Perception Of Smart City Technologies By Citizens Of Tyumen Region

Abstract

At present modern cities are multilevel systems in which inhabitants interact with each other and with city environment elements, using the smart technologies with various degrees of intensity. Besides, the development of many Russian cities is associated with the smart city concept's active introduction. Its effective implementation is impossible without citizens' participation and their awareness and perception of existing smart technologies in the city. There is a lack of reviews concerning the perception of smart technology in Russia. This topic's study is relevant because of the active implementation of this concept into Russian cities' practice. This study aims to analyze smart cities' concept by citizens of the Tyumen region, evaluate smart technologies' perception, and demonstrate their positive and negative perception of them. The article presents various approaches to studying the concept of smart city and its elements in the scientific literature and the role of citizen participation in it. During the research, the questionnaire was developed and used for the citizens of the Tyumen Region. A questionnaire results of three cities of the Tyumen region related to their perception of smart technologies introduced in cities were analyzed. The received results showed that the existing concept of a smart city in the Tyumen region was focused on the Information and communication technology component, smart infrastructure. However, it was developed without considering the needs of the citizens and did not contribute to the improvement of the quality of their life.