SMART CITIES AS A TREND OF THE 21ST CENTURY: THE CURRENT CHALLENGES AND RUSSIA’S PRACTICES
DOI: 10.23951/2312-7899-2018-3-179-191
The present research deals with the smart cities as a phenomenon of the 21st century and as a new paradigm in the history of the city, which has challenged industrialism and urban archaism. The problem is analyzed in the light of new managerial, social, and technological practices from various parts of the world. The paper demonstrates obstacles and difficulties of the introduction of this project in a city with objectively high intellectual potential. Structurally in the article an image of the future “smart cities” is revealed through analysis of the formula of “smart city”: “smart authority – smart community – smart technologies”. The emphasis is on increasing the leading role of smart communities. The transformation from a technocratic approach to a humanitarian approach is shown. This is reflected not only in the evolution of the concept and world practices of “smart communities”, but also in changing the vision of the mission of the “smart cities” themselves in our era.
Keywords: smart cities, smart communities, Russia, image, creativity
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Issue: 3, 2018
Series of issue: Issue 3
Rubric: ARTICLES
Pages: 179 — 191
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