Abstract
The article deals with the “smart city” concept which comprises the intellectual transport system, public security, energy consumption management and control, measures to protect the environment, and information-communication technologies (ICT). To analyze and assess the state of affairs, we have chosen one of the five “smart city” key elements, namely, the information-communication technologies including the following: new urban technologies, ICT in education, ICT in public health care, in electronic government and public services. The situation in three biggest Volga Federal Region cities (Kazan, Samara and Nizhniy Novgorod) has been analyzed. Recommendations on how to implement the “smart city” concept in other Russia’s cities are made. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n12p129
Highlights
The concept of “smart city” and its introduction into Russia’s megacities management has been very popular recently
When the key criterion is the introduction of information-communication technologies into the city infrastructure the best city, or the “smartest city”, to be more exact, is Kazan as all the innovations here are used more efficiently and, even more, they are in great demand among the city-dwellers in all the spheres under consideration
- city-dwellers, who are ill-informed about the technologies introduced; - absence of information exchange among the city dwellers, city economic entities and local authorities; - non-complex introduction of the “smart city” technologies; - insufficient transport system intellectualization
Summary
The concept of “smart city” and its introduction into Russia’s megacities management has been very popular recently. That is why it is essential to develop innovative approaches to solve numerous urbanization problems and to create new convenient living conditions. The “smart city” is a uniform system of urban economy management based on the energy saving and energyefficient technologies, informatization of the production processes and the city infrastructure. The “smart city” concept focuses on the employment of the advanced technologies which enable one to consume rationally the available city resources, first of all, energy supply, as well as to minimize their harmful impact on the city environment. The “smart city” system deals with new approaches how to organize and run transport infrastructure, electro-power engineering, water supply, and “smart buildings” construction
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