TEDxEutropolis 2010: A Vision of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine as a New Type of City
Geschreven op 9-9-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Agenda, Bouwen-Klussen, Communicatie
In Heerlen vindt vrijdag 10 september 2010 een bijzondere TEDx plaats. Eentje die letterlijk over landsgrenzen heen gaat. Een woon-werk gebied dat gevormd wordt door steden als Luik, Aken, Heerlen, Maastricht enz. Woon je in de Eutropolis-streek? Dan is dit je kans om een TEDx mee te maken.
The Euregion Meuse-Rhine faces some major challenges in the economic, social and cultural field. Economic transition, a shrinking and ageing population and the ambition of becoming Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018 are but a few of the challenges that lie ahead. Furthermore the Euregion Meuse-Rhine finds itself in an ongoing challenge, as each of the different national regions within the Euregion Meuse-Rhine are in the periphery of their own country. In other words how can the Euregion Meuse-Rhine become an economic and cultural centre? Let’s start by calling it Eutropolis.
Eutropolis represents a vision of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine as a new type of city. If you place the map of the London Underground as a grid over the map of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine it changes our mindset. What you’ll see is an image of a diverse international partly urbanized, partly green area with 3.7 million inhabitants, three nationalities, three languages (with much more dialects) and with many institutions in the field of culture and education. In this regard Eutropolis is a truly European laboratory only on a smaller scale. TEDxEutropolis
