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Sustainable Cities via Smart Development Strategies: Bulgarian Case

2022; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-031-07500-1_24

1863-5539

Elka Vasileva, Veselina Lyubomirova, Georgi Tsolov,

Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

Sustainable development is one of the leading directions of regional policy in Europe. Smart systems implementation for achieving sustainability is a gaining popularity policy-recognized direction for city development. The Smart city strategy index works as a new instrument of city policies following sustainable smart planning. Bulgarian cities are making some smart and sustainable development steps as part of the city plans but still do not work on specific smart city strategies. The authors analyze Bulgarian city policy programs for the Smart city strategy index indicators. The results provide an overview of implemented smart and sustainable development measures. Concluded is how far or near specific smart city strategies are Sofia, Varna, and Burgas as main regional centers in Bulgaria.