[en] For more than a decade, "smart development" is a leitmotiv in both the literature and political discourse. Besides the integration of ICT in everyday life, “smartness” seems to include many approaches, which are sometimes in contradiction. Based on a systematic literature and internet review; this introduction scrutinizes the use of the fuzzy concept in rural development studies and questions the fate of geography in regard of this “marketing” development
Research Center/Unit :
Laplec Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège
Disciplines :
Human geography & demography
Author, co-author :
Schmitz, Serge ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Service de géographie rurale (LAPLEC)