<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper is aimed at an attempt to define a smart village in the Czech conditions. It argues that the principles of smart villages are very similar to the concept of sustainability. The analysis deals with preventing rural exclusion, promoting digital technologies for the management of the rural infrastructure, teleworking in rural areas and using ICT for participation and governance. This approach is documented in the case of the South-Moravian Region. It was concluded that it was not so much coverage or accessibility of digital technology that was the main barrier of more intensive use of the smart village concept but rather the lower qualification level and conservatism of rural population is. It is suggested that more attention should be paid to increasing the digital literacy of rural people.</p></abstract>

The paper is aimed at an attempt to define a smart village in the Czech conditions. It argues that the principles of smart villages are very similar to the concept of sustainability. The analysis deals with preventing rural exclusion, promoting digital technologies for the management of the rural infrastructure, teleworking in rural areas and using ICT for participation and governance. This approach is documented in the case of the South-Moravian Region. It was concluded that it was not so much coverage or accessibility of digital technology that was the main barrier of more intensive use of the smart village concept but rather the lower qualification level and conservatism of rural population is. It is suggested that more attention should be paid to increasing the digital literacy of rural people.

Smart Village and Sustainability. Southern Moravia Case Study

Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of AgriSciences

European Countryside

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The paper is aimed at an attempt to define a smart village in the Czech conditions. It argues that the principles of smart villages are very similar to the...

Smart Village and Sustainability. Southern Moravia Case Study

Published Online: Dec 30, 2019

Page range: 651 - 660

Received: Aug 29, 2019

Accepted: Oct 09, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0036

Keywords
smart village, digital technologies, sustainability, South Moravia

© 2019 Antonín Vaishar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Smart Village and Sustainability. Southern Moravia Case Study

Published Online: Dec 30, 2019

Page range: 651 - 660

Received: Aug 29, 2019

Accepted: Oct 09, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0036

Keywordssmart village, digital technologies, sustainability, South Moravia

© 2019 Antonín Vaishar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
smart village, digital technologies, sustainability, South Moravia