DEVELOPMENT OF SMART CITIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Abstract

The article considers the development of models of smart cities under the influence of digital transformation and the building of a knowledgeable society. The analysis aims to substantiate the theoretical foundations and scientific-practical approaches to the construction of models of smart cities. The research methods were based on a comprehensive strategy for the formation of smart city techniques. Analysis of a significant amount of existing research has determined a «smart city» as a city that combines competitive attractiveness and sustainable development through the comprehensive use of information and communication technologies and creating an urban digital environment. The obligatory integration of the concept of «smartness» with the model of sustainable integrated development of urban areas and regional entities is becoming a current tendency in the vision of smart cities. Sustainable development conditions of smart cities are confined by regulatory, institutional, social, economic, and environmental factors. The modern notion of a smart city based on integrated sustainable expansion includes technologies and mechanisms for the preface of energy-efficient technologies in cities. An essential part of the construction of a smart city is the development of the digital competencies of city residents. The idea of smart cities transforms human perception in their development because the «smart city» determines the creation of a comfortable environment for human life and improves living standards. Therefore, current trends in the development of smart cities involve the commission of a strategy aimed at creating a comfortable living environment. A smart city should contribute to enhancing living standards through sustainable integrated development, including the availability of contemporary technologies and devices, their dissemination and expansion of digital platforms, development of new ecosystems of digital services, ensuring the building of digital competencies of urban residents.