Seoul
Urban Problems
Housing Shotage
Transport Shortage
Parking Shortage
Pollution
Urban solutions
Housing shortage solutions
incentivising new construction of affordable houses: this would allow for residents in Seoul to ease of the burden of purchasing a house as well as direct more of their income to their savings and living expenses
Transport shortage solutions
Introduction of quasi-public bus system (reformed bus management system)
Parking Shortage Solutions
Pollution solutions
The Seoul city government secured the right to adjust bus lines, and pursued the public welfare of bus services as well as the improvement at the service level. The government also brought about new elements such as a smart card and new bus companies so that the old system can be reworked for the better
Air pollution
Introduced 5G enabled autonomous robots which monitor air quality
ModuParking App
Bangalore
Give access to unused resident parking spaces to other users
Introduce clean energy
In 2010, Seoul invested 8 Billion dollars into a 2500 MW wind farm
App allows residents to register their parking space, along with the hours when they will need it
In 2011, the Government introduced a plan to produce 1.5 million from clean energy and grab 18% of the global clean energy market by 2030
Urban solutions
Urban Problems
Noise pollution
File a law that allows citizens to report their neighbours and potentially fine them. This would be run by the state-running mediating agency
Mass pollution
Highest amount of cigarette smokers in India
Low sanitation and access to electricity
Highest traffic density in India
World's most congested city in 2019
Traffic Management Solutions
Development of Roads
Between 2015 and 2020, the city saw an 80 per cent rise in respiratory illnesses triggered by air pollution.
Public Transport
Non-motorised Transport
63.68% of adult population
lack of a proper distribution network infrastructure and its inadequate operation and maintenance
Noise pollution and congestion in CDB areas. This reduces work productivity as people are stuck in traffic resulting in a lost of Bangalore countries GDP
Mass Pollution Solutions
The Bangalore Traffic Police
Charge polluters on the spot
Vehicular Air Pollution Management