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OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDING ECOLOGICAL URBANISM THROUGH SOCIO-ECONOMIC COHESION, DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BORDER MUNICIPALITIES BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: CHIMERA OR REALITY

Metodi Ivanov

Abstract

The presentation of the possibilities for the construction of ecological urbanism in the border regions of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Bulgaria is directly dependent on the degree of socio-economic cohesion between the administrative-territorial units separated in these territories. The construction of ecological urbanism is becoming an increasingly important issue given the ongoing climate change. On the other hand, ecological urbanism is associated with the possibilities for planning and building sustainable architecture and the use of green technologies in caring for the sustainability of the city. The need for an ecological approach as a means of rehabilitating the modern city is essential in organizational terms for the construction of the new cities of the future. The development of the concept of smart cities presupposes the connection of ecology with urban development, as well as with the multilayered, diverse and nuanced understanding of ecological urbanism and the aesthetics of the urban environment. Definitely in the future development of cities investments will be concentrated in the places that are managed smart, with the help of modern information and communication technologies. Urban development will be important for improving the quality of life in the coming years, as more and more attention will be paid to the sustainable development of cities, which must be the result of the use of artificial intelligence in combining smart governance with new technologies. On the other hand, with the improvement of business conditions, the improvement of the existing and the construction of new green infrastructure will become a prerequisite both for retaining the populations of the people living in these cities and for their stimulating development and their transformation into green's sustainable smart cities of the future. In this process, the role of the civil sector as a catalyst in the development and use of green technologies in the field of urban planning and development must not be forgotten. In addition, the fact that border towns are not large implies the rapid and flexible implementation of new solutions in the construction of ecological urbanism in these areas. The purpose of this report is to present the possibilities for building ecological urbanism based on the analysis of the socio-economic development of separate territories and at the same time to indicate the main directions in which all subject in public sector will have to work to achieve sustainable balanced regional development the territory of the border municipalities in the two neighboring countries the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Serbia. The set goal presupposes the retrospective and comparative analysis of the development of the respective cities and municipalities by considering the urban ecology of urbanization from the point of view of the given of the settlement, the settlement structure, the strategic spatial planning over the years and the impact of this interaction on nature and man and the processes observed in recent years showing the emerging trend of increasing urbanization on the one hand and desertification on the other.

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DOI resolver: doi.org/10.5593/sgem2020/6.1/s27.076

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