Understanding Smart City Development Strategy: A Comparison Between Siheung City and Florida Neocity

Abstract

Governments around the world form relationships that could expand expertise and gain insight into different cultures, Government to Government (G2G) business is a way for countries to facilitate trade and promote economic growth. G2G business benefits appreciably from taking advantage of opportunities, such as achieving a mutually beneficial outcome, or maintain a vigorous international partnership. As cities around the world become urbanized, urban problems from overcrowding to environmental pollution to corrosion of infrastructure to housing problems can be seen across the world. The concept of smart city suggests potential solution to these various types of globally faced urban problems.

Early smart city developmental guidance can provide a foundation for other smart city latecomers to ensure that smart cities can improve the quality of life for citizens and make cities more efficient and sustainable. The development process can be filled with difficulties but sharing smart city development guidance can provide a framework of implementing smart city into their country. These G2G business relationships are beneficial for both cities and can cooperate to strengthen the economic and social ties between countries. This study identifies two smart cities development strategy, Siheungs local government and Floridas Osceola County government, to find diplomatic ties between cities and governments that can share their knowledge resource of the smart city development. Through qualitative data analysis, the study benefits local governments in what smart city pillars to focus on when trying transform their region into smart cities. Additionally, the study helps the understanding of own city conditions and how to select and pursuit the smart city pioneer is essential in smart city development process.