The first full-scale u-City operation has started in Dongtan u-City. As local cities take over and operate the u-City, unexpected issues arise such as securing the budget of operating costs and self-providing the costs with business models utilizing the u

The first full-scale u-City operation has started in Dongtan u-City. As local cities take over and operates the u-City, unexpected issues arise such as securing the budget of operating costs and self-providing the costs with business models utilizing the

The Construction of u-City is spreading under leading the government and the full-scale u-City operation is scheduled to unfold as Dongtan u-City has been completed. While a local self-government city takes over and runs the u-City, a procurement of operating costs and the development of business model utilizing the u-City assets become new issues. In this paper, in order to establish the systematic operating framework of u-City, we suggest some applicable models based on analyzed structure of operating costs and assets. we provide a base framework through comparative analysis about operating costs for each model. It helps to select a relevant model according as the characteristics of each City.