Smart City

The beginning of this century is characterized by an intensive transition to a highly urbanized population in Europe. This trend brought societies and their governments in the world challenges related to key themes such as sustainable development, education, energy and the environment, security and public services. Management of towns and their parts or districts have to deal with complex social ecosystems and ensure sustainable development and quality of life for the population. Smart Cities are currently seen as a key strategy to improve the quality of life of billions of people living in cities around the world. With regard to the definition of Smart Cities and Digital Cities, it can be said that the shared and recognized definitions of both Smart Cities and Digital Cities are still missing. The aim of the paper is to present the basis of future research in the field of evaluation of selected places of the Slovak Republic by applying the smart cities principles.