Support to Process of Urban Development in Serbia (SPUDS) (SCOPES programme, no. 160503)

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Regulating market-led urban expansion in the new master plans of Sofia and Belgrade

Slaev, Aleksandar; Zeković, Slavka; Kovachev, Atanas; Maričić, Tamara; Bajić, Tanja

(Belgrade : Institute of architecture and urban & spatial planning of Serbia, 2018)

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Slaev, Aleksandar
AU  - Zeković, Slavka
AU  - Kovachev, Atanas
AU  - Maričić, Tamara
AU  - Bajić, Tanja
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://raumplan.iaus.ac.rs/handle/123456789/364
AB  - Like most European cities, cities in South-east Europe (SEE) have been growing throughout the 20th century, however, since the end of the 1980s, the mechanisms of urban growth and expansion have changed radically: from development fully determined by central planning to market-led urban development. This paper examines how planning in large SEE cities is coping with the challenge to balance the action of the market and achieve planning goals relating to the form of urban growth and expansion. As case studies we analyse the master plans of Sofia and Belgrade and their implementation. We have two research questions: first, whether planning in the two cities has considered the role of the market when defining its objectives, measures and solutions regarding the forms of urban growth and the development of in suburban areas, and, second, whether planning has been able to influence the market or cooperate with it in order to achieve its objectives in suburban development.
PB  - Belgrade : Institute of architecture and urban & spatial planning of Serbia
T2  - Spatium
T1  - Regulating market-led urban expansion in the new master plans of Sofia and Belgrade
IS  - 39
SP  - 38
EP  - 46
DO  - 10.2298/SPAT1839038S
ER  - 
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author = "Slaev, Aleksandar and Zeković, Slavka and Kovachev, Atanas and Maričić, Tamara and Bajić, Tanja",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Like most European cities, cities in South-east Europe (SEE) have been growing throughout the 20th century, however, since the end of the 1980s, the mechanisms of urban growth and expansion have changed radically: from development fully determined by central planning to market-led urban development. This paper examines how planning in large SEE cities is coping with the challenge to balance the action of the market and achieve planning goals relating to the form of urban growth and expansion. As case studies we analyse the master plans of Sofia and Belgrade and their implementation. We have two research questions: first, whether planning in the two cities has considered the role of the market when defining its objectives, measures and solutions regarding the forms of urban growth and the development of in suburban areas, and, second, whether planning has been able to influence the market or cooperate with it in order to achieve its objectives in suburban development.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Institute of architecture and urban & spatial planning of Serbia",
journal = "Spatium",
title = "Regulating market-led urban expansion in the new master plans of Sofia and Belgrade",
number = "39",
pages = "38-46",
doi = "10.2298/SPAT1839038S"
}
Slaev, A., Zeković, S., Kovachev, A., Maričić, T.,& Bajić, T.. (2018). Regulating market-led urban expansion in the new master plans of Sofia and Belgrade. in Spatium
Belgrade : Institute of architecture and urban & spatial planning of Serbia.(39), 38-46.
https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT1839038S
Slaev A, Zeković S, Kovachev A, Maričić T, Bajić T. Regulating market-led urban expansion in the new master plans of Sofia and Belgrade. in Spatium. 2018;(39):38-46.
doi:10.2298/SPAT1839038S .
Slaev, Aleksandar, Zeković, Slavka, Kovachev, Atanas, Maričić, Tamara, Bajić, Tanja, "Regulating market-led urban expansion in the new master plans of Sofia and Belgrade" in Spatium, no. 39 (2018):38-46,
https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT1839038S . .
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Urban architectural competition as an instrument for realization of the social housing projects in post-socialist Belgrade

Bajić, Tanja; Manić, Božidar

(Lausanne : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Cooperation and development center (CODEV), 2018)

