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SOCIETY
Lidija Georgieva
The author is a designer,
Associate Professor
WHEN THE CITY TALKS
TO ITS CITIZENS
Climate change and pollution, the new stimulating innovations that improve
layout of the global economy, the grow- public services and quality of life, and
ing population and its aging are some encouraging examples of implementa-
of the factors that accelerated the proc- tion can be seen in Barcelona, London,
ess of finding new solutions and devel- Amsterdam, Paris, Stockholm, etc.
oping various concepts for a better life On 30 October, at the Daut Pashin Amam
in urban areas. Ecocity, connected city, in Skopje, the United Nations organized
technocity, cyberville, digital city, smart a Jubilee celebration - their 70th anni-
city - combined with a wide range of new versary. The main sustainable develop-
electronic technology and use of appli- ment goals were presented in a crea-
cations that provide instantaneous data tive manner. Guests had the choice to
flow - the city can immediately respond be photographed with what they think
to the challenges of managing the urban is most important and thus send a mes-
environment. The European Communi- sage. My choice was the number 13 - cli-
ty has invested significant amounts in mate change.
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