Smart city. Four approaches to the concept of understanding

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ID19537158
AuthorsSabina Baraniewicz-Kotasińska (0000-0002-3545-6206, University of Opole, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume15
Issue3
Pages397-420
Publication date2022-05-27
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Research & Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1753-5069 • E-ISSN: 1753-5077
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17535069.2020.1818817
OpenAlexW3113644582
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited39

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

Business · Categorization · Epistemology · Linguistics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Computer Science · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Philosophy · Smart Cities and Technologies · Artificial Intelligence

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