Strategic planning in the development of 'smart' cities: Environmental and security aspects

Abstract

The application of the 'smart city' concept represents one of the practical (innovative) solutions for overcoming the problem of sudden urbanization and the associated negative environmental and security consequences. By analyzing the global trend of mass application of modern information and communication systems and their role in the process of integrated management of urban areas, certain advantages of achieving the goals of sustainable development can be seen. Accordingly, the paper presents a dynamic research model of the application of the 'smart city' concept through six key dimensions (smart environment, smart economy, smart people, smart life, smart management and smart mobility) that have a high degree of concordance with the goals of sustainable development presented by of the United Nations Development Programme. The projected goal of this research is a systematic description of the global phenomenon of 'smart city' with a special focus on the ecological and security aspects of the application of certain innovative solutions to urban problems. On the basis of the research results obtained by applying the content analysis technique of a series of relevant scientific works, it can be concluded that the analysis and evaluation of the implementation of the 'smart city' concept requires a comprehensive social approach and the adoption of adequate normative measures, bearing in mind the specific inconsistencies between technological progress and increased vulnerability of urban population.