Sustainable Development in Smart Cities and Smart Villages

2022 ◽  
pp. 83-104
Author(s):  
Kavita Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Health Economic ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Village People ◽  
The Village

A smart city makes use of ICT in order to manage its resources efficiently and therefore provide a lot of new kinds of services that help in improving the quality of life of its citizens. A smart village employs both technological and non-technological solutions to fulfil the basic needs of the village people like education, health, economic growth, and food security. In India, many initiatives for the development of smart cities and smart villages have been started in recent years. While some of these initiatives are implemented successfully, others are taking their pace. This chapter describes the essential elements of smart cities and smart villages. Both technological and non-technological solutions are required for the development of Indian smart cities and villages. The chapter also highlights the issues and challenges that need to be overcome for sustainable development and digital transformation of cities and villages.

scholarly journals Sustainable development and quality of life

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Beata Zakrzewska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

The article’s aim is to analyze the quality of people’s lives in the context of sustainable development conception in the social, economical and environmental aspect and to draw attention to the inequality of goods’ consumption in the world. This article is an interpretation of the interdependence between economic growth, care for the environment and the quality of people’s lives.

scholarly journals Smart city initiatives in the context of digital transformation

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Tomičić Pupek ◽  
Igor Pihir ◽  
Martina Tomičić Furjan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Private And Public

Digital transformation is an emerging trend in developing the way how the work is being done, and it is present in the private and public sector, in all industries and fields of work. Smart cities, as one of the concepts related to digital transformation, is usually seen as a matter of local governments, as it is their responsibility to ensure a better quality of life for the citizens. Some cities have already taken advantages of possibilities offered by the concept of smart cities, creating new values to all stakeholders interacting in the living city ecosystems, thus serving as examples of good practice, while others are still developing and growing on their intentions to become smart. This paper provides a structured literature analysis and investigates key scope, services and technologies related to smart cities and digital transformation as concepts of empowering social and collaboration interactions, in order to identify leading factors in most smart city initiatives.

The quality of life in the dynamics of economic development

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry Krutilla ◽  
Rafael Reuveny
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Growth Model ◽  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Technical Progress ◽  
Comparative Statics ◽  
Endogenous Growth Theory ◽  
Economic Growth Model

The neoclassical economic growth model and its extensions in the fields of environmental economics and endogenous growth theory typically represent welfare as a single argument function of consumption when the models are analytically solved. This simplified welfare specification is narrower than those described in the quality-of-life literature and emphasized by proponents of sustainable development. The purpose of this paper is to analytically solve for the properties of a growth model based on a broader quality-of-life measure. The welfare measure includes two arguments, consumption and the stock of nature capital. This formulation enables an analysis of the consequences of the dynamic tension between conventionally defined economic growth and nature capital preservation. We find that a static model without technical progress yields diverse steady states, stability properties, and comparative statics, while a model with exogenous technical progress exhibits unusual comparative dynamics and balanced growth paths. These unusual outcomes have a number of policy-relevant implications for sustainable development.

scholarly journals The Theoretical Foundations of Management in Terms of the Implementation of the Process of Globalization and Sustainable Development in the Real Sphere

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
Franciszek Piontek ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The implementation of a process of globalization and sustainable development based on management requires integration. It can be ensured by the rules of universal operation: on the side of the process of globalization, it is necessary to recognize economic growth as a component of development and recognize the primacy of development over growth, verifying the functions of the rules of universal operation, and limiting the paradigms of deregulation (YES = NO= CAN BE); the primacy of federal integration over structural one; the application of management in accordance with the nature of the sphere covered by management and open to the exemplification of the functions and rules of universal operation; on the side of sustainable development: the use of the process of globalization solutions in the field of technological progress, institutional procedures, which contribute to improving the quality, effectiveness and efficiency (quality of life). In addition to necessary conditions, decision-making will be necessary, which is a sufficient condition.

scholarly journals The Impact of ICTS in the Development of Smart City: Opportunities and Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1285-1289 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
United States Census ◽  
United States Census Bureau ◽  
The Impact

ICT technology has seen a widespread influence throughout the globe. It has become a crucial element in safety and security. According to the United States census bureau of 2017, it is estimated that, by 2030, the world's population will be around 8.5 billion. It is also estimated to rise up to 9.8 billion and 11.2 billion by 2050 and 2100 respectively. More than half of humanity today live in urban areas. A large number of cities are witnessing a significant growth of rural citizens moving to urban areas in search of better lifestyle and opportunities, education and a quality of life. As a consequence of this, cities’ are expanding beyond their limits in their infrastructural, security and service sectors to adapt to the overwhelming surge of rural migrants. And this comes with a cost, which is the increased complexity of providing an easier way of life. This has led to cities adopting modern tools of ICT to become Smart Cities capable of adapting and allocating the incoming migrators, as well as increase the quality of life. The paper will explain the definition of smart cities, their opportunities and challenges with tools that include: Smart homes, Smart energy grid, Smart retail and Internet of Things. The study defines the essential elements that comprise smart cities. It will, therefore, aid governments in decision-making when it comes to initiating smart city projects.

scholarly journals Transformation of rural settlement and sustainability of rural development in the region

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-243
Author(s):  
Vladimir Tikhii ◽  
Olga Koreva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Settlement ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Village

