Towards urban land recycling in Serbia

Abstract

Cities in Serbia are passing through the initial phase of economic, social and physical renewal. At the same time the cities are confronted with major wave of investing by foreign and domestic investors. The majority of he investments are being directed to greenfield locations resulting with rapid decrease of agricultural land. With land problems in perspective as well as with new economic, demographic and social situation in Serbia, combined with the enormous problem of regional disbalance, the EU and USA experiences point out the urgent need of recycling building land and activating neglected or depleted locations within urban area. The idea of mobilizing brownfields i.e. unused industrial, military or communal structures and locations, should help in solving many economic, social and environmental problems in Serbian cities and towns. The article cites European experiences with brownfields and offers some measures, instruments and recommendations relating to city land recycling and activating brownfields in Serbia

Altering the use of agricultural into construction land: Practice and trends

“…(Stojkov, 2007) It is necessary to adopt adequate laws and bylaws and documents that would be in favor of the stand that it is necessary to invest and preserve agricultural land as the primary item for prosperity of the Republic of Serbia." In an effort to be as clear, traces the direction of future reforms of the agricultural sector within external and internal challenges that it faces, as well as to define the measures and activities for Reconstruction and activate the development potential of rural areas, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental the environment has initiated the preparation of a strategic document.…”

Prostorni kriteriji u urbanoj obnovi industrijskih braunfild lokacija

“…This paper is primarily concerned with the spatial aspect of renewal of the abandoned and underused industrial complexes, which are the most represented type of brownfield sites in urban areas. For many cities, industrial brownfield sites constitute significant "space reserves", and their renewal is an important mechanism for improving quality of urban areas and for reaching sustainable development goals [6][7][8].…”

“…The harmonisation of interests of various stakeholders, and an adequate renewal risk management, can hardly be regarded as a simple planning task [10]. The complexity of the process, the uncertainty and higher risks and costs related to the renewal and reuse of brownfield sites, deter private capital from direct economic interventions [8], thus making this type of renewal a long-term operation. In addition, relevant studies show that the lack of adequate information on the development potential and downsides of brownfield sites is a factor that additionally slows down the renewal process [11].…”