Political models of smart cities and the role of network actors in their implementation (the case of Vienna, Lyon, and New Songdo in Seoul)

Abstract

The article examines the features of the formation and implementation of the smart city concept in various territorial systems. The article analyzes the models of political actors in the smart cities of Vienna, Lyon and New Songdo, which is a suburb of the Seoul metropolitan area; the significance and the role of some of them on the development of a smart city from the perspective of the theory of metagovernance. The article emphasizes the dependence of smart city development priority fields on the dominance of specific political actors such as public or private structures, public utility organizations, and a civil society in the regional smart city model. In conclusion, insights and generalization are drawn. © 2021 Author(s).