A selection of International Academic Conference “Places and Technologies 2014” Belgrade, Serbia

Lazarević, Eva Vaništa; Krstić‐Furundžić, Aleksandra; Đukić, Aleksandra

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.01.036

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“…It denotes a planned transformation of idle, stagnating, and declining city areas that have gone through a period of disinvestment and experienced a considerable degradation of their physical and social substance and/or caused environment issues [3]. The goals of urban regeneration projects being pursued by local governments on the path to achieving a sustainable urban development are not mutually exclusive but rather complementary, revolving around the following: to redevelop or substantially upgrade a dilapidated area; to assign new functions and make the best possible use of urban land; to shrink the city and halt unnecessary urban sprawl; to attract investments, reenergize urban economy, and enhance the city's competitiveness; and to assist in place branding and/or reshaping of urban image [4][5][6][7]. Another objective, often well hidden behind the mentioned ones, is to conceal or dislocate deprivation and poverty [8].…”

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Demolition-Based Urban Regeneration from a Post-Socialist Perspective: Case Study of a Neighborhood in Novi Sad, Serbia

2021

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Although a growing body of literature examines the post-socialist European context of urban regeneration, studies on the demolition-based approaches are relatively scarce. Moreover, the regeneration policies of cities in non-EU Balkan countries with a distinctive transitional path remain largely unexplored. The paper contributes to filling these voids by investigating a specific demolition-based urban regeneration strategy named permanent reconstruction, which has been launched in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second largest city, and applied to low-density neighborhoods with a derelict housing stock, being seen as a tool for achieving sustainable urban development. The specific research aims are to explain the origin of this strategy; analyze the institutional and planning framework, mechanisms, and dynamics of the regeneration process through a case study; and assess its outcomes based on a mixed methodology. The main research objective is to identify the issues of a post-socialist entrepreneurial urban governance, primarily deriving from Serbia’s distorted transition, which hampered the development of a strategic, integrated, and locale-conscious approach. The findings suggest that Novi Sad and other Serbian cities necessitate socially responsible and context-perceptive regeneration that would produce sustainable regeneration projects. The authors propose the means for redefining them, emphasizing the responsibilities of the public sector and the significance of involving the local community in the planning and decision-making process.

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