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THE CITY AS THE LEADER OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Urban economy focuses on promoting urban strategies and city policies that help the cities to understand their potentials and ways of achievement. Cities are places in which people live and gather in order to negotiate jobs, buy and sell, share information, etc. They are the initiators of economic development, wealth, and job creation. In addition to the foregoing, cities are the leaders of sustainable development. The goal of sustainable development is to maintain and enhance natural wealth and beauty of the environment in which people live. This concept advocates a more even and rational use of resources today, in order to keep the quality of life at the level at which it is today, or even better. Along with sustainable development, the development of cities and the whole society is encouraged, not by the cost of environmental destruction, but through the promotion of sustainable development that will preserve its environment and contribute to its development. Cities encourage their people, through the practice of sustainable development of life, by breaking down and separating waste, recycling and participating in projects and activities aimed at improving the environment. A large number of cities in the world practice sustainable development and thus contribute to the development of society through environmental care. The city of Rijeka was among the first cities in Croatia to engage in sustainable development. During the last ten years it has encouraged all those interested, through various activities, projects, workshops and events, to learn about the day-to-day importance of caring for the environment and to practice it. This paper attempts, through an online survey and targeted questions, to understand the perception of young people about the concept of a sustainable city and the city as the leader of basic activities.

city, development, environment, sustainable development, perception

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