3 Amendments of Salvatore CARONNA related to 2010/2158(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that the urban dimension of Cohesion Policy focuses on a twohree-fold objective - firstly to help urban areas develop their basic physical infrastructure as precondition of growth in order to fully exploit their potential contribution to the economic growth in Europe and, diversification of the economic base and energy and environmental sustainability, in particular with a view to maintaining and improving air quality in urban centres and without detriment to rivers, secondly to help urban areas modernise their economic, social and environmental characteristics through smart investments in infrastructure and services based on technological advancements and thirdly to regenerate urban areas by reclaiming industrial sites and contaminated land;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Points to a great potential of modernisation of infrastructural investments through intelligent technologies which would deal with persisting problems through the concept of ‘smarter urban development’; believes that such ICT infrastructure investments can be seen as explicit driver for economic growth and innovation-based economic activity bringing together the following elements of public and private investment that can aim to generate new entrepreneurship, jobs and growth and thus should be regarded as a European priority:sustainable jobs and smart growth, in line with the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy and, in particular, the Smart Cities innovation partnership;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that urban areas are not islands within their regions and their development must therefore be closely linked with the surrounding functional or rural areas; considers that multi-level governance, regional planning and the partnership principle are the most effective tools to prevent sectorialisation and fragmentation of development policies;