The current socio-economic situation in rural areas is characterized by a number of problems that hinder sustainable development. The low quality of life, the existing level and quality of life in the village, the lack of social infrastructure, the environmental situation, limited opportunities for work in the village, low incomes of the population compared to the city had a significant impact on the process of migration and deterioration of the quality of the labor force, depopulation of the rural population. In this context, the solution to the problem of rural settlement development is very relevant. The regional leadership chooses the direction of rural development without taking into account the current socio-economic situation at the municipal level and the peculiarities of rural settlement development, which reduces the effectiveness of territorial administration. The level of rural development was assessed on the example of the Orel region. The current socio-economic situation in rural areas is characterized by many problems that hinder its transition to sustainable development. The problem of depopulation of the population in rural areas is revealed. At the same time, the destruction of social and engineering infrastructure is observed, the area of cultivated land is reduced, and differences in the level of socio-economic development of the periphery, semi-periphery and suburban areas are increasing. The analysis of the differences in the socio-economic development of the municipalities of the Orel region indicates an increase in intraregional differentiation during the period under review and the absence of an effective intraregional policy aimed at reducing the existing socio-economic asymmetry within the subject of the Federation. Proposals for its solution have been developed, which should be implemented in the context of continuous monitoring of the state and development.

Innovations in the field of inter-municipal cooperation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juraj Tej ◽  
Roman Vavrek ◽  
Viera Papcunová
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Shared Services ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Current Structure ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Individual Size

The role of local self-government is to increase the quality of life of inhabitants while respecting the principles of sustainable development and at the same time to ensure the adequacy, availability and quality of public services provided in its territory. The current structure of local self-government in the conditions of Slovakia clearly points to the differences between municipalities, which is illustrated by their different number in individual size categories, although they have the same competencies. Cities and municipalities in the conditions of Slovakia to provide original and transferred competencies mostly independently, but especially in the field of performance of the transferred state administration they enter into mutual cooperation. We evaluated the types of inter-municipal cooperation within two basic groups of inter-municipal cooperation - the traditional forms of cooperation and innovative forms of cooperation. The analysis showed that in the conditions of Slovakia, the most traditional way of inter-municipal cooperation is represented by joint municipal offices. We have also identified innovative approaches in the field of inter-municipal cooperation - such as agreement on shared services, co-ownership´s agency or the SMART cities concept. Such a new inter-municipal cooperation can thus be an important and beneficial change, which can help solve problems arising from the suboptimal size of individual municipalities.

scholarly journals Development of the sphere of recreation and tourism - direction of digital transformation “Smart City”

2020 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
pp. 03009
Author(s):  
A. Baranova ◽  
E. Vorobey
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Recreation And Tourism

The concept of “smart city” is becoming more and more popular. Analysis of the literature showed that the meaning of the word “smart city” is multifaceted. The authors are similar in that the implementation of tasks under the concept of “smart city” will lead to economic growth of the territory and achieve high quality of life through the active introduction of information technology in the processes of life support. The majority of publications deal with the development of a “smart city” as a municipality and provide a method of ranking them by digitalization levels. This article uses the example of the recreation and tourism sector as an example to offer an assessment of digitalization within the industry, which will reveal competitive organizations within the industry. The article substantiates that the sphere of recreation and tourism as a direction of digital transformation of “smart resort” is a driver of development and implementation of IT technologies. And this will lead to the future development of “smart city” as a whole.

Smart Territories, Collaborative Entrepreneurship, and Eco-Friendly Tourism for Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 172-190
Author(s):  
José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Zero Waste ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Quality Of Living ◽  
The Village

Zero Waste Europe has awarded the village of El Boalo-Cerceda-Mataelpino (7,090 inhabitants) as the first Zero Waste Municipality of Spain. This chapter analyzes how a smart city has applied environmental conservation policies with the participation of a large number of residents in a public-private collaboration scheme to increase their quality of living, complemented with the application of circular economy and sustainable tourism policies focused on economic growth. Strategies that could be imitated by other small municipalities wishing to increase the quality of life of their population through sustainability.

scholarly journals Driving Municipal Recycling by Connecting Digital Value Endpoints in Smart Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferran Herraiz-Faixó ◽  
Francisco-Javier Arroyo-Cañada
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Economy Model ◽  
Economic Growth Model ◽  
Global Economic Growth

Uncontrolled global economic growth at any cost is having palpable and general consequences for SC (smart cities) environments and sustainability worldwide. The current economic growth model is, according to experts, decidedly unsustainable, and if urgent measures are not taken, the quality of life for future citizens will decline. In the search for solutions that would make cities sustainable, the deployment of the ICT factor is playing a decisive role. However, in its role as a driver, the ICT factor needs to increase the numbers of value endpoint connectors by incorporating citizens, corporations and institutions into city decision-making, thereby becoming a real integrative tool that achieves sustainability and is more than merely a tech flag. In this sense, the present paper proposes that the digital and programmable economy as an ecosystem should become a sustainability city driver because it facilitates the integration of different value endpoints in order to work in the same purpose, allowing, for example, increased sustainability levels in cities such as improving municipal recycling. This paper will apply ICT and digital concepts, the environment-social-economy model and fuzzy logic methodology.

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