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– provide additional guidance on improving accessibility of heritage sites for persons with
disability; and
– formulate a “rule-book” for the maintenance of the area.

10 Follow-up activities

Daegu has been a frontrunner in the adoption of digital technologies for its smart city venture.
Additionally, the city’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite it being at the epicentre
of the disease in the country during the initial phase of the outbreak, has been no ordinary feat
as it was able to contain the virus soon after its outset. Considering the findings gleaned from the
results of the U4SSC-KPI pilot project, the following action points have been suggested for Daegu:

• Continuance of internal U4SSC-KPI implementation at the city level: It is important to acknowledge
that the transition to a smart and sustainable city cannot be achieved overnight. Therefore, it is
vital that Daegu continues with ongoing reporting of the U4SSC KPIs and updates the data on
a regular basis to gain an overarching view of the progress achieved. This update of the U4SSC
KPI data can form the basis for a regular benchmarking programme for the city to be able to
visualize and quantify its annual progress.

• Implementation of other ITU-T Recommendations: To supplement the indicators in
Recommendation ITU-T Y.4903, along with the policy recommendations showcased in Section 5,
Daegu should also consider applying other ITU-T Recommendations on the following topics:

– Energy Management: Recommendation ITU-T L.1383 “Smart energy solutions for cities and
home applications”
– Environmental Sustainability: Supplement ITU-T L.44 “A Guideline on best practices and
environment friendly policies for effective ICT deployment methods”

– Building Sustainability: Recommendation ITU-T L.1371: “A methodology for assessing and
scoring the sustainability performance of office buildings”
– ICT Sustainability: Recommendation ITU-T L.1440: “Methodology for environmental impact
assessment of information and communication technologies at city level”

– Blockchain integration: Recommendation ITU-T Y.4907: “Reference architecture of blockchain-
based unified KPI data management for smart sustainable cities”

• Support cities in the Asia-Pacific with their smart city expeditions: With Asia having eight of the
world’s megacities – most of which are in developing countries – it would be beneficial if Daegu
were to provide these cities with additional guidance for their smart sustainable city journeys.
Daegu’s well-defined strategy and planning processes, which are aligned with its inhabitants’
needs and are dedicated to solving real city problems, are an excellent template that could be
used by other cities.

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