Open AccessAre Smart Villages Just Smaller Smart Cities? Call for a Region-Type-Specific Approach to the Smartification of Communities
Author(s) -
Gerhard Kormann-Hainzl,
Helena Lovasz-Bukvova,
Marvin Hoelzl
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
central and eastern european edem and egov days
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-9394
pISSN - 2520-3401
DOI - 10.24989/ocg.v341.8
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , face (sociological concept) , rural area , computer science , smart city , economic geography , regional science , geography , data science , business , sociology , computer security , internet of things , political science , social science , archaeology , law
This paper presents a conception for a region-type specific approach for understanding and developing region-specific smart communities in predominantly rural areas. The concept is based on a discussion of the topic of smart communities from the points of view of (1) data economy, (2) regional communities, and (3) smart technologies as well as a discussion of “smartness” in context of smart communities. The paper points out the lack of differentiation between the different smartcommunity types in current models and typologies and argues that even a differentiated view is not sufficient in face of the high level of connection and interplay between the different communities. The paper proposes to develop a region-specific smartification model that considers the regionspecific context and interaction with more urbanized regions, especially for rural areas.