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Suggested action(s) for Daegu other aspiring
Measures adopted by Daegu
smart cities
As part of its urban greening strategy, Daegu A major biodiversity threat on the Korean
planted 44.4 million trees between 1996 and Peninsula is habitat loss from rapid urbanization
2020. The Republic of Korea has an existing and industrialization, causing the number of
legislation for the protection of biodiversity known endangered flora and fauna to increase at a rapid
as the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action rate. 20
Plans (NBSAP).
While Daegu’s initiative is commendable and is
making an impact, other cities can and should
replicate and implement similar programmes.
Where the resources for a large programme are
not available, cities can start with small-scale
local projects at the neighbourhood levels that
integrate inhabitants into the effort. Greening
efforts can also be encouraged through local
regulations that ensure that the current tree cover
is maintained and that permits would be required
to remove trees.

Daegu and other cities should review the
guidance and knowledge provided by the
Convention on Biological Diversity to determine
steps to that can be taken to maintain and
increase biodiversity.
Daegu has made it a key feature of its smart Aspiring cities should follow the example of
sustainable city journey to implement air Daegu and develop a robust, ICT-based system
quality and water quality monitoring systems. for monitoring air and water quality. Other
Additionally, these monitoring systems are used to cities can learn from the experience of Daegu
provide inhabitants with actionable information. by creating the infrastructure needed and the
effective methods used to communicate with
inhabitants.

Daegu, and other cities, may wish to expand the
monitoring system to other attributes related
to the environment such as waste, noise, EMF
exposure and CO2 emissions.
Cities may also wish to use Y Suppl. 36: ITU-T
Y.4550-Y.4699: “Smart water management in
cities”, which provides municipalities, decision-
makers and interested stakeholders with an
overview of the main technical aspects that need
to be considered to design and implement smart
water management effectively in cities.

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