Abstract
Smart cities are knowledge-intensive economies within which networks and relationships are created, through which the knowledge is transferred. Smart cities are regarded as (territorial) socioeconomic and environmental systems. This chapter discusses the concept of the smart city from the systemic perspective and different layers that create this kind of a system. It is assumed that the smart city is a highly competitive city, and the competitiveness of the city should be created in a sustainable manner. The city is a complex, dynamic, and open system, in which both the regulation process within the system and its impact on the environment are necessary. It may be said that the smart city covers some subsystems, all of them linked by mutual dependencies. Creating competitiveness of smart cities is also related to their adaptability, which is not so much about adapting to new challenges but about using new opportunities they create.
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