Urban regeneration of the industrial zone in Smederevo: Comparative analysis

Abstract

This paper has a focus on Urban Regeneration, with the "still-active" industrial complex as the main element, on the Eastern outskirt of the City of Smederevo. It includes revitalization and networking with the cultural assets of the city, emphasizes their importance in terms of traditional and tourist conditions, in direct communication with a necessary urban methods for the revitalization of the entire area and the City of Smederevo. Due to the Comparative analysis of the "good practice" examples of the similar cities in Italy, the valorization of space and approaching the basic goal of the research has been performed. The aim of the research of this paper is to achieve the most effective urban regeneration and the new level of intervention along with the settings of guidelines for improving the quality of the completely coverage of the zone in which the complex is located, not only the certain zone of the industrial complex.

Interaction between Tourism and Culture for the Purpose of Urban Regeneration of the Town of Smederevo

“…Guidelines for the urban regeneration of the town of Smederevo which can lead to positive solutions (Milosavljević, 2019;Milosavljević & Dobričić, 2021) could be as follows: to establish a contact of the Danube quay with Smederevo Fortress, which is on the preliminary UNESCO World Heritage List, to activate the neglected cultural content, to promote cultural events in the town (manifestations, etc. ), to form new stops on the Danube tourist routes in the town (cultural, bicycle and Roman), to encourage easier movement through the town (bicycle and pedestrian paths) and define tourist routes in the town and to focus on the river traffic and marina planning, etc.…”

“…The mentioned industrial areas have been neglected and refurbished, with underutilized opportunities of the existing industrial complexes, which most likely stems from a lack of understanding of the value they may create or the value they could have created. The neglect of industrial values as intangible goods is most often the reason for underdeveloped towns and countries and/or their economic and social potentials (Milosavljević & Dobričić, 2021). In this chapter, the authors deal with the scope of touristic potential of the town of Smederevo and its narrow district as well as the touristic potential in the immediate vicinity of the town and the contact with the Danube River.…”