Smart Cities Landscape and Urban Planning for Sustainability in Brno City

Jitka Fialová,Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz,Jan Łukaszkiewicz,Dastan Bamwesigye

doi:10.3390/land10080870

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This study aimed to explore the case study of Brno city regarding smart city models. We analyzed Brno considering smart and sustainable city elements, i.e., smart mobility/public transport, smart technology, smart people, smart governance, smart economy, smart living, and smart environment based on transport, energy, and environment referred herein as the smart city and sustainability model. Therefore, we investigated a case study of Brno city in the Czech Republic. We used qualitative techniques such as case study, exploration, observation, and description. We analyzed and comprehended the trends in the various features of smart city and sustainable development of the city of Brno. The findings showed that Brno city is doing its best to maintain smart city models through its governance organs and structures. The city is also working hard to improve some of the aspects that are still lagging. The ongoing developments and the future ones are based on strategic planning for both the short term and long term such as Brno2023, Brno2030, and Brno2050. It was found that Brno has a very well-planned transport system and is integrated with other aspects such as technology, energy, such as the electricity that moves the trolleybuses and trams, and environment. We strongly conclude that even though Brno city still struggles to achieve total sustainability, it is still a model and reflection of a smart and sustainable city. Finally, we noted that Brno city has very good plans and vision the “DNA” of a smart city. However, the implementation still suffers political willingness.

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In Europe and the United States of America (USA), at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, there was a clear change in the theory and practice of city planning
We explored and analyzed major concepts of S.C. in the city of Brno grounded on transport, energy, and environment referred to as the Smart City and Sustainability Model (SCS Model)
This study aimed to explore the case study of Brno city based on the smart city and sustainability model (SCS Model)

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In Europe and the United States of America (USA), at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, there was a clear change in the theory and practice of city planning. The idea of Smart city (S.C.) can be described as a turning point in the history of urban planning, precisely, the same way as in the past decades, e.g., the significant reconstruction of European cities in the post-war period, which dominated the second half of the 20th century in the continent The implementation of this new urban paradigm— not without difficulties—means that information technologies are used to an increasing extent to solve problems limiting the sustainable development of modern cities [4,5,6,7]. In February 2020, already during the COVID-19 pandemic, the influential research company International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that over the ten months, global spending on smart cities would amount to 124 billion US dollars This represents an increase of 19% compared to the 2019 expenditure for this purpose, focusing on investment priorities on more advanced public transport, intelligent traffic management, urban lighting and public safety [4]

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