Smart City Projects in the Small-Sized Municipalities: Contribution of the Cohesion Policy
The paper focuses on the smart city concept implementation in the Czech Republic during 2007-2013. The aim is to deliver a closer look at the implementation of the concept in the conditions of the selected Czech municipalities by means of decoding the investments from the EU Cohesion policy. The mun...
Saved in:
Published in | Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice. Series D, Faculty of Economics and Administration Vol. 28; no. 2 |
---|---|
Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Pardibuce
University of Pardubice, Faculty of Economics and Administration
06.08.2020
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | The paper focuses on the smart city concept implementation in the Czech Republic during 2007-2013. The aim is to deliver a closer look at the implementation of the concept in the conditions of the selected Czech municipalities by means of decoding the investments from the EU Cohesion policy. The municipalities represent small sized cities that have so far been on the periphery of interest in smart city debate as they are neither metropolises nor do they fit the newer concept of smart village. The analysed projects are divided into six smart city dimensions, the authors then explore investment intensity in relation to city size and its future commitment to become a smart city by means of having a formalized strategy. The results show that Czech municipalities invested into all smart city dimensions and infrastructure related projects prevailed. The larger the city the more intensive investment activity confirming the relation between size and absorption capacity. The divisive dimension that sets apart future smart cities is the investment into smart economy measures which were implemented in cities that later officially undertake the commitment of smartness. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 1804-8048 1211-555X 1804-8048 |
DOI: | 10.46585/sp28021067 |