Introduction
New Songdo City covers an area of 1,500 acres (53.45 square kilometers), approximately equivalent to downtown Manhattan, and will become a free trade and international business center. The free economic zone will play an important role in the development of Incheon Port as a logistics center in Northeast Asia. New infrastructure and tax incentives, combined with reduced restrictions on human resources and education, all of which will greatly attract inward investment.
Reason to Be Selected
The concept of waste treatment in this smart city is extremely advanced. There is no garbage truck in Songdao New City, and all waste is processed through a pneumatic tube system. Garbage can be sucked from the chute of the house to the central sorting equipment within a few seconds. The garbage is either used to generate electricity or recycled.
Highlights:
After the completion, the community, hospitals, companies and government agencies of the "Songdao New City" will realize all-round information sharing; digital technology will be housed in households, streets and office buildings, like an invisible large network connecting the urban branches . With just a smart card, residents can easily complete payment, check medical records and open doors and other trivial tasks, and people's lives will become very convenient."All the spaces here will be connected with the network and high-tech control systems. There will be smart homes, smart stores, smart schools, hospitals and banks. All the daily chores can be done automatically by high-tech IT technology."Details
The Korean peninsula was reduced to a Japanese colony in 1910, and Nikko recovered independence on August 15, 1945. In August and September 1948, along the 38th north latitude line, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People ’s Republic of Korea were established in succession between the north and south of the Korean Peninsula. The Korean War broke out in 1950. According to the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953, the two sides ceased armistice. Since the 1960s, the South Korean government has implemented an "export-led" economic development strategy, creating a period of rapid economic growth known as the "Han River Miracle", and has become one of the "four small dragons in Asia."
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South Korea is a developed capitalist country, a founding member of APEC, the World Trade Organization and the East Asia Summit, as well as members of important international organizations such as the OECD, the G20 and the United Nations. [2] After the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the Korean economy entered a period of moderate growth. The industry is dominated by manufacturing and service industries, and semiconductor, electronics, automotive, shipbuilding, steel, chemical, machinery, textile, cosmetics and other industries have entered the top 10 in the world. Large enterprise groups occupy a very important position in the Korean economy. The major large enterprise groups include Samsung, Hyundai Group, SK Group, LG, Pohang Steel, and Hanwha Group.
On the surface, Songdao New City has an impressive public transportation system, and its design concept is to achieve "car-free" urban transportation. To achieve this goal, the city's streets are very wide, and some roads have up to ten lanes This provides space for city planners to build a light rail or tram network. Songdo New City has a rich rail transit system, and the subway here connects both the existing system in Incheon and Seoul ’s complicated railway network. All these plans and constructions seem to further the Songdao New City's commitment to being car-free.
Conclusions
The Plan’s operational zone being one of the SAU’s intervention zones in which it has a degree of control over real estate, the SAU plays both a coordinatory role and, in some cases, an operational role there.
| Lat: | 37.33 |
| Lng: | 126.58 |
| Type: | |
| Region: | Asia |
| Scale: | Region |
| Field: | Infrastructure |
| City: | Seoul |