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What Is a Resilient Smart City? Blue–Green Infrastructure as a Strategic Feature of Smart Urban Form: Empirical Evidence with a Particular Focus on the Songdo IBD and Aspern Seestadt in Vienna

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  • Natalia K. Gorgol

    (Chair of Urbanism and City Structure Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Podchorążych 1, 30-084 Kraków, Poland)

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This study concerns the correlation of a smart city as an idea with urban form, with a particular focus on blue–green infrastructure. It aims to bridge the research gap on the physical structure of a smart city. It attempts to answer the following questions: (1) are there any patterns or rules in how a smart city’s urbanscape should be shaped? (2) Can green and recreational spaces contribute to a smart city’s smartness? If so, can a smart city be more resilient? To answer these questions, the author proposes the framework of a ‘smart urban form’ and a five-goal checklist to evaluate the blue–green infrastructure of a smart city. This checklist tool is based on the following five goals: morphology, ecology and environmental protection, accessibility, multifunctionality and activities, and identity and aesthetics, with specific factors for each goal. The paper presents a test of the tool on two existing smart city urban structures: the Songdo IBD, South Korea, and Aspern Seestadt, Vienna, Austria. This research is based on a combination of mixed methods: analysis of the literature, a multiple-case study, and observation. A correlation between the resilience of a smart city and its urban form, with an emphasis on blue–green infrastructure, was found.

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  • Natalia K. Gorgol, 2024. "What Is a Resilient Smart City? Blue–Green Infrastructure as a Strategic Feature of Smart Urban Form: Empirical Evidence with a Particular Focus on the Songdo IBD and Aspern Seestadt in Vienna," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-26, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:5:p:1758-:d:1342882
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    1. Sofia T. Shwayri, 2013. "A Model Korean Ubiquitous Eco-City? The Politics of Making Songdo," Journal of Urban Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 39-55, January.
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