Urban information spaces as the basis of the system “Smart City”

Abstract

The articletouches upon the issues of information spaces formation in the environment of large Russian cities exemplified by Samara. The taxonomy of city information spaces with the consequent placement of the integrated sites of information distribution characteristic for Smart City, i.e. infoboxes, is determined. The main criteria of an urban environment informative value are formulated. The results of architectural and urban planning research of the urban environment fragments with the consequent experimental projecting are given.