Management of Smart and Sustainable Cities in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Lessons and Implications

Wadim Strielkowski, Svetlana Zenchenko, Anna Tarasova and Yana Radyukova
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Svetlana Zenchenko: Department of Finance and Credit, North Caucasus Federal University, Pushkin Str. 1., 355017 Stavropol, Russia
Anna Tarasova: Department of Management and Law, Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics, Volga State University of Technology, Lenin square 3, 424000 Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Yana Radyukova: Department of Economics and Management, Tambov State University Named after G.R. Derzhavin, Internatsional’naya Str. 33, 392000 Tambov, Russia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: Nowadays, the concept of smart sustainable governance is wrapped around basic principles such as: (i) transparency, (ii) accountability, (iii) stakeholders’ involvement, and iv) citizens’ participation. It is through these principles that are influenced by information and communication technologies (ICT), Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence, that the practices employed by citizens and their interaction with electronic government (e-government) are diversified. Previously, the misleading concepts of the smart city implied only the objective of the local level or public officials to utilize technology. However, the recent European experience and research studies have led to a more comprehensive notion that refers to the search for intelligent solutions which allow modern sustainable cities to enhance the quality of services provided to citizens and to improve the management of urban mobility. The smart city is based on the usage of connected sensors, data management, and analytics platforms to improve the quality and functioning of built-environment systems. The aim of this paper is to understand the effects of the pandemic on smart cities and to accentuate major exercises that can be learned for post-COVID sustainable urban management and patterns. The lessons and implications outlined in this paper can be used to enforce social distancing community measures in an effective and timely way, and to optimize the use of resources in smart and sustainable cities in critical situations. The paper offers a conceptual overview and serves as a stepping-stone to extensive research and the deployment of sustainable smart city platforms and intelligent transportation systems (a sub-area of smart city applications) after the COVID-19 pandemic using a case study from Russia. Overall, our results demonstrate that the COVID-19 crisis encompasses an excellent opportunity for urban planners and policy makers to take transformative actions towards creating cities that are more intelligent and sustainable.

Keywords: smart city; sustainability; city management; intelligent transport systems; artificial intelligence; machine learning (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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