Abstract
In today’s globalized world the socio-economic role of cities is decisive, therefore they have become one of the most important scenes where responses are given to the complex challenges facing our society. For a city to be successful and competitive, it is necessary to strengthen its flexible resistance, in other words, its resilience. For this purpose, efficient steps could be taken, benefiting from the results of digitization and Industry 4.0, by using smart applications and developments. Nowadays, smart city development and the application of smart/intelligent technologies are gaining an increasing focus in the development of a city. In our study we present the partial results of a primary quantitative research that we conducted in 2019 among the inhabitants of the City of Miskolc, in the age group of 20-64 years. With the help of a questionnaire survey, we were looking for the main focus points that should be given priority in urban smart developments according to the inhabitants’ opinion. Currently, Miskolc is at a medium level in terms of available smart cities technologies – in the inhabitants’ view. According to the opinion of the inhabitants of Miskolc it would be of outstanding importance to introduce smart solutions in the health care, education, safety and fire protection, environmental protection and air pollution.
Highlights
László Molnár – Zoltán Nagy – Zsolt Péter – Tekla Szép – Dóra Szendi application of smart/intelligent technologies on almost all the continents, with different focuses occasionally
It is not an easy task to define a smart city, as numerous approaches have been published over recent years
It can be stated that the conclusions drawn from the sample can be expanded to the base population, so our results reflect the general opinion of the inhabitants of Miskolc. Main findings and their relation to the reviewed literature (Q1) As an introduction, we were curious to know if the inhabitants of Miskolc had heard the term “smart city”, this was the first question that we asked
Summary
In today’s globalized world the socio-economic role of cities is decisive, they have become one of the most important scenes where responses are given to the complex challenges facing our society. For a city to be successful and competitive, it is necessary to strengthen its flexible resistance, in other words, its resilience For this purpose, efficient steps could be taken, benefiting from the results of digitization and Industry 4.0, by using smart applications and developments. Cities should respond to the challenges of globalization, with special regard to various exogenous economic, social or environmental shocks. In this respect such a city can be competitive and successful in the long run that possesses factors strengthening its resilience. We defined the following research questions during our investigations: Q1: To what extent is the term “smart city”
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