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Bajić, Tanja
AU  - Manić, Božidar
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://www.spuds.edu.rs/downloads/5eng.pdf
UR  - https://raumplan.iaus.ac.rs/handle/123456789/349
AB  - The paper emphasizes the specific role of urban architectural competition as an instrument of social housing planning and design practice in Belgrade, in the post-socialistic context of Serbia. The social housing projects which are realized through design competitions represent a result of competitive and equal participation of the broadest professional public and application of clearly defined and transparent program requirements and evaluation criteria. The importance of public urban architectural competition has been recognized already in the initial stage of establishing the national social housing system from the beginning of the 21st century, while its obligatory application in the social housing development projects has been regulated through the established legislative framework in the period from 2009 to 2016. Based on the example of completed and uncompleted competition projects in Belgrade, the research discusses the significance and the potential contribution of this instrument for promoting the sustainability of design solutions in the social housing sector, as well as the restrictions in their previous application due to the lack of appropriate technical regulations, formally established criteria and guidelines, and underdeveloped body of relevant expert research. The authors recognize that the exclusion of urban architectural competition from the social housing programs prevents the further promotion of social housing design issues within the professional public in Serbia, which may limit the improvement in knowledge on specific spatial and functional requirements, contemporary design challenges and innovative methodological approaches in this field.
PB  - Lausanne : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Cooperation and development center (CODEV)
PB  - Belgrade : Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia (IAUS)
T2  - A Support to Urban Development Process
T1  - Urban architectural competition as an instrument for realization of the social housing projects in post-socialist Belgrade
SP  - 108
EP  - 128
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_349
ER  - 
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author = "Bajić, Tanja and Manić, Božidar",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The paper emphasizes the specific role of urban architectural competition as an instrument of social housing planning and design practice in Belgrade, in the post-socialistic context of Serbia. The social housing projects which are realized through design competitions represent a result of competitive and equal participation of the broadest professional public and application of clearly defined and transparent program requirements and evaluation criteria. The importance of public urban architectural competition has been recognized already in the initial stage of establishing the national social housing system from the beginning of the 21st century, while its obligatory application in the social housing development projects has been regulated through the established legislative framework in the period from 2009 to 2016. Based on the example of completed and uncompleted competition projects in Belgrade, the research discusses the significance and the potential contribution of this instrument for promoting the sustainability of design solutions in the social housing sector, as well as the restrictions in their previous application due to the lack of appropriate technical regulations, formally established criteria and guidelines, and underdeveloped body of relevant expert research. The authors recognize that the exclusion of urban architectural competition from the social housing programs prevents the further promotion of social housing design issues within the professional public in Serbia, which may limit the improvement in knowledge on specific spatial and functional requirements, contemporary design challenges and innovative methodological approaches in this field.",
publisher = "Lausanne : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Cooperation and development center (CODEV), Belgrade : Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia (IAUS)",
journal = "A Support to Urban Development Process",
booktitle = "Urban architectural competition as an instrument for realization of the social housing projects in post-socialist Belgrade",
pages = "108-128",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_349"
}
Bajić, T.,& Manić, B.. (2018). Urban architectural competition as an instrument for realization of the social housing projects in post-socialist Belgrade. in A Support to Urban Development Process
Lausanne : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Cooperation and development center (CODEV)., 108-128.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_349
Bajić T, Manić B. Urban architectural competition as an instrument for realization of the social housing projects in post-socialist Belgrade. in A Support to Urban Development Process. 2018;:108-128.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_349 .
Bajić, Tanja, Manić, Božidar, "Urban architectural competition as an instrument for realization of the social housing projects in post-socialist Belgrade" in A Support to Urban Development Process (2018):108-128,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_349 .

Participatory planning in the urban development of post-socialist Serbia

Maričić, Tamara; Cvetinović, Marija; Bolay, Jean-Claude

(Lausanne, Switzerland : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Cooperation and development center (CODEV), 2018)

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Maričić, Tamara
AU  - Cvetinović, Marija
AU  - Bolay, Jean-Claude
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://spuds.edu.rs/downloads/1eng.pdf
UR  - https://raumplan.iaus.ac.rs/handle/123456789/354
AB  - In recent decades (especially in the most developed parts of the world), researchers, urban decision makers, planning managers and politicians are devoting much greater attention to the opinion of the local population, as long-term experience has shown that meaningful, integrated, interactive and continuous public involvement in decision making will increase the quality, legitimacy, and overall social, economic and environmental efficiency of a planned development.

