@conference{
author = "Josimović, Boško and Manić, Božidar and Bezbradica, Ljubiša",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Spatial and urban planning are fundamental spatial development mechanisms. Spatial development
takes into account complex relationships of different activities and functions in space with the view to
facilitating the establishment of the most optimal spatial interactions, on the one hand, and preventing
conflicts in space, on the other. That is why spatial and urban planning is so crucial in all kinds of social
activities in the specific space. With all that in mind, spatial and urban planning plays a significant part in
improving agroforestry and landscape in rural and peri-urban areas as well, since these functions are
especially important in such areas. This paper aims at stressing the significance of planning in improving
agroforestry and landscape in the times of agricultural intensification, specific changes in the ownership
over the land during the transition period in the Republic of Serbia, and the change of demographic
structure and increasingly negative demographic trends, especially in rural areas. All these circumstances
have caused the increased degradation of agricultural land (soil erosion, salinisation, chemical pollution,
etc.), the change in the endemic landscape architecture (cutting down small forested areas, alleys,
individual trees or groves, destroying wildlife habitats, flora and fauna loss, etc.), the abandonment of
certain agricultural areas, and the pollution of both groundwater and surface water. The role of planning
is to implement the EU directives and specific experience from the areas of supporting agricultural
production development, improving demographic circumstances, and reducing negative impacts of
intensive agricultural production on the environment. The concept rests on the symbiosis of the existing
phenomena and processes, which serve as a basis for shaping spatial development policies and defining
measures for the agroforestry and landscape improvement, and is an authentic European experience in
Serbia. Urban planning measures are directed towards the increase of forested areas and windbreaks,
recultivation and melioration of degraded agricultural areas, and the preservation of authentic
landscape, trees or groves. The protection of natural resources is an integral part of every urban planning
document in the Republic of Serbia. The current Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia, (SPRS) a framework
planning document in the country, covers the topic of forestry and recognises the significance of
protective forests. The protection and preservation of forests are planned to the purpose of preserving soil
from degradation, improving the quality of forest and agricultural land, and environmental protection in general. The guidelines stipulated in SPRS are implemented by means of the planning documents deriving
from the Plan, following the hierarchically ordered planning system in Serbia, down to the level of urban
regulatory plans. Still, the examples of planning greenfield locations and repurposing of forest land into
building land exceed the number of planned brownfield locations. A good practice example is planning
shelterbelts around recultivated former minig sites. Putting in practice such documentation, aided by GIS
tools and strategic environmental assessment, results in the integral protection and preservation of
agricultural and forest areas, landscape, and the environment.",
publisher = "Nuoro : EURAF2020; UniNuoro, L’universita al centro",
journal = "5th European Agroforestry Conference EURAF2020: Agroforsetry for the transition towards sustainability and bioeconomy. Book of Abstracts",
title = "Rural and Peri-Urban Areas Planning with the View to Improving Agroforestry and Landscape – EU Experience in Serbia",
pages = "346-P2.2_14_515-347",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_623"
}
