TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jonek-Kowalska,Izabela
AU  - Jonek-Kowalska,Izabela
AU  - Wolniak,Radosław
TI  - Smart Cities in Poland: Towards sustainability and a better quality of life?
T2  - Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
SN  - 9781003358190
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Routledge [Imprint]
KW  - Architectural structure and design
KW  - thema
KW  - Architecture
KW  - City and town planning: architectural aspects
KW  - Environmentally-friendly ('green') architecture and design
KW  - Landscape architecture and design
KW  - The Arts
KW  - Cee
KW  - central and eastern europe
KW  - Dense
KW  - Eastern Europe Cities
KW  - Environmental Issues
KW  - infrastructure
KW  - IoT
KW  - Local Data Bank
KW  - Mixed Waste
KW  - PLN
KW  - Polish Cities
KW  - polish smart cities
KW  - Provincial Cities
KW  - Public Administration
KW  - Public Transportation
KW  - quality management
KW  - quality of life
KW  - smart cities
KW  - Smart Cities
KW  - Smart City Concept
KW  - Smart City Development
KW  - Smart City Projects
KW  - Smart City Solutions
KW  - Smart City Strategies
KW  - Smart City Sustainability
KW  - Smart Environment
KW  - Smart Governance
KW  - Smart Living
KW  - Smart Mobility
KW  - sustainability
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - Telecommunication
KW  - urban development
KW  - urban planning
KW  - Urban QOL
N1  - Free-to-read
N2  - This book considers and examines the concept of a Smart City in the context of improving the quality of life and sustainable development in Central and Eastern European cities. The Smart City concept has been gaining popularity in recent years, with supporters considering it to be an effective tool to improve the quality of life of the city's residents. In turn, opponents argue that it is a source of imbalance and claim that it escalates the problems of social and economic exclusion. This book, therefore, assesses the quality of life and its unsustainability in Central and Eastern European cities within the context of the Smart City concept and from the perspective of key areas of sustainable development. Using case studies of selected cities in Central and Eastern Europe and representative surveysof Polish cities, this book illustrates the process of creating smart cities and their impact on improving the quality of life of citizens. Specifically, this book investigates the conditions that a Smart City has to meet to become sustainable, how the Smart City concept can support the improvement of the residents' quality of life and how Central and Eastern European countries create smartcity solutions. Containing both theoretical and practical content, this book will be of relevance to researchers and students interested in smart cities and urban planning, as well as city authorities and city stakeholders who are planning to implement the Smart City concept. Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/94097
ER  -