New Model for Sustainable Development of Regions in Bulgaria

The main goal of the research, according to the scientific plan of the Univercity of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in 2023, is the creation of a new regional model for the sustainable and optimized development of the regions and settlements of Bulgaria and a corresponding concept for the optimized management of local territorial resources in view of the development of the local structures – above all, the settlements and the settlement formations and cities. The new urban planning practice already sufficiently shows the ways to achieve these goals. Discussions in this regard are extremely useful and worthy of attention. According to the latest studies, Bulgaria needs a rethinking of the old centers that have been valid until now according to the capacity of the territorial resources. It is imperative to look for new opportunities to search for more real connections within the framework of European cooperation and commitment and to improve the methodological basis of planning in our country.