Especially in more developed democratic societies, citizens are demanding and gaining more power in decision making, and at the same time they have much more influence in planning the development of their own urban environment. This is also being supported through the development of related legislation (hard and soft laws), and traditional/formal and new/informal instruments that have particularly been enabled by the development of ICT.

After explaining the contextual factors, this research will provide a brief historical overview of participatory planning in Serbia. Current trends and tendencies in public participation in post-socialist Serbia will be analysed in more detail, and related legislation compared with some of the countries in the region. A case study of Savamala neighbourhood in Belgrade will be used to portray the multiple actors that exist in a small urban area, and their relations. Beside the traditional participation tools, the paper will propose new instruments suitable for application
in post-socialist societies.
PB  - Lausanne, Switzerland : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Cooperation and development center (CODEV)
PB  - Belgrade, Serbia : Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia (IAUS)
T2  - A Support to Urban Development Process
T1  - Participatory planning in the urban development of post-socialist Serbia
SP  - 1
EP  - 28
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_354
ER  - 
@inbook{
author = "Maričić, Tamara and Cvetinović, Marija and Bolay, Jean-Claude",
year = "2018",
abstract = "In recent decades (especially in the most developed parts of the world), researchers, urban decision makers, planning managers and politicians are devoting much greater attention to the opinion of the local population, as long-term experience has shown that meaningful, integrated, interactive and continuous public involvement in decision making will increase the quality, legitimacy, and overall social, economic and environmental efficiency of a planned development.

Especially in more developed democratic societies, citizens are demanding and gaining more power in decision making, and at the same time they have much more influence in planning the development of their own urban environment. This is also being supported through the development of related legislation (hard and soft laws), and traditional/formal and new/informal instruments that have particularly been enabled by the development of ICT.

After explaining the contextual factors, this research will provide a brief historical overview of participatory planning in Serbia. Current trends and tendencies in public participation in post-socialist Serbia will be analysed in more detail, and related legislation compared with some of the countries in the region. A case study of Savamala neighbourhood in Belgrade will be used to portray the multiple actors that exist in a small urban area, and their relations. Beside the traditional participation tools, the paper will propose new instruments suitable for application
in post-socialist societies.",
publisher = "Lausanne, Switzerland : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Cooperation and development center (CODEV), Belgrade, Serbia : Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia (IAUS)",
journal = "A Support to Urban Development Process",
booktitle = "Participatory planning in the urban development of post-socialist Serbia",
pages = "1-28",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_354"
}
Maričić, T., Cvetinović, M.,& Bolay, J.. (2018). Participatory planning in the urban development of post-socialist Serbia. in A Support to Urban Development Process
Lausanne, Switzerland : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Cooperation and development center (CODEV)., 1-28.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_354
Maričić T, Cvetinović M, Bolay J. Participatory planning in the urban development of post-socialist Serbia. in A Support to Urban Development Process. 2018;:1-28.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_354 .
Maričić, Tamara, Cvetinović, Marija, Bolay, Jean-Claude, "Participatory planning in the urban development of post-socialist Serbia" in A Support to Urban Development Process (2018):1-28,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_354 .

Land construction and urban development policy in Serbia: impact of key contextual factors

Zeković, Slavka; Vujošević, Miodrag

(Lausanne : CODEV - Swiss Cooperation & Development Center at EPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, 2018)

