U-City Convergence of many fields in urban life Information technology, construction, home-appliances and etc. Positive expectations for developing U-City for future urban forms 8

10. Finland : Arabianranta project Germany: Media Park of Cologne Japan: Fukuoka Soft Research Park 10

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14. Trend And Status of U-City (3) Development in Korea U-City as promoting local economies Partnerships among local governments, private companies and publicly owned companies U-City as promoting urban quality of life Combination of IT and local services Promoting ubiquitous connections About 20 cities in Korea planning to construct U-Cities High-level of technology in wired wireless infrastructure Competitive construction infrastructure 14

15. Future of U-City Fundamental questions for future of U-City Whether it can give useful added value to human beings? Can computation will catch the human behavior patterns? Can market opportunity will be realized? 15

16. Core Success Factors And Activation Direction of U-City Construction of IT infrastructure Self-sufficient function of the city Development of successful business model Reinforce differentiated urban industry strategy and specialization of the city Supplementary but necessary factors such as laws and policy support 16

17. Conclusions Dev. of U-City can respond from demand rather than the U-City as policy propaganda Amalgam of the local needs, business opportunity, technology, and strategy Growth engine of the region Ubiquitous is the innovative way, not new way Need more cooperation and standardization 17