RAZVOJ METROPOLSKIH POLICENTRIČNIH REGIJA I KONCEPT PAMETNOG GRADA
DEVELOPMENT OF POLYCENTRIC METROPOLITAN REGIONS AND THE SMART CITY CONCEPT

Author(s): Vladimir Čavrak
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Rural and urban sociology, Economic development, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: smart city; polycentric metropolitan regions; regional specialization;
Summary/Abstract: Rapid urbanization in all parts of the world has contributed to the fact that today more than 50% of the world population lives in cities. In the area of the Danube and the Adriatic-Ionian European macro-region we should expect the continuation of the process of further urbanization and population concentration. We can also expect continuation of littoralization. The increasing concentration of population ultimately raises the question of improving the quality of life in cities, as well as the question of their effectiveness in all dimensions. The rapid technological advances, particularly the development of computerization and telecommunications, offer new connectivity options, specialization and cooperation between cities through the concept of creating polycentric metropolitan regions and the concept of smart city. Since the cities have the role of drivers of development, in countries in the area of the Danube and Adriatic-Ionian European macro-region, it is possible to achieve broader development effects in the entire observed area through cooperation and smart specialization. To achieve this, it is necessary to actively promote the concept of globalization thinking, local action and regional planning.

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