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Zeković, Slavka
AU  - Vujošević, Miodrag
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://www.spuds.edu.rs/downloads/2eng.pdf.
UR  - https://raumplan.iaus.ac.rs/handle/123456789/363
AB  - The aim of this paper is to provide a systematized overview of urban land policy in Serbia, primarily regarding the impact of key contextual factors (historical, institutional, legal, etc.). Various historical and developmental contexts have caused regulation changes concerning construction land and its impact on the urban development in Serbia from the mid-19th century to the beginning of the 1990s. The analysis starts with an overview of the theoretical background of urban development policy and land regulation, followed by a brief reflection on the impact of key historical and legislative factors focused on the post-socialist period. The analysis of the urban land policy in the post-socialist period includes: key legislation; ownership status of construction land and property rights; conversion of ownership status; general policy instruments; key urban land management issues in Serbian cities; and a preliminary evaluation of the implementation effects of the existing urban land system in Serbia. Several research methods have been applied here, viz., the conceptual benchmarking framework for the dominant legal doctrine; a general qualitative analysis of the contemporary context; institutional and comparative analyses, etc. Although the former socialist concept of the welfare state has been transformed into a neoliberal concept in a short period, there is an evident delay in the reforms of the Serbian urban land policy. The paper presents numerous findings regarding the impact of the current system and practice on the general urban land policy in Serbia, while also focusing on the concomitant developments in the Belgrade Area. The paper concludes with the recommendations regarding the harmonisation and innovation of urban land policy and urban development policy in Serbia in the post-socialist era.
PB  - Lausanne : CODEV - Swiss Cooperation & Development Center at EPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
PB  - Belgrade : Institute of architecture and urban & spatial planning of Serbia
T2  - Support to process of urban development
T1  - Land construction and urban development policy in Serbia: impact of key contextual factors
SP  - 29
EP  - 58
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_363
ER  - 
@inbook{
author = "Zeković, Slavka and Vujošević, Miodrag",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The aim of this paper is to provide a systematized overview of urban land policy in Serbia, primarily regarding the impact of key contextual factors (historical, institutional, legal, etc.). Various historical and developmental contexts have caused regulation changes concerning construction land and its impact on the urban development in Serbia from the mid-19th century to the beginning of the 1990s. The analysis starts with an overview of the theoretical background of urban development policy and land regulation, followed by a brief reflection on the impact of key historical and legislative factors focused on the post-socialist period. The analysis of the urban land policy in the post-socialist period includes: key legislation; ownership status of construction land and property rights; conversion of ownership status; general policy instruments; key urban land management issues in Serbian cities; and a preliminary evaluation of the implementation effects of the existing urban land system in Serbia. Several research methods have been applied here, viz., the conceptual benchmarking framework for the dominant legal doctrine; a general qualitative analysis of the contemporary context; institutional and comparative analyses, etc. Although the former socialist concept of the welfare state has been transformed into a neoliberal concept in a short period, there is an evident delay in the reforms of the Serbian urban land policy. The paper presents numerous findings regarding the impact of the current system and practice on the general urban land policy in Serbia, while also focusing on the concomitant developments in the Belgrade Area. The paper concludes with the recommendations regarding the harmonisation and innovation of urban land policy and urban development policy in Serbia in the post-socialist era.",
publisher = "Lausanne : CODEV - Swiss Cooperation & Development Center at EPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Belgrade : Institute of architecture and urban & spatial planning of Serbia",
journal = "Support to process of urban development",
booktitle = "Land construction and urban development policy in Serbia: impact of key contextual factors",
pages = "29-58",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_363"
}
Zeković, S.,& Vujošević, M.. (2018). Land construction and urban development policy in Serbia: impact of key contextual factors. in Support to process of urban development
Lausanne : CODEV - Swiss Cooperation & Development Center at EPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne., 29-58.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_363
Zeković S, Vujošević M. Land construction and urban development policy in Serbia: impact of key contextual factors. in Support to process of urban development. 2018;:29-58.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_363 .
Zeković, Slavka, Vujošević, Miodrag, "Land construction and urban development policy in Serbia: impact of key contextual factors" in Support to process of urban development (2018):29-58,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_363 .

Transformation of Housing Policy in a Post Socialist City: The Example of Belgrade

Zeković, Slavka; Maričić, Tamara; Cvetinović, Marija

(Den Haag : Eleven International Publishing - Boom Uitgevers Den Haag, 2016)

