ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIVING IN COMMUNAL STRATEGY OF SUBOTICA

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ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIVING IN COMMUNAL
STRATEGY OF SUBOTICA
Municipality SUBOTICA Serbia Montenegro
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Municipality SUBOTICA Serbia Montenegro
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Municipality SUBOTICA Serbia Montenegro
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Municipality SUBOTICA Serbia Montenegro
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Municipality SUBOTICA

• Municipality of SUBOTICA
• 150 000 Inhabitants, surface 100 000 hectar, 19
  settlements
• Base Industries Agriculture and Food Processing
  (Cereals, Fruit, Vegetables), Tourism (Lake of
  Palic), Metal and Machinery, Logistic and
  Transport,Trade
• Railway corridor IV and Highway Corridor 10
  (E-75) are passing through

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• Municipality of Subotica has adopted in 2003.
  its Local Ecology Action Plan (LEAP), which
  defines particular problems in environmental
  matters, that are to be solved in a long-term.
  This includes in the first line matters of
  potable water, sewage water and sewage elimination

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• Environmental matters
• Water ( supply of water, elimination of sewage
  water )
• Waste ( selection, depositing, elimination,
  recycling or use as source of renewable energy )
• Quality of soil
• Quality of air

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• Water
• Water supply
• - For Drinking used Underground Water,
• from 50 to 200 meters deep,
• - Lacks supply of surface flowing water
  needed channel from Danube to Palic,
• - Needed solution for purification of standard
  quality potable water from underground sources
  elimination of some ingredients

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• Water
• Sewage water
• - Needed solution and financial construction for
  the purification system for lake Palic,
• - Needed project and financial construction for
  separation of waters stemming from precipitation
  and water coming out of industrial facilities and
  households

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• Waste
• Selection of waste to be introduced
• Depositing to be adjusted to EU Standards
• ( in local and regional extent)
• Recycling and Renewable Energy Source
• Elimination through burning and other ways

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• Waste
• Solid Waste
• - Lack of regional garbage dump ,
• - City garbage dump needs to be reorganized in
  accordance with EU standards

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• Waste
• Liquid Waste
• - Liquid waste that is to be purified by the
  producer. The most of Industries are in Food
  Processing (Cereals, Fruit, Vegetables and Meat),
• - Liquid waste that is to be separately held on
  the dump.

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• Soil
• From 100000 acres of surface
• - 89000 acres is used in agriculture,
• cereals 56000
• industrial plants 20000
• plants for cattle feeding 3700
• fruit 3500 (there from apples 2500)
• vegetables 3000
• - while 8500 is protected as forests and
  prairies (puszta)
• - Liquid waste that is to be purified by the
  producer,
• - Liquid waste that is to be separately held on
  the dump

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• Soil
• Structure of the soil
• - humus in the southern part of the
  Municipality,
• - sand in the northern part of the Municipality.
• The quality of humus is decreasing (in last 70
  years by 0.39), and reasons are decrease of use
  of organic fertilizers, and in cattle breeding,
  industrial pollution, heating on coal and oil,
  etc.
• - Liquid waste that is to be purified by the
  producer,
• - Liquid waste that is to be separately held on
  the dump

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• Soil
• Measures to be undertaken for the Improvement of
  the Soil
• - Creation of Protective Ecologic Corridors
  around the City,
• - Implantation of Fruit Trees and Support to
  Forestry,
• - Support to Organic Agriculture,
• - Spreading Green Surfaces within the City and
  in surrounding Villages.
• - Liquid waste that is to be purified by the
  producer,
• - Liquid waste that is to be separately held on
  the dump

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• Air
• The Air in the Region is relatively cleaned and
  unpolluted. Problems appear with the furnace
  black and SO2, in the first line from burners and
  traffic.
• Improvement of the Quality of Air by
• Further Gasification and Support of use of Fuel
  that Less Pollute the Environment,
• Better Air Care Control for Vehicles in Traffic,
• Concentration of Industrial Facilities Outside
  City

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• Technical Infrastructure
• - Spreading of Zones without Traffic in the
  City,
• - New Solutions in order the Transit Traffic not
  to Pass through the Center of the City,
• - Build up New Parking Places.

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• Our Directions in future
• TOWARDS EU
• - Develop infrastructure in accordance with EU
  Standards,
• - Educate and Train People in order to
  Understand and Support needed Change in Behavior
  Towards the natural Environment,
• - Partnership With Interested partners from
  EU

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• On Our Way to EU we need support with
• Information on Available Funds for the Support of
  the Development,
• Advising and Common Preparation of Projects of
  Interest for Partners,
• Joint Ventures and Cooperation in Different
  Fields of Economy

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• SME IN SUBOTICA REGION
• 6000 active SME
• 4000 handicraft and other shops
• 30 000 farms
• INSTITUTIONS OF POTENTIAL SUPPORT
• Municipality
• Educational Institutions (Faculty of Economics,
  Polytechnic Faculty, etc.)
• Development Agency
• Banks
• SME Associations

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• SME IN SUBOTICA REGION
• Competitive Advantages and Tradition we have in
  Agriculture, Food processing industry, Tourism
  and Services Sector.
• From May 2004. We are on Schengen Border (being
  10 km from Hungarian Border) and we are Open for
  Setting here up Any Viable Business

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ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIVING IN COMMUNAL
STRATEGY OF SUBOTICA Telephone [phone]
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subotica.co.yu
Municipality SUBOTICA Serbia Montenegro