Resilience of Smart Cities to the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Sustainable Development

Aleksandra Kuzior (), Dariusz Krawczyk, Paulina Brożek, Olena Pakhnenko, Tetyana Vasylieva and Serhiy Lyeonov
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Aleksandra Kuzior: Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Dariusz Krawczyk: Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Paulina Brożek: JSofteris, 41-219 Sosnowiec, Poland
Olena Pakhnenko: Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Sumy State University, 40000 Sumy, Ukraine
Tetyana Vasylieva: Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Sumy State University, 40000 Sumy, Ukraine
Serhiy Lyeonov: The London Academy of Science and Business, London W1U 6TU, UK

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-22

Abstract: The development of digital technologies is one of the factors influencing the cities’ readiness for the COVID-19 breakout. The purpose of this article is to assess cities’ resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic depending on the “smart” level criteria. The article uses the following research methods: (1) bibliometric analysis to identify the main directions of scientific research regarding “COVID-19” and “smart city” in Scopus publications for 2019–2022; (2) k-means clustering method to identify common patterns among smart cities regarding their readiness and responsiveness to COVID-19; (3) correlation analysis to identify the relationships between smart city performance indicators and COVID-19 severity in these cities. The Smart City Index 2021 was a key criterion for classifying a city as smart for this study. The correlation analysis included two stages: (1) correlation analysis of the Smart City Rank and indicators of COVID-19 readiness and responsiveness; (2) correlation analysis of the Smart City Rank and its health care components and COVID-19 severity indicators. According to the study results, smart cities demonstrated higher COVID-19 readiness and lower COVID-19 fatality rates. However, they lag behind in terms of resilience and sustainability of their health care systems.

Keywords: smart city; digitalization; COVID-19; pandemic; health care; sustainability; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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