Economic Affairs
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue: 1

Theory and practice of public management of smart infrastructure in the conditions of the digital society’ development: Socio-economic aspects

  • Author:
  • Volodymyr Yermachenko1, Dmytro Bondarenko2, Liudmyla Akimova3, Marta Karpa4, Oleksandr Akimov5,*, Nadiia Kalashnyk6
  • Total Page Count: 17
  • Published Online: Oct 21, 2023
  • Page Number: 617 to 633

1Department of Tourism, Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Kharkiv, Ukraine

2Department of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, National Technical University “Dnipro Polytechnic”, Dnipro, Ukraine

3Department of Labor Resources and Entrepreneurship, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, Ukraine

4Department of Public Management and Administration, Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav, Pereiaslav, Ukraine

5Department of Public Administration, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Kyiv, Ukraine

6Department of Public Administration, National Forestry University of UkraineLviv, Ukraine

*Corresponding author: 1970aaa@ukr.net (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9557-2276)

Online Published on 21 October, 2023.

Abstract

Today, cities represent the leading form of territorial and socio-economic organization of modern society. The formation of a smart city based on smart infrastructure as its core essence is a trend that covers a number of cities on all continents of the planet. Based on the analysis of research in the field of smart infrastructure and its components, and the management of this infrastructure in smart cities, as well as trends in the creation and development of smart cities in terms of socio-economic implications, the conclusion is made about the need for “smart governance” to pay attention to the processes of socio-spatial development and taking into account the needs of citizens, in order to avoid the occurrence of bilateral negative effects digital inequality on the one hand and an unjustified increase in public spending on the other hand.

• The article is devoted to the analysis of smart infrastructure and smart city concepts and their practical implementation, including arising challenges, from the angle of view of public management.

• The obtained results demonstrated the necessity of systemic approach in public management of planning, development, an functioning of smart cities, based on identifying and removing barriers that create a gap between stated city goals and actual practice, with an eye to the motives and needs of human and creative capital

• The practical significance of the research lies in outlining of key implications and challenges in today public management of smart infrastructure in the conditions of the digital society’ development, within the frames of smart cities planning and functioning

Keywords

Public Management, Smart City, Smart Infrastructure, Technology, Human Capital