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The Minister of Transport Mobility and Urban Agenda Raquel Snchez has participated in Logroo in a day dedicated to dialogue on The future of citiesThe person in charge of Mitma has valued the development of the Spanish Urban Agenda that offers a framework to guide all interventions both public and private in the advance towards more sustainable urban criteria.Raquel Snchez in her speech stressed that the Spanish reality offers one of the highest percentages of urban population in the entire European Union with 80 of Spaniards concentrated in 20 of the territory within a trend that it will probably grow more in the next few decades. This fact has as a collateral effect the depopulation suffered by many of our provinces and municipalities.In the framework of dialogue on the future of cities that todays conference raised the minister has put on the table necessary debates on which to work and among them has highlighted the need to articulate an effective and decarbonized public transport that frees the cities from the tyranny of the private vehicle and on whose proper planning depends the reconciliation between personal and work life.Raquel Snchez has also made reference to the regeneration of neighborhoods to recover compact cities with local facilities which make travel unnecessary.All these issues he added seek to achieve urban designs that place people and the environment at the center of their actions that increase our quality of life reduce energy waste and increase efficiency in waste management.New urbanism modelThe minister has emphasized the need to reach an agreement among all the actors involved to generate a new urban planning model that helps combat problems such as poverty and inequalities.In this sense the person in charge of Mitma has placed special emphasis on the situation of women who have a double workload and who without a good mobility system are forced to accept part-time jobs near their homes and limit consequently your job opportunities. Of women who have the right he added not to feel the city as a threat avoiding certain areas and streets.Raquel Snchez in addition to participating in the opening of the conference on The future of cities also participated in the table dedicated to How to improve access to decent housing in Spain Where she mentioned the difficult reality of young people in reference to their horizon of emancipation due to lack of housing or unaffordable prices.For all this the minister has underlined the need to seek formulas that guarantee the right to affordable housing which are the pillar of the Welfare State and in this sense has ensured that the Government continues to work on the Housing Law thinking about housing as a right that guarantees the exercise of other fundamental rights such as freedom security or privacy.Finally Raquel Snchez has taken advantage of the day to meet with the mayor of Logroo Pablo Hermoso with whom she has discussed matters of common interest to the capital of La Rioja which she has valued the fact of being a pioneer with its adherence to the Agenda Urbana Espaola and the development of the Local Action Plan last February.
