Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary
This paper aims at expanding the scope of the dominantly pragmatic, local scale-oriented smart village scholarship towards a perspective that recognizes that smart village development is a multiscalar political process. To show the necessity of this move, the shaping of smart village policies and pr...
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| author | Ádám Szalai Krisztina Varró Szabolcs Fabula |
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| description | This paper aims at expanding the scope of the dominantly pragmatic, local scale-oriented smart village scholarship towards a perspective that recognizes that smart village development is a multiscalar political process. To show the necessity of this move, the shaping of smart village policies and practices in Hungary is examined through a qualitative lens. As the authors argue, path-dependent structural obstacles and interscalar relations undermine the prospects of smart village building in the sense of bottom-up integrated rural development, and there is a risk of a bias towards technological innovation. This exploratory article, using Hungary as a case study, argues that smart village scholarship should draw on the results of critical smart city scholarship to acquire in-depth understanding of current debates regarding potential smart village developments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16cab30ac21d4ddd80eda12e10b849242022-12-21T18:20:36ZengResearch Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of SciencesHungarian Geographical Bulletin2064-50312064-51472021-06-017029711210.15201/hungeobull.70.2.15554Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from HungaryÁdám Szalai0Krisztina Varró1Szabolcs Fabula2Department of Economic and Social Geography, University of Szeged, Szeged, HungaryDepartment of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsDepartment of Economic and Social Geography, University of Szeged, Szeged, HungaryThis paper aims at expanding the scope of the dominantly pragmatic, local scale-oriented smart village scholarship towards a perspective that recognizes that smart village development is a multiscalar political process. To show the necessity of this move, the shaping of smart village policies and practices in Hungary is examined through a qualitative lens. As the authors argue, path-dependent structural obstacles and interscalar relations undermine the prospects of smart village building in the sense of bottom-up integrated rural development, and there is a risk of a bias towards technological innovation. This exploratory article, using Hungary as a case study, argues that smart village scholarship should draw on the results of critical smart city scholarship to acquire in-depth understanding of current debates regarding potential smart village developments.https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/5554smart villagesmart rural developmentrural developmentdigitalisationhungarymultiscalar perspective |
| spellingShingle | Ádám Szalai Krisztina Varró Szabolcs Fabula Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary Hungarian Geographical Bulletin smart village smart rural development rural development digitalisation hungary multiscalar perspective |
| title | Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary |
| title_full | Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary |
| title_fullStr | Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary |
| title_short | Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary |
| title_sort | towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of the actually existing smart village a view from hungary |
| topic | smart village smart rural development rural development digitalisation hungary multiscalar perspective |
| url | https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/5554 |
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