<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this paper is to provide a geographical urban policy perspective on the strategy of Smart Cities in the specific context of Czechia. Considering that the implementation of the Smart Cities (SC) concept is still relatively young in Czechia, it is highly relevant to examine the time-space diffusion of this concept in Czechia in the geographical lens: where the first initiative to build a smart city started, when the process was started and by whom; in other words, to provide basic empirical evidence of understanding the policy mobility and implementation of smart city policy into the urban development strategies. In the first of our approach, we evaluate the implementation of the term “smart city” in strategic city documents. The next step is the analysis of the strategic urban (city) and smart city documents by distinguishing conceptually distinct pillars of the SC concept and an overview of actors and policy-makers who initiate and support individual pillars of the concept of SC in Czechia. The results of the analysis highlight the differences between the implemented SC topics into city strategies which are caused by fragmented policy mobility, its modifications and influence of key actors who have found the opportunity to participate in policy-making processes at the certain spatial level.</p></abstract>

The aim of this paper is to provide a geographical urban policy perspective on the strategy of Smart Cities in the specific context of Czechia. Considering that the implementation of the Smart Cities (SC) concept is still relatively young in Czechia, it is highly relevant to examine the time-space diffusion of this concept in Czechia in the geographical lens: where the first initiative to build a smart city started, when the process was started and by whom; in other words, to provide basic empirical evidence of understanding the policy mobility and implementation of smart city policy into the urban development strategies. In the first of our approach, we evaluate the implementation of the term “smart city” in strategic city documents. The next step is the analysis of the strategic urban (city) and smart city documents by distinguishing conceptually distinct pillars of the SC concept and an overview of actors and policy-makers who initiate and support individual pillars of the concept of SC in Czechia. The results of the analysis highlight the differences between the implemented SC topics into city strategies which are caused by fragmented policy mobility, its modifications and influence of key actors who have found the opportunity to participate in policy-making processes at the certain spatial level.

The Smart City is landing! On the geography of policy mobility

Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science

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The aim of this paper is to provide a geographical urban policy perspective on the strategy of Smart Cities in the specific context of Czechia. Considering...

The Smart City is landing! On the geography of policy mobility

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 124 - 133

Received: Aug 28, 2018

Accepted: Dec 17, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2018-0013

Keywords
Smart city, policy mobility, time-space diffusion, implementation, Czechia

© 2018 Lucia Hýllová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Smart City is landing! On the geography of policy mobility

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 124 - 133

Received: Aug 28, 2018

Accepted: Dec 17, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2018-0013

KeywordsSmart city, policy mobility, time-space diffusion, implementation, Czechia

© 2018 Lucia Hýllová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Smart city, policy mobility, time-space diffusion, implementation, Czechia