Improving the Labour Environment in Seoul’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Implications of Related Policies

In recent years, serious concerns around increased fatalities in industrial accidents have emerged, with these comes the need to improve the labour environment...

Mechanism and Future Directions of City Diplomacy

City diplomacy is a direct result of rapid urbanization and ‘new diplomacy’ in the era of globalization. It has emerged as actors in international relations...

OD Estimation and Application Using Taxi DTG Data

Seoul has completed the installation of Digital Tacho Graph (DTG) onto all taxis in 2015. Although the DTG data is highly reliable data that reflects the use...

Developing the Seoul Basic Livelihood Security Scheme:Plan to Reduce Welfare Blind Spots

Since 2013, Seoul city offers the Seoul Basic Livelihood Security Scheme (SBLS) in order to protect marginalized population who left behind by National Basic...

Structural Safety Management for Small-scale Buildings

The collapse of several buildings has caused social anxiety about an aging building. Further, 46% of buildings in Seoul are over 30 years old. Therefore,...

Strengthening the Role and Capabilities for Autonomous Districts’ Urban Planning in the Decentralized Era

The purpose of this study is to understand the management conditions of urban planning in the autonomous districts of Seoul in the era of low growth and...

Study on Seasonal Particulate Matter(PM) Management to Prevent High Pollution Events

On the contrary to a decrease in the average annual PM2.5 concentrations over the last three years, the number of high PM2.5 event has increased in particular...

Energy Poverty in Seoul

Energy poverty has been high on the political agenda in Seoul since the late 2000s. The Seoul Metropolitan Government has addressed energy poverty via various...

A Proposal for Improving Incentives for Seoul’s Green Building

Korea revised the Green Building Establishment Act in 2019 to enforce mandatory green building in the private sector from 2025 and expand it to small buildings...

A Study on Policies to Promote the IIoT Industry in Seoul

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an intensively discussed topic in industry, government and academia. The industrial application of IoT are Industrial Internet...