Smart silver towns: prospects and challenges

Abstract

Korea is facing challenges related to the rapid increase in the aging population combined with minus population growth, and the country is projected to be an aged society within a few years. Further, there has been remarkable growth in information and communication technology (ICT) and the Internet of Things (IoT), which has led to smart-technology-friendly environments at the country and individual levels. The first apartments were introduced in Korea around five decades ago, and more than half of the country’s population now dwell in high-rise and high-density apartment complexes. This enables intensive smart technologies to be directly applied to living environments. The aging populatio..