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Contents
ABSTRACT 12
I. Introduction 16
1. Research Background 16
2. Research Purpose 23
II. Literature Review 26
1. Smart City Concept and Current Development 26
1) Smart City Concept 26
2) Current Smart City Development 29
2. Literatures on Smart City 62
3. Influence of Smart City Development on Urban Innovation 67
1) Urban Innovation Concept 67
2) Literatures on Smart City and Urban Innovation 73
III. Research Design 82
1. Research Scope 82
2. Research Methods 88
(1) Literature and statistical analysis method. 88
(2) Survey research method. 88
IV. Characteristics of Smart City Developments in Two Case Cities: Wuxi, China and Inchon, South Korea 90
1. Wuxi Smart City Developement 90
1) Smart Wuxi Top-level Design (Strategic Planning) 90
2) Infrastructure for Smart Wuxi 98
3) Smart Wuxi's urban governance 118
4) Smart Wuxi's convenient services 134
5) The industrial ecology of Smart Wuxi 141
6) Deficiency in the Development of Wuxi Smart City 160
2. Smart City Development in Inchon City 171
1) Planning process 173
2) Infrastructure of "U-City" 181
3) "U-City" service construction 188
4) Deficiency in the development of Inchon smart city 193
3. Characteristic Comparison of development strategies of Wuxi and Inchon 199
1) Planning process 199
2) Development concept 201
3) Implementation 203
4) Financing(R&D investment situation) 204
5) Organization 209
6) Institutions 210
V. Factors Influencing Urban Innovation in Smart City Development: A Survey of Residents in Wuxi, China 213
1. Research Design 213
2. Survey Questionnaire and Data Sources 215
3. Analysis Results 216
1) Frequency analysis of demographic questions 216
2) Reliability analysis 219
3) Validity analysis 220
4) Descriptive analysis of each variable 223
VI. A Study on the Impact of Smart City Development on Urban Innovation: Wuxi, China and Inchon, South Korea 225
1. Wuxi City, China 226
1) Smart economy level 226
2) Smart infrastructure 233
3) Government resources and capabilities 235
4) Smart Management and Services 237
5) Smart soft environment 242
6) Smart human literacy 243
7) Smart City Development Level 246
2. Inchon, Korea (Songdo New City) 248
1) Smart economy level 248
2) Smart infrastructure 255
3) Government resources and capabilities 258
4) Smart Management and Services 260
5) Smart Soft Environment 266
6) Smart human literacy 268
7) Smart City Development Level 270
VII. Conclusion 274
1. Research Findings 274
2. Policy Implications 281
1) Smart Economy Level Development 281
2) Government Resources and Capabilities 282
3) Smart Management and Service 282
4) Smart soft environment 284
5) Smart Infrastructure 285
6) Smart human literacy 287
7) Smart City Development Level 289
3. Limitations of the Study 291
References 293
Appendix. Questionnaire 310
Table2-1. Analysis of Smart City by Stages. 51
Table2-2. main policies of smart cities in China in recent 5 years 54
Table2-3. Changes in the number of pilot cities in smart cities in different regions. 61
Table2-4. factors affecting urban innovation of smart cities 80
Table4-1. Songdo U-City Industry Promotion Process (March 2022) 176
Table4-2. Progress Stage of Songdo U-CITY Project 180
Table4-3. Smart City Service Areas 189
Table4-4. R&D investment in Inchon Metropolitan City from 2011 to 2020 205
Table4-5. R&D investment of major projects 207
Table4-6. R&D investment in Wuxi, 2012-2020 208
Table4-7. Comparative Analysis Results of Smart Cities between Inchon (Songdo New City) and Wuxi 212
Table5-1. Statistical description of basic information of the survey sample 216
Table5-2. Reliability analysis 220
Table5-3. KMO and Bartlett's Test 221
Table5-4. Rotated Component Matrix 222
Table5-5. Descriptive Statistics 223
Table6-1. Statistics on the level of wisdom economy in Wuxi (1999-2020) 227
Table6-2. Wuxi Smart Infrastructure Statistics 233
Table6-3. Wuxi Government Resources and Capacity Statistics 236
Table6-4. Inchon City Smart Economy Level Statistics (1994-2020) 250
Table6-5. Inchon Smart Infrastructure Statistics 255
Table6-6. Inchon Government Resources and Capacity Statistics 259
Figure2-1. Concept of smart city 28
Figure2-2. Investment scale of smart city map in major regions of the world. 30
Figure2-3. Global "Smart City" Investment Amount Map 31
Figure2-4. Number of smart cities under construction in the world. 32
Figure2-5. Proportion of countries in the number of smart cities under construction worldwide. 32
Figure2-6. The ranking results and evaluation indicators of global smart cities 46
Figure2-7. 70-year history of urban development in Korea. 47
Figure2-8. The status quo of local self-governing groups promoting smart cities in Korea. 49
Figure2-9. Korea Smart City National Demonstration City. 53
Figure2-10. Changes in the number of three national pilot cities of smart cities in China 59
Figure2-11. Distribution of pilot areas of smart cities in China. 60
Figure3-1. Research design Diagram 87
Figure4-1. Functional Framework of Wuxi Big Data Center 110
Figure4-2. E-government integrated information service platform 112
Figure4-3. City Management Integrated Information Service Platform 113
Figure4-4. Comprehensive economic operation information service platform 114
Figure4-5. Integrated Information Service Platform for People's Livelihood Services 115
Figure4-6. Citizen Web Page (Jiangsu Provincial Government Service -Wuxi) 116
Figure4-7. "Lingxi" App 117
Figure4-8. Wuxi City Services (WeChat) 118
Figure4-9. Location map of each work zone in Songdao 178
Figure4-10. Composition of IFEZ SmartCity Operation Center 183
Figure4-11. IFEZ Smart City Operations Center (top) IFEZ Smart City Cloud Center (down) 184
Figure4-12. Constructing IFEZ Urban Integration Operation Center (3S integration strategy) 185
Figure4-13. Inchon (Songdo New City) Smart City Development Plan 200
Figure6-1. Statistical Chart of Economic Strength (Wuxi 1999-2020) 229
Figure6-2. Statistical Chart of ICT Industry Development Level (Wuxi 1999-2020) 230
Figure6-3. Statistical Chart of R&D Industry (Wuxi 1999-2020) 230
Figure6-4. Statistical Chart of Patent Applications (Wuxi 1999-2020) 231
Figure6-5. Statistical Chart of Startups (Wuxi 1999-2020) 232
Figure6-6. Statistical Map of Smart Infrastructure (Wuxi 1999-2020) 235
Figure6-7. Statistical Map of Government Resources and Capacity (Wuxi 1999-2020) 237
Figure6-8. Statistical Chart of Economic Strength (Inchon 1994-2020) 251
Figure6-9. Statistical Chart of ICT Industry Development Level (Inchon 1994-2020) 252
Figure6-10. Statistical Chart of R&D Capabilities (Inchon 1994-2020) 253
Figure6-11. Statistical Chart of Patent Applications (Inchon 1994-2020) 254
Figure6-12. Statistical Chart of Startups (Inchon 1994-2020) 254
Figure6-13. Statistical Map of Smart Infrastructure (Inchon 1994-2020) 257
Figure6-14. Statistical Map of Government Resources and Capabilities (Inchon 1994-2020) 260