Smart cities characteristics: importance of buit environments components

The definition of ideal city, conceived at the turn of the 19th century and finalised at the turn of 21st as smart city, and based on six key smart components including economy, governance, people, science and technology, living and environment, ignores such a fundamental component as built environment, which constitutes the physical platform of a smart city. Indicators used for evaluation of smart city models mainly based on ICT platform do not include build environment characteristics. Proposed seven smart components system (7SCCS) structured in this paper, considers the built environment as a foundation of the smart city infrastructure. Critical reviews of the theory emphasize a leading role of the ICT in the development of smart cities and, at present, the theory is winning a growing support from many experts and ICT organisations and companies. However, the ICT-led model together with business-led models may produce negative effects on interface dynamics of smart cites components system. Review of elements of the contemporary built infrastructure proposes a strategy of balanced development of existing and emerging structures, and building those types of smart cities that are required for sustainable urban development of future cities.