Abstract
Abstract. Many countries in the world are becoming more aware of climatic changes, rising pollution, and running out of resources, predicting their impact on the future of humanity thus giving solutions for slowing down this process. Due to the mass urbanization of our planet, it became highly popular to talk about resilient and smart cities. And while some countries are still on a theoretical level, others, more advanced in their thinking and technical possibilities and with the higher consciousness of the importance of this issue are already putting things into action. European Union gives guidelines on how cities across Europe can improve in the future. There are several good examples of different actions across European countries that make their cities more resilient, more sustainable, and pleasant for living. Contrarily, in the cities of the developing European countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, the idea of resilient and Smart cities is still in its infancy. This paper aims to introduce different parameters that make cities more resilient and to show several of the best practices from Europe which use Smart city technologies while questioning the current situation in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Authors are introducing potentials of Sarajevo and smaller projects that can be starting points in the process of improvement of habitat climate in this city and its transformation to a smart and sustainable city.
Highlights
Urbanization is a term that denotes the natural or mechanical increase of population in urban areas, the expansion of urban areas, or the transformation of predominantly rural characteristics of an area into urban1
The concept of a Smart city does this and as the world’s population gathers in cities, making them larger the “smartness” becomes more important as it effectively optimizes the use of the resources
There are many EU funds for which the cities’ authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina can apply in order to fulfil their Action Plans
Summary
Urbanization (the name comes from Latin word urbus "city") is a term that denotes the natural or mechanical increase of population in urban areas, the expansion of urban areas, or the transformation of predominantly rural characteristics of an area into urban. The process of urbanization began with the very beginnings of civilization and the creation of cities. It intensified only after the industrial revolution, when machines replaced human labour, especially in agriculture, and the service sector in the economy expanded. The process of leaving the village and moving the population to cities brings with it a whole range of problems, especially when it manifests itself as a sudden concentration of a large number of inhabitants in a relatively small area. Urbanization is especially intense in underdeveloped countries, where it is taking drastic proportions leading to a sharp increase in population in the largest cities and, to problems organizing life in them. In addition to significant economic aspects (job offers in cities), an important driver of urbanization was the desire to participate in the city life, its rituals, and in the very idea of living in the most developed, most civilized, and most famous parts of
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