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19 THE SMALL CITY OF BIG SCIENCE Sustainable urban environment Măgurele ofers an unique geographic location for an urban area situated at the crossroads of Bucharest, Romania’s capital city - with its economic, social and cultural dynamics, Măgurele - the small city of big science, with its hub of talents and research infrastructure - and the exceptional natural capital of the neighbouring areas - from the Mihăileşti Lake to the 1 Decembrie Port and the Neajlov Delta with its lowland forests and rivers, not far from the the Danube. If science is at home here and it provides the core for a generic starting point, the development of Măgurele focuses on creating a sustainable urban environment, as part of the smart and sustainable territorial development - Laser Valley. Starting from a new, science driven development approach, Măgurele may play an important role, even become the leader in promoting innovation in the felds of environmental technologies and sustainable development. The construction of ELI-NP in Măgurele already includes an energy efciency solution, unique in size and in terms of its technological approach. The next crucial step could be to set energy efciency and smart infrastructure targets for all the urban development: from smart-grids to communications, resource management, waste collection and recycling, to connectivity - Smart City solutions. This type of development entails special dynamics and raises a challenge for both those directly involved and those who look from the outside. The new solutions validated here may infuence the future development of other communities as well. An inspired and coordinated open approach, would turn this whole area into an example of smart territorial development of the entire region south of Bucharest and north of Danube with Magurele as city of science, inspiration and entrepreneurship, a vibrant living environment, as land of lights.