Busan Eco Delta Smart City
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Inside Busan's national smart-city pilot, 56 households — 200 residents — live rent-free in a living lab in exchange for their behavioural data. Nearby complexes test patrol, barista and cleaning robots.
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Busan Eco Delta City's master plan targets 76,000 residents across 11.8 sq km; within it a 2.8 sq km national smart-city pilot runs a Smart Village living lab where 56 households (200 residents) trade behavioural data for rent-free stays, and since November 2025 two apartment complexes in the district have tested patrol, barista, luggage-carrying and cleaning robots.
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Building the test site before the city makes the evaluation the product: the Smart Village exists to decide which of its technologies the wider district adopts, so its data pays off only if those verdicts are published.
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Busan Eco Delta City's master plan targets 76,000 residents across 11.8 sq km
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a 2.8 sq km national smart-city pilot
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runs a Smart Village living lab where 56 households (200 residents)
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trade behavioural data for rent-free stays
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since November 2025 two apartment complexes in the district have tested patrol, barista, luggage-carrying and cleaning robots
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the Smart Village exists to decide which of its technologies the wider district adopts
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- Operator
- Busan Metropolitan City & K-water (LG CNS-led private consortium)
- Actor types
- city-government, utility, private
- Funding model
- ppp
- Funding description
- Public-private: Busan City, K-water & private consortium (LG CNS et al.)
- Cost
- ≈₩5.6 trillion (total programme)
- Ownership
- Not recorded
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- Exit conditions
- Not recorded
4 source dossiers
Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore — Smart Village box story (independent)
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- Name not classified · knowledgehub.clc.gov.sg
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2026-09-27
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- 2026-09-27
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Smart Village: 56 households / 200 residents, rent-free data-trade living lab.
Busan Metropolitan City — Eco Delta overview (authority)
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- Name not classified · busan.go.kr
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2026-09-27
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- 2026-09-27
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Master plan: 76,000 residents / 30,000 households across 11.8 km².
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Busan Ilbo — robots arrive at Eco Delta (17 Nov 2025)
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- Name not classified · busan.com
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2025-11-17
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- 2026-09-27
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Two apartment complexes in Eco Delta City (Hoban Summit and Sujain) each received six robots of four types — barista, patrol, cleaning and luggage-carrying — on 16 November 2025, starting test operation with formal service planned for the following year.
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Munhwa Ilbo — Busan Eco Delta smart city gets under way (17 Nov 2025)
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- Name not classified · munhwa.com
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- 2025-11-17
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- 2026-09-27
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The national pilot is a ₩5.6 trillion, 2.8 km² project run by the special-purpose company Smart City Busan, owned by Busan City, K-water and Busan Metropolitan Corporation with eleven firms including LG CNS; robot services opened in two complexes on 16 November 2025.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Busan Eco Delta Smart City” — Busan, South Korea. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/busan-eco-delta/ (last verified 2026-09-27). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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