TY  - CONF
AU  - Brković, Matija
AU  - Sretović-Brković, Višnja
PY  - 2017
UR  - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/277
AB  - In order to ensure sustainable development of our cities, we all have to do our part. There is a growing awareness about environmental problems, and citizens want to be informed and find the information about the environment relevant for all, not just for those who are making decisions. Many communities want to have a role in making their cities attractive and livable. However, the public cannot always easily perceive the causes of environmental problems-e.g., neighborhood or city-level energy consumption, air and water pollution, or noise levels. Making such information easily accessible and understandable to all is the challenge this paper addresses. This paper argues for the use of public buildings and local landmarks as a means for communicating information about the quality of the environment by employing their existing illumination systems as a medium for transferring and disseminating the respective information. Instead of using one color or randomly changing colors (as is a case employed on many public buildings nowadays), the proposal this paper advocates for is to connect the light color to the corresponding environmental parameter, and, in this way, convey the information. For instance, if CO2 is taken as a relevant parameter, when the emissions go above a certain level, the building could glow red. The intensity of color or a choice of color corresponds to the parameter that is measured. This is an informative, non-invasive, simple, and inexpensive solution that can help in raising awareness about the environmental problems and, at the same time, make the public informed. The information presented in this way is easy to understand, it is visible to a large number of people and " glanceable". Furthermore, it could support the involvement of a community in coping with the environmental issues by spurring a bottom-up action and making the community one step closer to the ideal of making their cities sustainable and resilient. The approach in developing this system is embodied in the concept of smart cities. It is also viewed as a contribution to smart solutions and the use of technology in a smart way, as well as a way that contributes to the public good. In addition to presenting and justifying this proposal that is based on several parameters of sustainability, the paper will also discuss the potential benefits of the system for raising the public awareness, and will reflect on the relationship between community involvement and urban planning.
PB  - Springer International Publishing
C3  - Smart and sustainable planning for cities and regions: results of SSPCR 2015
T1  - Lighting up the Landmarks with Information About the Environment
SP  - 69
EP  - 81
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-319-44899-2_5
ER  - 

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year = "2017",
abstract = "In order to ensure sustainable development of our cities, we all have to do our part. There is a growing awareness about environmental problems, and citizens want to be informed and find the information about the environment relevant for all, not just for those who are making decisions. Many communities want to have a role in making their cities attractive and livable. However, the public cannot always easily perceive the causes of environmental problems-e.g., neighborhood or city-level energy consumption, air and water pollution, or noise levels. Making such information easily accessible and understandable to all is the challenge this paper addresses. This paper argues for the use of public buildings and local landmarks as a means for communicating information about the quality of the environment by employing their existing illumination systems as a medium for transferring and disseminating the respective information. Instead of using one color or randomly changing colors (as is a case employed on many public buildings nowadays), the proposal this paper advocates for is to connect the light color to the corresponding environmental parameter, and, in this way, convey the information. For instance, if CO2 is taken as a relevant parameter, when the emissions go above a certain level, the building could glow red. The intensity of color or a choice of color corresponds to the parameter that is measured. This is an informative, non-invasive, simple, and inexpensive solution that can help in raising awareness about the environmental problems and, at the same time, make the public informed. The information presented in this way is easy to understand, it is visible to a large number of people and " glanceable". Furthermore, it could support the involvement of a community in coping with the environmental issues by spurring a bottom-up action and making the community one step closer to the ideal of making their cities sustainable and resilient. The approach in developing this system is embodied in the concept of smart cities. It is also viewed as a contribution to smart solutions and the use of technology in a smart way, as well as a way that contributes to the public good. In addition to presenting and justifying this proposal that is based on several parameters of sustainability, the paper will also discuss the potential benefits of the system for raising the public awareness, and will reflect on the relationship between community involvement and urban planning.",
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Brković, M.,& Sretović-Brković, V.. (2017). Lighting up the Landmarks with Information About the Environment. in Smart and sustainable planning for cities and regions: results of SSPCR 2015
Springer International Publishing., 69-81.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44899-2_5

Brković M, Sretović-Brković V. Lighting up the Landmarks with Information About the Environment. in Smart and sustainable planning for cities and regions: results of SSPCR 2015. 2017;:69-81.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-44899-2_5 .

