Real-time Monitoring of High-Density Crowds in Busy Districts like Yongsan-gu Itaewon

Yongsan-gu Establishes Smart City Integrated Platform

Focused Surveillance on 9 High Visitor Concentration Areas Including Itaewon, Hannam Cafe Street, Yongridan-gil, Gyeongridan-gil, Haebangchon, and Yongmun Market

Telecom Base Stations and AI CCTV Video Information Analysis...Precise Real-Time Crowd Density Detection

Real-Time On-Site Confirmation by City, Fire, and Police in Emergencies...Faster Response

Plans to Expand Monitoring Sections and Advance Platform with Multi-Crowd Density Prediction

u-Yongsan Integrated Control Center

Yongsan-gu (Mayor Park Hee-young) is fully committed to building a 'Smart City Integrated Platform' that monitors real-time crowd density in nine expected multi-crowded areas.

By mid-October, the project will invest 905 million KRW to prevent crowd congestion and enable immediate response to emergencies.

The district plans to broadcast emergency alerts through various digital devices such as public announcements and electronic billboards not only to the Seoul Disaster Center but also to citizens located in the affected areas when crowd density reaches approximately six people per square meter.

The Integrated Control Center applies smart city integrated platform standards and connects with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Smart City Safety Network and Seoul’s Smart Seoul CCTV Safety Center. In emergencies, city, fire, and police departments can instantly verify the situation on-site.

A district official stated, “To more precisely assess crowd density, the system is designed to analyze not only AI CCTV footage but also, for the first time nationwide, telecom base station information.”

Currently, the district’s Integrated Control Center monitors 2,970 CCTV units for crime prevention, child protection, and traffic control. The district plans to add 200 AI CCTVs and 50 emergency bells in multi-crowded areas and women’s safe return routes, linking them to the integrated platform.

The crowd density monitoring sections include nine high-visitor areas such as Hannam Cafe Street, Yongridan-gil, Gyeongridan-gil, Haebangchon, Yongmun Market, and Itaewon. These pilot monitoring sections were selected based on Seoul’s real-time urban data.

As regional developments proceed sequentially in areas near Yongsan Station’s international business district, Yongsan Meta Valley, urban regeneration innovation districts, and Hannam 2, 3, 4, and 5 districts, the district anticipates an increase in crowd concentration zones and plans to consider adding more monitoring areas.

Mayor Park Hee-young of Yongsan-gu said, “We will gradually expand the crowd density monitoring sections and enhance the system to predict crowding times by utilizing accumulated data.”

Since this year, the district has converted the Integrated Control Center, previously operated under a service contract, to direct management and established a separate Disaster Safety Situation Room in May. In the same month, the 'Yongsan-gu Disaster and Safety Management Basic Ordinance' was fully revised.

The district submitted agenda items for the 284th Yongsan-gu Council extraordinary session (July 4 to 11) to legislate the 'Outdoor Event Safety Management Ordinance' and the 'Citizen Safety Insurance Operation Ordinance.' In August, the district will complete the 'Multi-Crowd Safety Management Simulation Service.'

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