Smart city as a socio-political project: opportunities and risks of smart technologies in urban rebranding

The article deals with the problems of formation of a smart city, based on smart management, intelligent human environment, smart technologies of city communications. The author believes that the development of smart technologies is so rapid that scientists cannot truly understand the possibilities and limits of their application and develop the concept of smart city as a humanistic project for the benefit of all-round human development. Therefore, today it is important to comprehend the best world and domestic practices of introducing smart technologies into the urban environment and regard not only achievements, but also problems and challenges.