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Title SMART DISTRICTS: NEW PHENOMENON IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT Case Study of Spitalka in Brno, Czech Republic
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Authors Neumannová, M
Title SMART DISTRICTS: NEW PHENOMENON IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT Case Study of Spitalka in Brno, Czech Republic
Year 2022
Published Folia Geographica, 64, 1
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Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore how underused brownfield sites could be transformed by employing smart city elements into positive energy districts. This paper introduces the analysis of good practices in construction of smart districts, focusing on the construction possibilities of smart district Spitalka in the Czech Republic. Methodologically, the paper is based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with experts on urban policies and desk research method of available information. This paper presents both the conceptualization of smart city and theoretical approaches to the smart districts. Then an international research of smart districts in French Bordeaux and Austrian Vienna is presented. The author pursues to make recommendations for the Czech smart district based on the best practices of selected case studies for the Brno Spitalka project. Findings of this research point out the importance of taking the inspiration of best practices for post-socialistic cities from Western European countries in the process of redevelopment brownfield areas into the so-called smart districts. One of the possible ways is joining the lighthouse projects of European Union.
Author Keywords Sustainable Urban Development; Smart City; Smart District; energy neutral; Czech Republic
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
EID WOS:000836166100002
WoS Category Geography
Research Area Geography
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