Creativity and Innovation Processes in Complex Sustainable City Environments: „Smart Creative City” Concept

Creativity is an essential „gluing” component for generation and sustainability of the „upgraded” concept of the next generation of citizens' life in the smart city. Creativity enables novel unique ideas. Since every human environment is specific and of very individual nature, with as many differences as possible related to all the characteristics of citizens in one household, or in a village, in an urban quarter, in a city, in a state, in a region or on a continent, power of creativity in all these nano-, pico-, micro- or mega-environments is of a paramount importance for a creation of the smart tailor-made city. The second term in the title, innovation, enables implementation of the given creativity by forming a new idea, solution, process, product, series of products, human-made environment, or, as a final goal, the smart city that will support happy and long life of all citizens. The article describes the creativity phases and innovation types in the complex sustainable and emerging technology environment of the “Smart Creative City”.