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Smart city. Four approaches to the concept of understanding
Sabina Baraniewicz-kotasińskasubject
Computer scienceManagement sciencemedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesGeography Planning and Development0211 other engineering and technologies0507 social and economic geographysocio-economic approach021107 urban & regional planning02 engineering and technologysmart city dimensionsUrban StudiesCategorizationOrder (business)Smart cityRhetorictechnocentric approachpeople-oriented approach050703 geographymedia_commonSmart city conceptsrejecting approachdescription
The paper analyzes the rhetoric of the smart city (SC) concept in order to recognize, categorize, and describe different perspectives of understanding the notion. Four approaches to the SC concept were isolated: three affirmative, and one rejecting. The approaches present a different understanding of the SC and indicate different elements creating urban ‘smartness.’ Despite differences, there is one common goal in every affirmative approach: to improve the quality of urban life. It is achieved through activities covering five dimensions distinguished within affirmative approaches. Together they can serve, i.e.,as a framework for SC case study analyses.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-15 | Urban Research and Practice |