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Introduction
1. The concept of a Smart City (SC) in modern economies
1.1. Creation and assumptions of the Smart City concept
1.2. Areas of Smart City development and evaluation
2. Bright and dark sides of Smart City
2.1. The role of Smart City in improving the quality of urban life
2.2. Criticism of the Smart City concept on the literature on the subject
3. Smart City governance
3.1. The role of city authorities in creating smart cities
3.2. The Smart City concept in the strategies of the cities of Central and Eastern Europe
4. The issue of exclusion in Smart City rankings
4.1. Characteristics of Smart City rankings
4.2. Assessment of areas and indicators of exclusion in selected Smart City rankings
5. Exclusivity and inclusiveness of Smart City in practice
5.1. Leaders and losers of inclusiveness in Smart City
5.2. Smart City inclusiveness best practices: case studies
6. Proposal for assessing the inclusiveness of Smart City
6.1. Areas and principles of measuring inclusiveness
6.2. Concept of the Smart City inclusiveness assessment
7. Long-term strategy for strengthening inclusiveness in the Smart City
7.1. Identification of future trends in exclusion in the Smart City
7.2. Strategy to strengthen resistance to exclusions in the Smart City
8. Inclusiveness versus exclusivity: discussion and conclusions
8.1. Discussion in the light of current research and practices
8.2. Summary, research limitations, and directions for further research
Conclusion
Index