Ubiquitous city
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A ubiquitous city or U-city is a city or region with ubiquitous information technology. All information systems are linked, and virtually everything is linked to an information system through technologies such as wireless networking and RFID tags.
The concept has received most attention in South Korea, which is planning to build some 15 ubiquitous cities. The first U-City, Hwaseong-Dongtan U-City, has been partially completed and operated in 2007. It characterizes diverse U-Services that include U-Traffic, U-Parking, and U-Crime Prevention service. The largest of these will be Songdo, constructed on fill off the coast of Incheon. Songdo, or New Songdo City, is expected to open in 2014. The smaller Future-X development in Daejeon is scheduled to open in 2009.[1]
The concept has also been studied in other countries such as Japan.[2]
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- ^ 대전에 유비쿼터스 복합도시 '퓨처렉스' 건설 (Daejeon-e yubikwoteoseu bokhapdosi 'pyucheorekseu' geonseol, Combined ubiquitous city "Future-X" to be constructed in Daejeon). Ohmynews (2005-12-21). Retrieved on 2006-08-01.
- ^ Osaka held a 2003 conference on ubiquitous cities, and continues to push for various implementations of the concept. [1]
