Suburbanization and sprawl in post-socialist Belgrade and Sofia

Slaev, Aleksandar D.; Nedović‐Budić, Zorica; Krunić, Nikola; Petrić, Jasna; Daskalova, Diliana

doi:10.1080/09654313.2018.1465530

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“…In the qualitative dimension, sociological methods of data collection are often used, such as expert interviewing and interviews with local residents, photographic documentation and the mapping of community life. The use of a surveys [85] makes it possible to identify the attitudes of the population to the specific impacts of suburbanisation or to evaluate the aesthetic measures and environmental changes brought about by new construction. The methods use IT systems for qualitative and quantitative analysis to analyse large volumes of different data, including visualisation [86], mapping or suburbanisation development models [87].…”

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Impact of Suburbanisation on Sustainable Development of Settlements in Suburban Spaces: Smart and New Solutions

2019

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The aim of this article is to evaluate the impact of suburbanisation on the development of settlements with an emphasis on environmental aspects that need to be addressed in the process of extensive growth of municipalities in suburban regions. In the theoretical part, the article evaluates the processes of suburbanisation and their environmental impact. On a methodological level, municipalities in the suburban zone were first defined on the basis of driving distances. These municipalities were subjected to an analysis of the intensity of residential suburbanisation by calculating a multicriteria indicator from five selected criteria. In the second part of the analysis, a questionnaire survey of mayors was carried out in the particular municipalities. The responses were evaluated using the Likert scale method, and then statistically significant dependencies were sought among individual phenomena and environmental problems which need to be solved by the municipal management due to the growth of municipalities. It was found that the mayors consider changes in the landscape character to be among the most significant impacts of suburbanisation in the territory. A change in the rural character of municipalities because of the construction of urban-type houses is perceived as being very problematic. Another serious problem is the insufficient capacity of technical infrastructure such as sewerage and waste-water treatment. The costs of ensuring the quality of the environment and of public spaces, which are, in many cases, beyond the economic possibilities of municipalities, are also increasing significantly. The article also includes specifications of selected smart solutions and procedures that can help preserve the quality of the environment.

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Impact of Suburbanisation on Sustainable Development of Settlements in Suburban Spaces: Smart and New Solutions

2019

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“…In addition to the large number of case studies we also find works that compare the processes in the West and the East (Szirmai, 2011). The European, especially Central European and Southeast European researches have primarily focused on the suburban zones of the capital cities (Kovács et al, 2019;Lennert et al, 2020;Slaev et al, 2018), and paid little attention to the processes of the rural centres (Kubeš & Nováček, 2019). The specific features of the urban network of this macro-region make the survey of this set of cities important, especially of the dynamic elements thereof, exploring the special characteristics (Hardi, 2010(Hardi, , 2012Hardi & Nárai, 2005).…”

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Environmental consequences of the urban sprawl in the suburban zone of Nitra: An analysis based on landcover data

Hardi¹,

Repaská²,

Veselovský³

et al. 2020

Geographica Pannonica

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One of the most important territorial processes in the highly urbanised continent of Europe is suburbanisation, urban sprawl which occurs in a gradual manner over long periods and is not perceived as dramatic. Nevertheless the built-up urban areas and the urban lifestyle occupy step by step the periurban territories. Urban sprawl affects the essential environmental, economic and social functions of the impacted settlements. In the last decades these processes reached the less urbanised Central European region, leading to very fast and less planned changes in its settlement system. The research deals with these processes in the Central European non-metropolitan areas, around regional centres, and with their environmental impacts. The aim of this paper is, based on theoretical and empirical knowledge, to point out to spatial patterns of urban sprawl and suburbanisation in functional urban areas (FUA). This paper examines the urban sprawl and its impacts in Slovakia in the case of Nitra Functional Urban Area, in the agglomeration of an economically growing regional centre. The research is based on standard geographical methods including field research. Desktop and field empirical researches were conducted, with different methods such us GIS analysis of land use change. The analysis shows then to what extent cities and urban areas grow, from which one can conclude to how landscape surrounding the urban residential areas has changed, how the proportion of non-permeable surfaces increased, basically influencing the runoff of precipitation. The data demonstrate, moreover, how artificial patches and barriers fragment landscape more and more, endangering thereby biodiversity and decreasing green surfaces. The examination covers the 2000-2018 period, using the CORINE CLC 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018 databases. Thereby the authors are able to examine changes in a longer period of almost two decades, and three internal periods. All this is compared to the demographic changes of the urban area of Nitra as well, in order to see to what extent the change in the number of population contributes to the transformation of land cover and thereby to environmental impacts. The characteristic features of Nitra and its hinterland within this are analysed, then the Nitra FUA and within that the suburban zone is examined in detail. Nitra and its area feature high enlargement dynamics looking at the whole of the period, compared to other FUAs. It is typical almost everywhere that the enlargement of areas surrounding cities is more intensive than the growth of the city itself, which demonstrates general suburbanisation.

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“…After 1990 post-socialist urban transition could be characterized by dynamic changes of urban spatial structure. The compact physical morphology of former socialist cities started to vanish quickly due to urban sprawl (Bičík, I. and Jeleček, L. 2009;Tammaru, T. et al 2009;Slaev, A.D. et al 2018;Kovács, Z. et al 2019). Urban sprawl has been enabled by several factors, including the privatization of land, the decentralisation of planning rights, the increasing car ownership and the growing desire of people to live in single-family homes at peri-urban locations (Szemző, H. and Tosics, I.…”

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Access to urban green spaces and environmental inequality in post-socialist cities

2020

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Access to urban green spaces and environmental inequalities are increasingly on the agenda in contemporary cities due to increasing density of people, widening social inequalities, and limited access to Urban Green Spaces (UGS). This is even so in post-socialist cities where recent urban sprawl and suburbanisation could be strongly linked to the scarcity of adequate green spaces in the inner-parts of cities. This paper examines the provision and accessibility of public green spaces in Debrecen, a second tier city in post-socialist Hungary, with applying a walking distance approach. Using GIS technology and socio-demographic data of residents the study assesses the availability and accessibility of green spaces in the city, and their social equity. According to research results the geographical distribution of UGS is very uneven in the city, some neighbourhoods lack public green spaces, while others are well-supplied. This is partly due to the natural environment and the post-WWII development of the city. Research findings show that the quality of residential green spaces is generally poor or very poor. Research also confirmed the widening environmental inequalities within the local society. New upmarket residential areas, where the wealthiest section of population reside are rich in high-quality (private) green spaces. Other lower-status neighbourhoods, including some of the socialist housing estates, suffer from the lack of good quality green spaces. Authors argue that environmental justice should be a core concept of city-planning considering not only the officially designated public green spaces, but also other forms of urban green (institutional, private etc.).

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Suburbanization and sprawl in post-socialist Belgrade and Sofia

Cited by 46 publications

References 42 publications

Impact of Suburbanisation on Sustainable Development of Settlements in Suburban Spaces: Smart and New Solutions

Impact of Suburbanisation on Sustainable Development of Settlements in Suburban Spaces: Smart and New Solutions

Environmental consequences of the urban sprawl in the suburban zone of Nitra: An analysis based on landcover data

Access to urban green spaces and environmental inequality in post-socialist cities

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