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Publications

H 1 "Pazardzhik, Bulgaria: A city centre intervention that rebuilds confidence."

2013

27p.

Urban development best practices

By upgrading the physical environment and enhancing the integrative role of the city centre of Pazardzhik, this €2.45 million project aimed to promote inclusive growth in the region. The renovation of the city centre opens up equal access to different social groups (vulnerable ones in particular) both to urban space and to the resulting economic, social and environmental benefits. Some 96 small businesses with 5 000 employees, 2 263 inhabitants of Roma and 4 860 of Turkish origin, and about 6 000 disabled citizens are benefitting from the project, together with the 25 000 inhabitants of the centre and the overall city population of 78 000.

Case study

DEVELOPMENT POLICY: SUSTAINABLE & TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT, urban development, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), disabled people, social & professional inclusion, migrants, ethnic minority, local development

urban development, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), disabled people, social & professional inclusion, migrants, ethnic minority, local development

English

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

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