Friday, July 23, 2010

Sofia is Changing..



What many people do not know; Urban Planning is a purely democratic process.. It is the concern of all the people; who are living in that City.. It is their feeling, concepts and futuristic visions.. It is their right to determine the way to live.. It is not what the anti-democratic bureaucratic City Managers advocate; that they solely know better how the people should live..
The more democratic Urban Planning is, the more livable our cities are, the more humane we are..

From Frog to Prince

A bold plan aims to take Sofia from a car-choked city starved of major meeting points to a pedestrian-friendly social hub.
by Boryana Dzhambazova
Transitions Online
22 July 2010
 
“There should much more openness and public debate about the urban development of the city. This way people would feel involved in solving the city’s problems,”
Full Article: http://tol.org/client/article/21649-from-frog-to-prince.html

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