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This case study outlines the journey of Daegu since 2014, when the city’s Smart City Plan was unveiled to the public. The U4SSC key performance indicators for smart sustainable cities to assess the achievement of sustainable development goals’ were implemented to support the assessment of the city’s existing smart city undertakings, benchmark performance and underscore effective best practices in order to improve the applicability of these KPIs on a global scale.

Being one of the pioneering cities in the Asia-Pacific to implement the U4SSC KPIs, the findings from the implementation process will also serve as a touchstone for other cities in the region that are commencing their smart and sustainable city journeys.

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