Both the characteristics of Serbia?s urban land policy, the delay in reforms
and land development management of the Belgrade Metropolitan Area (BMA)
illustrate the complexities following the reshaping of institutional
framework under the conditions of economic and other uncertainties of
societal transition. The negative implications of the prolonged crisis on the
new urban development policy and urban land tools can postpone the
establishment and application of guidelines for limiting the urban sprawl.
This paper presents a brief literature review, as well as the current urban
land policy and land-use efficiency in the BMA. Traditional urban land tools
will be shortly described, followed by recommendations for limiting sprawl.
There is a need for readjusting the current planning and urban policy
regarding the urban sprawl, from an urban ?command-and-control? approach to a
?learn-and-adapt? approach. We suggest the introduction of more innovative
and flexible urban land policy tools. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike
Srbije, br. III47014]
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 sociospatial 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.
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