Abstract
This article aims to investigate the role of waste management in the development of modern green and smart cities and to determine the existence of several key points in programs transforming cities into green cities with smart technologies. The relevance of the research is determined by the need to develop a theoretical and methodological basis for the green and smart city concepts. The research process involved the following methods: Scientific analysis, comparison, and synthesis. The research results of the case study of Russia determined that for urban territories with great distances between urban districts, waste sorting stations should be located as parts of so-called waste recycling complexes at intermunicipal landfills. This will allow a more fully implementation of the concept of recycling economy not only in Russian cities, but also in other cities with sparse populations across the world. Further, the authors conclude that the effectiveness of green technologies in modern cities, especially in waste management, depends on the level of participation of citizens. People are active participants in the life processes of cities and have a direct impact on the urban environment. Consequently, the introduction of green technologies can only be achieved in harmony with the well-established behavioral attitudes of city residents together with the implementation of green and smart urban technologies.
Highlights
The basic principles of green economy introduced by Burkart (2009) [1] have been implemented successfully in many countries across the world by many green city projects
The development of a green economy in Russia can improve existing industry imbalances resulting from traditional industries in country regions by formation of new sustainable industries (Eydenzon, Ganieva, Shpak (2013)) [3]
The choice of recycling plants corresponds to the prevailing waste management policy in Russia, where, according to the data for 2017, there were 243 waste recycling plants, 50 waste sorting complexes in the plants, and only 10 incinerators
Summary
The basic principles of green economy introduced by Burkart (2009) [1] have been implemented successfully in many countries across the world by many green city projects. In Russia, for example, pertinent cases involve waste management and eco-transport (Vukovic, Pobedinsky, Mityagin, Drozhzhin, Mingaleva (2019)) [2]. The development of a green economy in Russia can improve existing industry imbalances resulting from traditional industries in country regions by formation of new sustainable industries (Eydenzon, Ganieva, Shpak (2013)) [3]. The smart city and green city concepts have much in common in terms of their origins and mutual influence on progress. Almost all aspects of the concepts of green city and smart city have mutual interests. As presented, waste management is an important element in the concepts of both smart and green cities in order to solve problems such as adapting to climatic change in terms of intelligent security systems and protecting and conserving the urban ecosystem(Table 1)
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