SMART RURAL: a model for planning net-zero energy balance at municipal level

Poggi, Francesca; Firmino, Ana Maria Viegas; Amado, Miguel P.

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.287

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“…Closer look at the above presented initiatives working at the worldwide level enables us to make some very broad conclusions. Looking at the main objectives and activities taking place within their frameworks, but also regarding to some other reports [18,19] In line with the described global initiatives and tendencies towards smarter and more sustainable communities, the European Union has also taken a holistic and integrative approach towards those objectives.…”

Section: Worldwide Initiatives On Smart Villagesmentioning

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Smart Villages: Comprehensive Review of Initiatives and Practices

Zavratnik¹,

Kos²,

Duh³

2018

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Over the recent decades people’s (rural and urban) communities are facing numerous social and economic changes and challenges. Some of those challenges have been increasingly addressed through the lenses of technological developments and digitalization. In this paper we have made a review of already existing practices while focusing on the existing implementations of the smart village concept and the importance of digital transformation for rural areas. We give special attention to EU policies which we are using as an already existing framework for understanding our own forthcoming examples. We have shown the parallels between the findings and insights from different regions and made an evaluation of presented practices. Our main argument stems from our own previous experiences and experiences of other research approaches, and is grounded on the argument that rural areas are not uniform, and that smart rural development has to be applied in combination with place-based approach. We present the cases of Slovenian pilot practices and support our argument by proposing the FabVillage concept.

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Section: Worldwide Initiatives On Smart Villagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Villages: Comprehensive Review of Initiatives and Practices

Zavratnik¹,

Kos²,

Duh³

2018

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“…A hand search was performed and led to the collection of 444 journal articles (Table 3). (Doerr et al 2018;Poggi et al 2017;Naldi et al 2015) Smart countryside (Bosworth et al 2020;Lindblom et al 2021;Zapletalová and Vaishar 2020) Smart territory (Giovannella and Roma Ricerche 2014;Navío-Marco et al 2020;Zvirbule et al 2017) Smart alpine (Stettler et al 2016) The three-fields plot (Sankey diagram, Figure 1, as analyzed in Riehmann et al 2005;Fatehi et al 2020), shows which countries are publishing most on which topic, based on smart villages' related keywords and which journals are publishing on which topics. The left field contains the countries of origin of the sources, the middle field contains the corresponding keywords, and the right field contains the sources of papers used as imported data.…”

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Territorial and Human Geography Challenges: How Can Smart Villages Support Rural Development and Population Inclusion?

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Rural areas are significantly affected by spatial vulnerability, the digital gap, depopulation, and population ageing. Marginalized populations are seeking collective well-being, social inclusion, and local development in smart villages, an increasingly important area of interest for scholars and practitioners as well as rural areas and communities. This article attempts to highlight the dominant trends in smart villages planning and depict the characteristics of Greek rural areas and populations alongside the implemented localized smart actions. To achieve this aim, the research utilized the existing literature through bibliometric analysis by extracting data from the Web of Science database. Building upon the bibliometrics, the research focused on identifying localized implemented interventions in the Greek rural areas. The results suggest that innovation, knowledge, growth, and management appear to impact rural smart planning, while the limited interventions of smart villages in Greece focus on social innovation and local development. The study argues that in Greece, a single holistic smart villages model cannot be proposed, due to the country’s geographical and demographical variability. The proposed trends, though, can be implemented locally to encourage rural development and population inclusion; therefore it is recommended to increase local stakeholders’ awareness and active engagement.

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“…Poggie et al (2017) points out that there can be no smart cities without smart rural [32]. Visvizi, Lytras and Mudri (2019) begin their book on smart villages in the EU and beyond with the following questions about the smart villages: "Is it life, water, energy, community, or food?…”

Section: Smart Villagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of Smart Rural Village Indicators in Line With Industry 4.0

2020

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In 1950, approximately 1.8 billion lived in rural areas and subsequently, rural population growth averaged 1.0 per cent per year, with the result that the rural population nearly doubled, reaching 3.4 billion in 2018 and is expected to peak in 2021 at just over 3.4 billion. Rural villages are lacking behind urban areas when it come to the stages of industrial revolutions and societal development with respect to technological advancement. Today, the world is faced with the new wave of advanced technological revolution called Industry 4.0. Despite the impressive work being implemented successfully to create smart cities and smart villages in various countries, there are still no developed standard indicators that can be used to define smart rural village concept. The objective of the study is to develop indicators for smart rural villages aligned with Industry 4.0 technologies using systematic literature review, the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, as well as the ISO 37122, smart cities indicator's standard. The translation method developed prioritized indicators according to sustainability, smartness and connectivity from the Information and Communication Technology. The main contribution is the method and indicators developed over 2-year period for smart rural villages. The resulting indicators makes it possible to answer what a smart rural village is: village that has access to affordable energy, adequate housing, safe drinking water, an inquisitive rural culture, early warning systems against adverse weather conditions, against drinking water pollution as well as the predictable schedule for local doctor, taxi/bus.

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SMART RURAL: a model for planning net-zero energy balance at municipal level

Cited by 14 publications

References 20 publications

Smart Villages: Comprehensive Review of Initiatives and Practices

Smart Villages: Comprehensive Review of Initiatives and Practices

Territorial and Human Geography Challenges: How Can Smart Villages Support Rural Development and Population Inclusion?

Development of Smart Rural Village Indicators in Line With Industry 4.0

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