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Zeković, Slavka
AU  - Maričić, Tamara
AU  - Cvetinović, Marija
PY  - 2016
UR  - https://raumplan.iaus.ac.rs/handle/123456789/409
AB  - The paper explores the transformation of housing regulations and policies related to the changes in Serbia's historical and post-socialist context and its effects on the urban development of the Belgrade Metropolitan Area (BMA). The socialist concept of the welfare state was transformed in a very short time into a neoliberal economic concept, with deregulation of the housing legislation, especially by mass privatization of social (public) housing stocks. In the post-socialist era, four main types of housing policies have been identified: 1) fast and total privatisation of state-owned dwellings; 2) vast illegal housing construction; 3) dynamic growth of commercial housing, and 4) slow and limited growth of a new social housing policy. The changes to the housing laws during the transitional period include major negative implications of housing policies on the urban development policy of the BMA, and are as follows: 1) the privatisation of 266,500 state-owned dwellings for a pittance, resulting in only 1.5% of public-owned dwellings in Serbia (2.18% in the BMA); 2) vast illegal housing (1.4 million of totally 4.6 million buildings in Serbia; 0.2 million only in the BMA); 3) inefficient new social housing policy with a symbolic number of new residential units, and 4) extremely inefficient urban land use as a consequence of ineffective residential, urban and other policies (in the BMA, urban land consumption increased to 670 m2/p.c. in 2012, showing extremely inefficient urban land-use compared to the European level). These findings demonstrate a highly unsuitable post-socialist mode of housing policy transformation (by changing the previous laws according to a strong neoliberal course) and also show the patterns of short-term policies (i.e. privatisation) with marginal financial effects, very limited success of new social housing, and socially unsustainable illegal housing and urban policies.
PB  - Den Haag : Eleven International Publishing - Boom Uitgevers Den Haag
T2  - Regulating the City: Contemporary Urban Housing Law. Volumen 1
T1  - Transformation of Housing Policy in a Post Socialist City: The Example of Belgrade
SP  - 41
EP  - 64
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_409
ER  - 
@inbook{
author = "Zeković, Slavka and Maričić, Tamara and Cvetinović, Marija",
year = "2016",
abstract = "The paper explores the transformation of housing regulations and policies related to the changes in Serbia's historical and post-socialist context and its effects on the urban development of the Belgrade Metropolitan Area (BMA). The socialist concept of the welfare state was transformed in a very short time into a neoliberal economic concept, with deregulation of the housing legislation, especially by mass privatization of social (public) housing stocks. In the post-socialist era, four main types of housing policies have been identified: 1) fast and total privatisation of state-owned dwellings; 2) vast illegal housing construction; 3) dynamic growth of commercial housing, and 4) slow and limited growth of a new social housing policy. The changes to the housing laws during the transitional period include major negative implications of housing policies on the urban development policy of the BMA, and are as follows: 1) the privatisation of 266,500 state-owned dwellings for a pittance, resulting in only 1.5% of public-owned dwellings in Serbia (2.18% in the BMA); 2) vast illegal housing (1.4 million of totally 4.6 million buildings in Serbia; 0.2 million only in the BMA); 3) inefficient new social housing policy with a symbolic number of new residential units, and 4) extremely inefficient urban land use as a consequence of ineffective residential, urban and other policies (in the BMA, urban land consumption increased to 670 m2/p.c. in 2012, showing extremely inefficient urban land-use compared to the European level). These findings demonstrate a highly unsuitable post-socialist mode of housing policy transformation (by changing the previous laws according to a strong neoliberal course) and also show the patterns of short-term policies (i.e. privatisation) with marginal financial effects, very limited success of new social housing, and socially unsustainable illegal housing and urban policies.",
publisher = "Den Haag : Eleven International Publishing - Boom Uitgevers Den Haag",
journal = "Regulating the City: Contemporary Urban Housing Law. Volumen 1",
booktitle = "Transformation of Housing Policy in a Post Socialist City: The Example of Belgrade",
pages = "41-64",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_409"
}
Zeković, S., Maričić, T.,& Cvetinović, M.. (2016). Transformation of Housing Policy in a Post Socialist City: The Example of Belgrade. in Regulating the City: Contemporary Urban Housing Law. Volumen 1
Den Haag : Eleven International Publishing - Boom Uitgevers Den Haag., 41-64.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_409
Zeković S, Maričić T, Cvetinović M. Transformation of Housing Policy in a Post Socialist City: The Example of Belgrade. in Regulating the City: Contemporary Urban Housing Law. Volumen 1. 2016;:41-64.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_409 .
Zeković, Slavka, Maričić, Tamara, Cvetinović, Marija, "Transformation of Housing Policy in a Post Socialist City: The Example of Belgrade" in Regulating the City: Contemporary Urban Housing Law. Volumen 1 (2016):41-64,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_409 .

