The Working City project focuses on one of the country’s largest industrial zones — Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ). It examines the effect of modern industry on the urban environment through the interrelationships between production, social development, ecology, and technology. The project results from research conducted within the Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies and Nеwrope.
The demographic, economic, and social changes of the Plovdiv region, combined with the dynamic global trends in production, are a prerequisite for a rethinking of TEZ from both a technological and a social point of view.
Working City aims to answer the following main questions:
How can an industrial zone develop sustainably, with the possibility of adapting to the future?
How can an industrial zone develop sustainably, with the possibility of adapting to the future?
How can such a transformation bring added value to the whole region?
Within the project, workshops are organized, and pilot projects and interventions in Kuklen Industrial Park are tested. They include different actors’ views — workers, administration, international companies, and various social organizations. As a result, a collective strategy for the transformation of TIZ will be developed.
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Trakia Economic Zone
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