TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mitić-Radulović, Ana
AU  - Lalović, Ksenija
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1199
AB  - In recent years, nature-based solutions have been increasingly promoted as a climate
change adaptation instrument, strongly advocated to be co-created. Achieving clear, coherent, and
ambitious urban greening strategies, embedded in urban planning and developed in a co-creative,
participatory and inclusive manner, is highly challenging within the EU enlargement context. In this
article, such challenges are studied through two recent urban development initiatives in Belgrade, the
Capital of Serbia: the first initiative focuses on planning the new Linear Park, within the framework
of the CLEVER Cities Horizon 2020 project; the second initiative envisages the transformation of
the privatised Avala Film Complex in the Košutnjak Urban Forest, primarily led by private interests
but supported by the local authorities. The multiple-case study research method is applied, with
an exploratory purpose and as a basis for potential future research on evaluation of co-creation
processes for NBS implementation. The theoretical basis of this article is founded in the research on
sustainability transitions, focusing on multi-level perspective (MLP) framework. The urban planning
system in Belgrade and Serbia is observed as a socio-technical regime of the MLP. In such framework,
we recognize co-creative planning of the Linear Park as a niche innovation. We interpret opposition
towards planning of the Avala Film Complex as escalation, or an extreme element of the sociotechnical landscape, comprised of civic unrests and political tensions on one side, combined with
the climate crisis and excessive pollution on the other side. Moreover, the article examines informal
urban planning instruments that can be implemented by the practitioners of niche innovations, that
could support urban planners and NBS advocates in the Serbian and EU enlargement contexts to
face the challenges of motivating all stakeholders to proactively, constructively and appropriately
engage in co-creation.
PB  - MDPI
T2  - Sustainability
T1  - Multi-Level Perspective on Sustainability Transition towards Nature-Based Solutions and Co-Creation in Urban Planning of Belgrade, Serbia
VL  - 13
IS  - 14
SP  - 7576
DO  - 10.3390/su13147576
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Mitić-Radulović, Ana and Lalović, Ksenija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "In recent years, nature-based solutions have been increasingly promoted as a climate
change adaptation instrument, strongly advocated to be co-created. Achieving clear, coherent, and
ambitious urban greening strategies, embedded in urban planning and developed in a co-creative,
participatory and inclusive manner, is highly challenging within the EU enlargement context. In this
article, such challenges are studied through two recent urban development initiatives in Belgrade, the
Capital of Serbia: the first initiative focuses on planning the new Linear Park, within the framework
of the CLEVER Cities Horizon 2020 project; the second initiative envisages the transformation of
the privatised Avala Film Complex in the Košutnjak Urban Forest, primarily led by private interests
but supported by the local authorities. The multiple-case study research method is applied, with
an exploratory purpose and as a basis for potential future research on evaluation of co-creation
processes for NBS implementation. The theoretical basis of this article is founded in the research on
sustainability transitions, focusing on multi-level perspective (MLP) framework. The urban planning
system in Belgrade and Serbia is observed as a socio-technical regime of the MLP. In such framework,
we recognize co-creative planning of the Linear Park as a niche innovation. We interpret opposition
towards planning of the Avala Film Complex as escalation, or an extreme element of the sociotechnical landscape, comprised of civic unrests and political tensions on one side, combined with
the climate crisis and excessive pollution on the other side. Moreover, the article examines informal
urban planning instruments that can be implemented by the practitioners of niche innovations, that
could support urban planners and NBS advocates in the Serbian and EU enlargement contexts to
face the challenges of motivating all stakeholders to proactively, constructively and appropriately
engage in co-creation.",
publisher = "MDPI",
journal = "Sustainability",
title = "Multi-Level Perspective on Sustainability Transition towards Nature-Based Solutions and Co-Creation in Urban Planning of Belgrade, Serbia",
volume = "13",
number = "14",
pages = "7576",
doi = "10.3390/su13147576"
}

Mitić-Radulović, A.,& Lalović, K.. (2021). Multi-Level Perspective on Sustainability Transition towards Nature-Based Solutions and Co-Creation in Urban Planning of Belgrade, Serbia. in Sustainability
MDPI., 13(14), 7576.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147576

Mitić-Radulović A, Lalović K. Multi-Level Perspective on Sustainability Transition towards Nature-Based Solutions and Co-Creation in Urban Planning of Belgrade, Serbia. in Sustainability. 2021;13(14):7576.
doi:10.3390/su13147576 .

Mitić-Radulović, Ana, Lalović, Ksenija, "Multi-Level Perspective on Sustainability Transition towards Nature-Based Solutions and Co-Creation in Urban Planning of Belgrade, Serbia" in Sustainability, 13, no. 14 (2021):7576,
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147576 . .