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ensure the sanctity of its rivers, sensors to monitor and manage the influx of pollutants have also
been implemented.

Another initiative directed at preserving the natural environment includes judicious waste collection.
To circumvent the utilization of waste burning and indiscriminate landfill dumping, Daegu conducts
separate garbage collection, supported by segregation of waste for recycling and regulation on
the use of purely disposable products.

6.3 Dimension: Society and Culture

The third dimension of the U4SSC KPIs delves into the impact of ICTs in improving equity,
governance, information flow and public participation. ICTs can provide a convenient platform for
large-scale inhabitant engagement, and ICT applications are the key to delivering information on
government services and performance to the public. This section also examines Daegu’s actions
in using technologies when the city was on the brink of facing the adverse effects of the COVID-19
pandemic in the first quarter of 2020.

6.3.1 Urban problem discovery team

Since 2019, the urban problem discovery team has been operating as a living lab activity, which
is called a “laboratory of daily life” as inhabitants find out which urban problems Daegu is facing
and cooperate to develop solutions.

A total of 393 inhabitants participated in the operations over the course of three years (2019–2021),
to uncover and tackle 36 urban problems. The number of participants each year has been denoted
in the table on the next page.

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