World Development Vector-green and Smart Cities

The article discusses issues that reveal the prospects for the development of "green" and "smart" cities in Russia. It is shown that the concept of "smart and green" cities is not static, but rather a process or sequence of steps by which cities become more livable, resilient and therefore able to respond to new technologies and the demands of society. A significant number of researchers reduce the concept of a "smart city" to the use of information and communication technologies, and the model of "green cities" to saturation with plants. The study provides arguments opposing such an interpretation, offering a progressive and holistic vision of green and smart cities, technological and engineering solutions that are consistent with human preferences and personality, and further progress in socio-economic relations. The purpose of the study was to critically understand the outlined conceptual approaches to understanding the models of "green" and "smart" cities, to study the possibilities of implementing one of the models on the site of medium-sized industrialized cities of Russia, and progress in the relationship between society and nature. The main conditions, criteria and indicators for the development of cities of the future are presented; the areas of application of green and IT technologies have been substantiated; the role of governing bodies in the formation of new models of cities, focused on the application of the achievements of scientific and technological progress for the benefit of man and his future, has been determined. The necessity of developing computer applications for managing various sectors of the urban economy, increasing the efficiency of urban construction, and developing human potential at the site of "green" and "smart" cities has been proved.