Students will be able to describe the holistic principles of smart cities, implement them in the city planning and management, and control descriptive evaluation and methodological framework. They will get enough information and overview of key technologies for SC.

Elaboration and presentation of a seminar work (individually assigned topic). Written exam.

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Dustdar, S., Nastić, S., Šćekić, O.: Smart Cities: The Internet of Things, People and Systems. Springer 2017.

Menkhoff, T., Ning, K.S., Evers, H-D., Wah, C.Y.: Living in Smart Cities: Innovation and Sustainability. Singapur: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd., 2018.

1. Smart city concept in the context of sustainable development. Relevancy, field definition. Paradigm of economic, environmental and social sustainability in smart cities concepts

2. Smart cities indicators. Comparative and evaluation methods. SC pillars (energy, mobility, ICT) of infrastructure projects. Methodical implementation of smart cities in the Czech Republic and the EU.

3. Relationship between smart cities concepts and strategic and master planning of cities. Urban design for SC.

4. Examples of smart cities concepts in the world (Vienna, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Seattle, Malmö, Freiburg). Czech smart cities projects.

5. Smart and sustainable mobility and permeability of cities. New technologies for mobility, parking. E-mobility. Shared mobility. The relation between mobility and the sustainable environment. Business models of sustainable mobility in SC.

6. Smart buildings. Energy and environmentally sustainable construction. Contemporary construction technologies and BIM.

7. Energy concept SC, carbon zero cities. Renewable resources. Smart grids. Energy resiliency and security.

8. Information and communication technologies in smart cities concepts. eGovernance. Smart city and digital agenda. Data and bigdata.

9. Management and administration of Smart cities in practice: data, geoinformatics dabases, geoinformatical modelling, CIM

10. Environmental dimension of smart cities concepts. Climate impacts. Environmental infrastructure (efficient water use and water improvement, waste management, air pollution reduction). Green and water infrastructure in SC. SC and climate protection.

11. Social cohesion. Participation. The human (gender, demography, social) dimension of city planning. Sustainable and affordable housing in SC concepts.

12. Financing of smart cities projects. EU financial support. PPP and EPC projects. Economic sustainability of settlements. Psychological and social aspects of smart cities concepts.

13. Smart cities and Industry 4.0. Management of smart cities concepts. Clusters. Co-operation between the public, corporate and NGOs sector.

14. Excursions