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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.77, # 1, 2020, pp. 65-83

From the standpoint of sustainable development, the information society should ensure
the invariability of a joint solution of economic, social, technological and ecological
problems; environmental regulation of technological development without exception;
and the constant agenda of the issues of information security and taking preventive steps
in its improvement.

In this regard, the issues of legal regulation of the activities of information services
providers in intensive urban conditions are particularly relevant. The fact is that as
cities grow, issues such as information search, distance education, e-commerce and a
number of other activities need to be resolved in a legal and regulatory context are
growing. Unreasonable delays in the formation of the relevant normative-legal
framework, the regulation of the city economy lack of support for international
cooperation may strengthen undesirable tendencies.

In terms of supporting the sustainable development of the information society,
technological opportunities are on the agenda, primarily in large cities and megacities. The
work done in this direction should highlight the development of biometrics, including the
creation of automatic recognition of people, the use of international and internal passports
with biometrics identification, and the mass use of cryptography. It should not be
forgotten that the mass use of cryptography (for example, cryptographic protection of
payment by SIM card) has ensured the popularity of mobile communication.

Education has an increasing role in the reintegration of sustainable development
opportunities of Information Society. The high dynamism inherent in the
information society, the rapid shortening of the life cycle of innovations (product
and process innovations) in conditions of intensive urban processes, requires the
training of personnel and the formation of a qualitatively new, faster, uninterrupted
and joint efforts realizing system. By improving distance education, the Information
Society helps make education accessible to more people outside of urban areas. For
the purpose of Sustainable Development, in which is intended to ensure the
openness, security, sustainability and ecological stability of cities and settlements.

To achieve this, the impact of Information Society on urban processes should not be
ignored. From the point of view of supporting sustainable development, the
technological capabilities of the information society are expanding, as is known,
through the integration of activities. The level of this integration is many times
higher in large cities, which are an active Economic Area, the primary landfill of the
formation of Information Society and the material result of urbanization processes.

“The integration of activities strengthens the elements of creativity. Integration is
colorful, which in turn serves for innovation. In the last decades of technological
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