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Mobile apps enable farmers, including women smallholders, to modernize and diversify their production and transact with suppliers and buyers directly.
In Seoul, 90% of landfill-bound wastes were instead used to produce energy enough to heat 518,000 households.
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.
The public management of revenue and service routes prioritized people’s need for safe and convenient public transport.
Seoul’s Transport Operation and Information Service (TOPIS) is an integrated data hub for smart city management.
In Seoul, commuters use a smart card to pay for travel on any mode of public transport.
A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government provides market analysis, such as consumption patterns and purchasing power, to help small entrepreneurs succeed.
Seoul’s innovative solution in blending modernization with cultural preservation successfully transformed the Bukchon hanok area.