The Journal of Culture Contents ISSN:2287-2256(Print) 2671-7026(Online) 문화콘텐츠연구

The Smart City creation projects are underway all around the world. It is an innovative urban strategy that uses advanced technology to reduce environmental waste and improve the quality of citizens’ lives, with key elements such as “ICT technology,” “urban management,” “environment,” “economic development” and “democracy.” Advanced countries are interested in improving the quality of life for urban residents and establishing a sustainable environment management system. Underdeveloped and developing countries, which lack not only cutting-edge technology but also basic infrastructure, want to revolutionary advance the development of lagging regions and countries through the smart city creation projects. In this regards, ASEAN Smart City Network the organization of 10 ASEAN city members was organized and has been selected and supported 26 pilot cities, seeking a holistic and qualitative transformation of the entire region based on these hub cities. Many countries in Africa are also working on large-scale metropolis projects for national development. The question of feasibility and success remains. The development project of Metropolis at the global level has long been a subject of consideration in the implications of imperialism's colonial rule and the issue of criticism of capitalism. In particular, according to Andre G. Frank's theory of “development of underdevelopment,” advanced areas in the center are parasitical on the underdevelopment of the hinterland, so diffusionists’ idea of a trickle-down effect cannot be expected, rather is subject to continued exploitation. Studies have shown that there was a worrisome ‘development of underdevelopment’ phenomena that matched the arguments of dependence theory. It is time to reconsider the smart city construction project of underdeveloped countries.