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This article presents results of an interdisciplinary literature analysis in the field of the smart city environmental management information system. A survey is made of main environmental issues related to urban development processes. The required range of the system information and functionality is verified. It is also checked to what extent state-of-the-art ICT tools can assist in environmental management in smart cities. The analysis takes account of the latest pillars of development, such as the knowledge transfer support and development and implementation of innovations in the first place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The architecture of the Europe 2020 strategy execution system assumes intense integration of activities at the level of the Member States and regions thereof, aimed at a common objective. One of its elements is the identification requirement related to smart specialisations, reflecting the endogenous potential of regions, related to maximisation of synergic effectiveness of funds provided for execution of the strategy. This paper shows the role of ICT as national and regional smart specialisations in creation of an innovation ecosystem in Poland. The study is based on an intensive review of EU, national and regional strategic documents, further supplemented by multidisciplinary literature review on ICT, innovation, and smart specializations. The carried studies allowed the architecture of the Europe 2020 strategy execution system to be defined, together with the scope within which ICT is included in national and regional smart specialisations in Poland. The results show the horizontal and vertical character of ICT tools, possibilities of its applications and expected directions of improvement in voivodeship development strategies focused on supporting innovative processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a comprehensive analysis of selected environmental methods and tools. This analysis has been carried out in order to recognise their applicability for supporting eco-innovation implementation within National Smart Specialisation framework in Poland. It was based on multiple criteria which took into account characteristics related to advantages and disadvantages of relevant methods and tools. On the basis of Delphi methodology, the panel of experts has determined a set of most suitable environmental methods and tools in relation to their analytical opportunities and eco-innovation development support potential as well as possible difficulties in their sufficient application. The conducted study has indicated that implementation of National Smart Specialisations in Poland may rise structural changes and build unique capabilities related to eco-innovation implementation. However, this complex process needs the support of appropriate utilisation of specific environmental methods and tools which have been identified and assessed considering their applicability for that purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the selected issues related to the development of methods and indicators for measuring eco-innovation at the micro-level and explores how they may be employed in practice. On the basis of multidisciplinary literature review the various economic and environmental methods and indicators, which might be involved in measuring eco-innovation, have been discussed. This analysis has resulted in development of an original approach to measuring eco-innovation based on ecoefficiency indicator. It takes into account the Life Cycle Assessment results (endpoints) expressed in monetary terms and the value added by particular eco-innovation defined as specific functional unit. The economic value of the Life Cycle Assessment results comprises a sum of values of damage in human health, damage in ecosystem quality and damage in resources, whereas the value added is a difference between the value of revenues generated in the eco-innovation life cycle and the conventional life cycle cost of eco-innovation calculated for functional unit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]