| Title | The Smart City is landing! On the geography of policy mobility |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 45374 |
| Authors | Hyllová, L; Slach, O |
| Title | The Smart City is landing! On the geography of policy mobility |
| Year | 2018 |
| Published | Geoscape, 12, 2 |
| Abstract | The aim of this paper is to provide a geographical urban policy perspective on the strategy of Smart Cities in the specific context of Czechia. Considering that the implementation of the Smart Cities (SC) concept is still relatively young in Czechia, it is highly relevant to examine the time-space diffusion of this concept in Czechia in the geographical lens: where the first initiative to build a smart city started, when the process was started and by whom; in other words, to provide basic empirical evidence of understanding the policy mobility and implementation of smart city policy into the urban development strategies. In the first of our approach, we evaluate the implementation of the term "smart city" in strategic city documents. The next step is the analysis of the strategic urban (city) and smart city documents by distinguishing conceptually distinct pillars of the SC concept and an overview of actors and policy-makers who initiate and support individual pillars of the concept of SC in Czechia. The results of the analysis highlight the differences between the implemented SC topics into city strategies which are caused by fragmented policy mobility, its modifications and influence of key actors who have found the opportunity to participate in policy-making processes at the certain spatial level. Highlights for public administration, management and planning: A smart city model should emphasize local context, conditions and role of the actors in the policy mobility, rather, than simply follow 'best practice'. Strategy of a smart city should involve a comprehensive holistic approach, which consists of complex pillars, characteristics and topics related to the urban development. The research results indicate evidence of various implementation and modifications of the smart city model into Czech urban strategic documents. |
| https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2018-0013 |
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