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Seoul has achieved prosperity, low carbon emissions, and disaster resilience by investing in green spaces and private sector growth.
A study shows reducing involuntary migration to peripheries of the Greater Seoul Area requires policy interventions to regulate housing cost and supply.
Seoul’s Owl Service has reduced the use of passenger cars by more than 2 million trips per year.
Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
Moa House is an innovative model that improves living conditions by reducing project timelines and providing infrastructure for hard-to-redevelop low-rise homes.
A comprehensive data dashboard helps Seoul’s leaders make strategic and timely decisions.
Urban planners in Seoul shifted from paper-based processes to a computerized system to improve information sharing and decision-making.
In Seoul, 90% of landfill-bound wastes were instead used to produce energy enough to heat 518,000 households.
Rehabilitating natural systems with green infrastructure is key to building sustainability and resilience to climate change in urban areas.
In urban areas in the Lao PDR, decentralized solutions prove to be a low-maintenance and environment-friendly way to ensure clean water and sanitation.