Wspomaganie zarządzania zrównoważonym rozwojem polskich metropolii przy wykorzystaniu narzędzi „miasta inteligentnego”

Abstract

The authors discuss the concept of “smart cities”, which is one of the modern tools of city parameterization, hitherto used particularly in relation to metropolises of Western civilization. The analysis focuses on the relationship between the essentials of “smart” city management, as identified by the doctrine, and sustainable development, as well as selected legal conditions of applying this concept in the context of the Polish local government system and Polish administrative law. Due to the complexity of the concept of cites being “smart”, a comprehensive study of this phenomenon has to go beyond legal issues and beyond the determinants of the public finance sector. However, the article does not address practical considerations and opinions presented are limited to discussion on legal and political system conditions. The text should be regarded as an attempt to identify some basic system factors of the issue in Poland and a basic contribution for further, more substantial and practical research.