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Foreword

As the Mayor of Daegu Metropolitan City, it is my honour and pleasure
to write a foreword for the publication. I believe it is extremely
meaningful to publish this Case Study on ITU-T International Standards
to shape Smart Sustainable cities.

As human beings started to form communities, we gradually moved
towards urbanization. The establishment of these cities has caused
numerous urban problems. To deal with these burgeoning problems
and to build smarter and more sustainable cities, tremendous efforts
have been made around the world.

The City of Daegu is not an exception. In 2016, we announced the 2030 Future Growth Plan, which
has paved the way for the establishment of a smart city with the vision of becoming “A Global
Leading City with Industrial Growth and Citizens’ Happiness”. Accordingly, this city is envisioned
as a platform, to solve a variety of urban issues together with the public and private sectors, and
revitalize related industry.

We have built a leading model for smart cities by establishing the Suseong Alpha City testbed, and
have been exploring smart city services through 13 systems in five fields, including autonomous
driving, smart street-lights and underground utilities management. During the first half of 2022,
we plan to become a data-centric city capable of integrating and utilizing the whole city’s data by
building and managing a Smart City Data Hub.

Furthermore, we have introduced the Urban Problem Discovery Team’s Living Lab System, where
citizens can explore urban issues and discover optimal solutions for existing urban issues. The
best-use cases derived from their solutions are further tested and subsequently implemented in
the whole city.

In particular, we have formulated the 2021–2025 Smart City Plan and presented our policy direction
for a smart city project based on citizens’ happiness and for boosting local enterprises’ growth. In
this context, we will select 35 programmes in six sectors – Smart Transportation, Safety, Environment,
Welfare, Economy and Administration – and advance towards the creation of “Smart Daegu” where
people will be happy to live and work.

In keeping with the adopted endeavour, we will continue our efforts to pursue the establishment
of a smart city, and become an innovation standard for initiating a new smart city wave across the
globe. Moreover, by inviting citizens to participate in applying emerging smart city technologies,
everything in daily life will become smarter and will make people’s lives more convenient, more
inclusive, safer and cleaner.

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