Comparison of the smart cities in the Czech Republic and foreign countries

Abstract

Cities play a major role in the social and economic aspects of our lives and have a huge impact on the environment. Over the last 35 years there has been a worldwide increase in population by about 60 % and more and research shows that this trend will continue. More and more people are therefore moving to urban settlements mainly due to offer the jobs. SMART city is trying to find a concept that ensures sustainable model of development, quality of life, public safety and energy efficiency. This article focuses mainly on comparison of the smart cities in the Czech Republic and foreign countries deploying clever parking, traffic optimization, and systems that are beneficial for maintaining the transport infrastructure to the satisfaction of all residents. Using comparative analysis is processed compared the concept of SMART cities in the Czech Republic and abroad in order to obtain an objective comparison creation, approval and implementation of the strategy on a sample of selected countries to create a design concept of SMART city in the Czech Republic. Compare analysis shows that the feature of SMART cities in the Czech Republic is strongly connected with the government. It was proved that the mobility ranking is really important for the concept of SMART cities in future. In comparison with the other European countries, is the Czech Republic in the implementation of SMART cities rookie.