eprintid: 10176718
rev_number: 13
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datestamp: 2023-09-15 10:14:18
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type: article
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sword_depositor: 699
creators_name: Huh, Jeongwha
creators_name: Son, Jung Won
creators_name: Zhao, Yang
creators_name: Yang, Seongwon
title: Who built the "world's first smart city" of Songdo? Questioning the ICT firms' Leadership in Smart City Development
ispublished: inpress
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F39
keywords: Smart city, Songdo international business district, South Korea, building provision structure, role of developer
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
abstract: The media often depicts major information and technology (ICT) firms, such as IBM, Google, and Cisco, as the principal driving forces of smart city development. However, we argue that traditional urban development actors, such as real estate developers and national and local governments, play larger roles. ICT firms have limitations as leaders of major smart city development because of two important factors: 1) financially, the ICT budget is merely a small portion of the total greenfield smart city development budget, and 2) the ICT product lifespans are much shorter than that of the built environment. We explain how these two issues cause several practical problems that are obstacles to ICT firms taking charge of major smart city development. To this end, we refer to findings from an in-depth case study of the Songdo International Business District, which some have dubbed “the world’s first smart city,” allegedly built by Cisco.
date: 2023-09-30
date_type: published
publisher: Bellwether
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2024.2309879
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2085175
doi: 10.1080/15387216.2024.2309879
lyricists_name: Son, Jung Won
lyricists_id: JWSON04
actors_name: Son, Jung Won
actors_id: JWSON04
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: ES/W011190/1 [Economic and Social Research Council]
full_text_status: public
publication: Eurasian Geography and Economics
issn: 1538-7216
citation:        Huh, Jeongwha;    Son, Jung Won;    Zhao, Yang;    Yang, Seongwon;      (2023)    Who built the "world's first smart city" of Songdo? Questioning the ICT firms' Leadership in Smart City Development.                   Eurasian Geography and Economics        10.1080/15387216.2024.2309879 <https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2024.2309879>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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