TY - JOUR N2 - In a rapidly changing environment due to globalization, we are constantly looking for appropriate paths and strategies for cities and regions while taking into account the territorialisation of growth factors. As a result, we can observe an increase in development concepts that seek to define the conditions for urban resilience that could result in sustainable development despite an unstable environment. The author places his reflections in the context of Upper Silesia’s conurbation development challenges. He examines the current path of the region’s development and analyses the role that the application of “smart city” and “creative city” concepts could play in this process. Rather than comparing the efficacy of the two approaches, he suggests a reflection on the proportions of different bundles inside the development process. He also highlights the limits of a smart city approach and shows to what extent those limits can be exceeded through the application of a creative city strategy. Due to the economic and social diversity of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, there is a significant opportunity for the development of the creative economy that could determine the competitive advantage of this area in the coming decades. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/103090/PDF/SR_51_Pyka.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/103090 PY - 2017 IS - vol. 51 EP - 148 DO - 10.12657/studreg-51-09 KW - Creative city KW - creative economy KW - creative industries KW - conurbation of Upper Silesia KW - metropolitan area KW - metropolis KW - smart city KW - Silesia region A1 - Pyka, Robert PB - Polish Academy of Sciences – Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning and European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Polish Section DA - 2017 T1 - Urban creativity in the sociological perspective SP - 133 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/103090 T2 - Studia Regionalia ER -