Title: Perception of ICT use by residents of smart cities

Authors: Benjamin Lesjak; Iztok Pšenica

Addresses: Faculty of Management, University of Primorska, Cankarjeva 5, p.p. 761, SI-6101 Koper, Slovenia ' Faculty of Management, University of Primorska, Cankarjeva 5, p.p. 761, SI-6101 Koper, Slovenia

Abstract: A smart city integrates two very complex systems - ICT and the city. A six-dimensional model defines it as: smart people, smart economy, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment, and smart living. Smart cities have developed a number of solutions for a better quality of life, using a wide range of ICTs, often interconnected into an integrated platform, which was researched in the article. Surveying the urban population of Slovenia shows preference for use of smart city ICT solutions, especially with perceived improvement of quality of life, connected to growing simultaneously with the city size. Interest in the use of smart city ICT services increases with ICT skills but is not affected by age and education level.

Keywords: smart city; information and communication technologies; ICT; ICT skills; smart devices; city services; adopting technologies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2022.123174

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2022 Vol.31 No.4, pp.459 - 473

Received: 29 Jan 2021
Accepted: 18 Mar 2021
Published online: 01 Jun 2022 *

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