For smaller settlements, the definition of a smart city is not applicable in the same way as for large cities. Injecting IoT and BiG DATA analysis or “smartening” the settlement doesn’t solve everything. Another more complex and more sensitive approach is needed. The goal is to map and support potentials making the village attractive but not too appealing to ruin the quality of life of those who live there.
In small towns with around 1,000 people, digitization has not spread as much as in larger cities. In such a case, the first step is to reduce the digital divide by developing a new approach to education and the settlement’s daily life. The main obstacle is the lack of digital literacy and the population’s preparation with the necessary skills. This is a fundamental problem because there are plenty of job opportunities that are no longer fixed but can be done anywhere.
The proliferation of COVID in 2020 highlighted that we could do a wide variety of jobs efficiently from home. A process has begun with the spread of telecommuting, with more and more people deciding to leave big cities and move to the countryside to work in peace, a little more isolation close to nature, for a better quality of life.
This trend has posed new challenges to smaller settlements. For this population flow to be viable, a smart rural environment must be created, and obstacles to the lack of infrastructure and services in these areas must be overcome. What can a small town do if it doesn’t become a “smart city” but still wants to develop and progress? First of all, it is necessary to examine the factors along which it is worth developing villages and transforming rural structures. The goal is a harmonious coexistence where the village develops / profits, but at the same time does not want to become a city to absorb its negative features.
What are the possibilities? What factors can we examine?
- technological changes ( using drones and AI in agrictulture),
- environmental changes (sustainable resource management, environmental protection, analyze past data)
- change of strategy – mapping of potentials from which the village can earn income (tourism (religion tourism, excursions), industrial companies, agriculture)
- demographic change (slowdown in rural areas, analyze domestic migration and tendencies)
- policy changes (state responsibility, incentives, subsidies – explore opportunities for the settlement)
- economic changes (Global consumer trends show an unstoppable growth in organic agriculture and sustainable products, whose sales are growing at five times the rate of unsustainable products – facing changing priorities)
Thus, indicators (KPIs) can be defined specifically tailored to the settlement, with the analysis of which it is possible to see better and more precisely what the village is worth relying on and developing. All this so that the balance is maintained and the quality of life of the locals does not deteriorate.
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