Participatory urban transformations in Savamala, Belgrade - capacities and limitations

Cvetinović, Marija; Maričić, Tamara; Bolay, J.-C.

(Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia, 2016)

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cvetinović, Marija
AU  - Maričić, Tamara
AU  - Bolay, J.-C.
PY  - 2016
UR  - https://raumplan.iaus.ac.rs/handle/123456789/264
AB  - This paper analyses the implications of participatory urban design in Belgrade, namely of the series of recent unsolicited activities that has contributed to setting up a specific micro environment in the neighbourhood of Savamala. Its main aim is to promote bottom-up urban development, surpass current profit-oriented trends, and benefit from socio-spatial contradictions as opportunities for creativity and participation. The Savamala neighbourhood is among the most important landmarks in Belgrade. Endowed with rich historical heritage and extraordinary spatial potential, Savamala is now a traffic bottleneck with intense pollution, urban noise and socio-spatial conflicts. In order to set up an engine for urban development, several streams of participatory activities have been launched by NGOs and IOs, such as: online campaigns and networking, informal research activities, pop-up events and instant actions for societal progress and bottom-up economic activities. The Actor-network theory (ANT) methodological approach demystifies the circumstances of participation and the role of various actors in building pathways of urban transformations in Savamala, while the Multi-agent system (MAS) proposes the framework for tracing their behaviour at the neighbourhood level. A complex post-socialist framework presents a challenge for these participatory activities to provide opportunities for urban transformations, based on social interest rather than on real estate speculations. In the lack of official strategies and institutionalised support, the MAS-ANT method involves estimating whether an economy of social exchange could contribute to improving the quality of life and functionality of urban systems.
PB  - Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia
T2  - Spatium
T1  - Participatory urban transformations in Savamala, Belgrade - capacities and limitations
VL  - 1
IS  - 36
SP  - 15
EP  - 23
DO  - 10.2298/SPAT1636015C
ER  - 
@article{
author = "Cvetinović, Marija and Maričić, Tamara and Bolay, J.-C.",
year = "2016",
abstract = "This paper analyses the implications of participatory urban design in Belgrade, namely of the series of recent unsolicited activities that has contributed to setting up a specific micro environment in the neighbourhood of Savamala. Its main aim is to promote bottom-up urban development, surpass current profit-oriented trends, and benefit from socio-spatial contradictions as opportunities for creativity and participation. The Savamala neighbourhood is among the most important landmarks in Belgrade. Endowed with rich historical heritage and extraordinary spatial potential, Savamala is now a traffic bottleneck with intense pollution, urban noise and socio-spatial conflicts. In order to set up an engine for urban development, several streams of participatory activities have been launched by NGOs and IOs, such as: online campaigns and networking, informal research activities, pop-up events and instant actions for societal progress and bottom-up economic activities. The Actor-network theory (ANT) methodological approach demystifies the circumstances of participation and the role of various actors in building pathways of urban transformations in Savamala, while the Multi-agent system (MAS) proposes the framework for tracing their behaviour at the neighbourhood level. A complex post-socialist framework presents a challenge for these participatory activities to provide opportunities for urban transformations, based on social interest rather than on real estate speculations. In the lack of official strategies and institutionalised support, the MAS-ANT method involves estimating whether an economy of social exchange could contribute to improving the quality of life and functionality of urban systems.",
publisher = "Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia",
journal = "Spatium",
title = "Participatory urban transformations in Savamala, Belgrade - capacities and limitations",
volume = "1",
number = "36",
pages = "15-23",
doi = "10.2298/SPAT1636015C"
}
Cvetinović, M., Maričić, T.,& Bolay, J.-C.. (2016). Participatory urban transformations in Savamala, Belgrade - capacities and limitations. in Spatium
Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia., 1(36), 15-23.
https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT1636015C
Cvetinović M, Maričić T, Bolay J. Participatory urban transformations in Savamala, Belgrade - capacities and limitations. in Spatium. 2016;1(36):15-23.
doi:10.2298/SPAT1636015C .
Cvetinović, Marija, Maričić, Tamara, Bolay, J.-C., "Participatory urban transformations in Savamala, Belgrade - capacities and limitations" in Spatium, 1, no. 36 (2016):15-23,
https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT1636015C . .
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