The Role of Smart Cities during the COVID-19 Pandemic – the Example of New York City

• Authors: Alicja Kozak

Title variants

PL

Rola miast inteligentnych w czasie pandemii COVID-19 na przykładzie Nowego Jorku

Abstracts

PL

W niniejszym opracowaniu na przykładzie Nowego Jorku zbadano, jak inteligentne miasta zareagowały na problemy związane z pandemią COVID-19 (formuła studium przypadku). Pierwsza część badań stanowi tło opracowania. Wskazano konkretne wyzwania i odpowiedzi miast na zagadnienia związane z pandemią. Druga część zawiera badania nad różnymi definicjami koncepcji smart city. Ponieważ nie ma oficjalnej charakterystyki takiego ośrodka miejskiego, dokonano wskazania powszechnie akceptowanych jego atrybutów. Części pierwsza i druga zostały oparte na badaniu danych zastanych (desk research). Ostatecznie w ostatniej fazie badawczej przeprowadzono analizę studium przypadku Nowego Jorku, aby przedstawić przejawy wskazanych wcześniej atrybutów koncepcji smart city. Zbadano działania podejmowane przez władze miejskie i innych aktorów miasta w celu sprostania wyzwaniom stojącym przed ośrodkami miejskimi, jak i specyficznymi (dotyczącymi Nowego Jorku).

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This paper investigates how smart cities responded to the COVID-19 pandemic-related issues based on the example of New York City (the case study formula). The first part of the research constitutes a background to the study. The specific challenges and city responses that the pandemic introduced to urban centres are indicated. The second part contains research on various definitions of the smart city concept. Since there is no official characteristic of such an urban centre, the commonly accepted attributes were indicated in the study. The first and second parts are based on desk research. Finally, in the last phase of the research, a case study analysis of New York City was conducted to present manifestations of previously indicated attributes of a smart city concept. The actions taken by the city authorities and other city actors to address the challenges that were both common for cities and specific ones (that applied to New York City) were investigated.

Keywords

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COVID-19; the pandemic; smart city; New York

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COVID-19; pandemia; miasto inteligentne; Nowy Jork

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Biblioteka Regionalisty
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-33

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Alicja Kozak

• Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15611/br.2022.1.03

Biblioteka Nauki

2231028