The debate about the smart city concept has been widened during these last years. In literature, to define this concept differ- ent ways have been proposed where enthusiastic positions have been counterposed by critical and negative views. To identify the smart city factors, some scholars highlight the role of some issues among others economic development, business-friendly context, environmental sustainability, social innovation, information and knowledge process, and finally human and social capital. In this light, the smart city concept is related to both urban efficiency and citizens’ wellbeing under the common umbrella of the use of appropriate technologies. Even firms and institutions have contributed to this debate. The latter have joined smartness with the ability of using ICT (Information and Communication Technology) as instrument to strengthen economic growth. Particularly, European Strategy 2020 focusing on a sustainable, inclusive and smart growth considers cities as engines for the development and smart cities as a normative model for the contemporary city. Therefore, how to measure smartness is becoming more and more crucial. Starting from the analysis of the smartness indicators developed in these last years, the aim of the paper is to verify how much these indexes are able to support the Europe 2020 strategy in reaching its own targets, becoming so an effective policy tool.
Il dibattito sul concetto di smart city è stato ampliato in questi ultimi anni. Per identificare i fattori della smart city, alcuni studiosi sottolineano il ruolo di alcuni elementi, tra cui lo sviluppo economico, il contesto favorevole alle imprese, la sostenibilità ambientale, l’innovazione sociale, il processo di informazione e conoscenza e infine il capitale umano e sociale. Da questo punto di vista, il concetto di smart city è relazionato sia all’efficienza urbana che al benessere dei cittadini sotto l’ombrello comune dell’uso di tecnologie appropriate. Anche le imprese e le istituzioni hanno contribuito a questo dibattito. Queste ultime hanno unito il concetto di smartness con la capacità di utilizzare le ICT (tecnologie dell’informazione e della comunicazione) quale strumento per rafforzare la crescita economica. In particolare, la strategia europea 2020 focalizzata su una crescita sostenibile, inclusiva e intelligente considera le città come motori per lo sviluppo e le città intelligenti come un modello normativo per la città contemporanea. Pertanto, come misurare la smartness sta diventando sempre più fondamentale. Partendo dall’analisi degli indicatori di smartness sviluppati negli ultimi anni, l’obiettivo del lavoro è verificare quanto questi indici siano in grado di supportare la strategia Europa 2020 nel raggiungere i propri obiettivi, e nel diventare così uno strumento politico efficace.
La misura delle smart cities e gli obiettivi della strategia EU 2020: una riflessione critica
Luigi Mundula
2019-01-01
Abstract
The debate about the smart city concept has been widened during these last years. In literature, to define this concept differ- ent ways have been proposed where enthusiastic positions have been counterposed by critical and negative views. To identify the smart city factors, some scholars highlight the role of some issues among others economic development, business-friendly context, environmental sustainability, social innovation, information and knowledge process, and finally human and social capital. In this light, the smart city concept is related to both urban efficiency and citizens’ wellbeing under the common umbrella of the use of appropriate technologies. Even firms and institutions have contributed to this debate. The latter have joined smartness with the ability of using ICT (Information and Communication Technology) as instrument to strengthen economic growth. Particularly, European Strategy 2020 focusing on a sustainable, inclusive and smart growth considers cities as engines for the development and smart cities as a normative model for the contemporary city. Therefore, how to measure smartness is becoming more and more crucial. Starting from the analysis of the smartness indicators developed in these last years, the aim of the paper is to verify how much these indexes are able to support the Europe 2020 strategy in reaching its own targets, becoming so an effective policy tool.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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