Brković, Matija, Sretović-Brković, Višnja, "Lighting up the Landmarks with Information About the Environment" in Smart and sustainable planning for cities and regions: results of SSPCR 2015 (2017):69-81,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44899-2_5 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Sretović Brković, Višnja
AU  - Brković, Matija
PY  - 2015
UR  - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/664
AB  - Last few years cities in Serbia witnessed a number of problems with small urban
streams and an inappropriate sewer systems. Traditional approach of solving these
problems, using underground pipes and concrete revetments, is inefficient and
expensive. Instead, it is increasingly becoming common to use “soft” approach
based on the natural processes and use of the existing landscape elements and
plants for water treatment. Thus, water becomes the featured element in the urban
landscape, the new resource for the creation of public green spaces and
improvement of community health.
Planning the city zones surrounding small urban streams and old sewer systems
became challenging, as the number of experts from different fields, stakeholders
and citizens that should be involved grew. If such approach is to succeed, it is
critical to create appropriate institutional framework.
In this paper we are exploring appropriate institutional arrangement for planning
of these zones. We are basing our research on the already proven and successful
examples from Europe. Finally, we are discussing the institutional constrains and
opportunities for implementation of these arrangements in Serbia, taking into
account the specific Serbian context, in order to make cities in Serbia more water
sensitive.
PB  - Ljubljana : Faculty of Architecture
C3  - Keeping up with technologies to make healthy places : book of conference proceedings / [2nd International Academic Conference] Places and Technologies 2015, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
T1  - Institutional challenges in the urban planning water sensitive places
SP  - 297
EP  - 307
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_664
ER  - 

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author = "Sretović Brković, Višnja and Brković, Matija",
year = "2015",
abstract = "Last few years cities in Serbia witnessed a number of problems with small urban
streams and an inappropriate sewer systems. Traditional approach of solving these
problems, using underground pipes and concrete revetments, is inefficient and
expensive. Instead, it is increasingly becoming common to use “soft” approach
based on the natural processes and use of the existing landscape elements and
plants for water treatment. Thus, water becomes the featured element in the urban
landscape, the new resource for the creation of public green spaces and
improvement of community health.
Planning the city zones surrounding small urban streams and old sewer systems
became challenging, as the number of experts from different fields, stakeholders
and citizens that should be involved grew. If such approach is to succeed, it is
critical to create appropriate institutional framework.
In this paper we are exploring appropriate institutional arrangement for planning
of these zones. We are basing our research on the already proven and successful
examples from Europe. Finally, we are discussing the institutional constrains and
opportunities for implementation of these arrangements in Serbia, taking into
account the specific Serbian context, in order to make cities in Serbia more water
sensitive.",
publisher = "Ljubljana : Faculty of Architecture",
journal = "Keeping up with technologies to make healthy places : book of conference proceedings / [2nd International Academic Conference] Places and Technologies 2015, Nova Gorica, Slovenia",
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pages = "297-307",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_664"
}

Sretović Brković, V.,& Brković, M.. (2015). Institutional challenges in the urban planning water sensitive places. in Keeping up with technologies to make healthy places : book of conference proceedings / [2nd International Academic Conference] Places and Technologies 2015, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Ljubljana : Faculty of Architecture., 297-307.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_664

Sretović Brković V, Brković M. Institutional challenges in the urban planning water sensitive places. in Keeping up with technologies to make healthy places : book of conference proceedings / [2nd International Academic Conference] Places and Technologies 2015, Nova Gorica, Slovenia. 2015;:297-307.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_664 .

Sretović Brković, Višnja, Brković, Matija, "Institutional challenges in the urban planning water sensitive places" in Keeping up with technologies to make healthy places : book of conference proceedings / [2nd International Academic Conference] Places and Technologies 2015, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (2015):297-307,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_664 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Brković, Matija
AU  - Sretović-Brković, Višnja
PY  - 2013
UR  - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/148
AB  - City information and communication networks are specific form of local online communities, designed for inhabitants of particular city, its administration, municipality service providers, investors, tourists, as well as any others interested party. This paper studies the potential of such networks to assist public participation in city planning and management. It explores the benefits and potential pitfalls of using such technologies. In addition, the paper will present and analyze the city information and communication network created and used by the municipality of Inđija. In 2002, the municipality made a strategic development plan, in which the improvement of local administration was among the first priorities. The administration started the installation of an integrated information system right away - essentially creating e-government platform - in order to enable all citizens to participate in solving local problems, as well as to facilitate their day-today communication with the local administration.
AB  - Gradske informacione mreže (GIM) su oblik lokalne online zajednice namenjene stanovnicima određenog grada, gradskoj upravi i različitim institucijama grada, njegovim posetiocima, investitorima i drugim zainteresovanim. Ovaj rad posmatra GIM pre svega sa stanovišta potencijalnog doprinosa povećanju učešća građana u urbanom planiranju i upravljanju i analizira prednosti i mane primene ovakve tehnologije. U okviru ovog rada biće prikazan i analiziran GIM koji je opština Inđija radila za svoje potrebe. Opština je 2002. god. napravila plan strateškog razvoja u okviru kojeg je značajno mesto zauzimala reforma lokalne administracije, a jedna od osnovnih metoda poboljšanja rada uprave bilo je uvođenje integralnog informacionog sistema koji je omogućio elektronsku upravu i razvoj GIM-a.
PB  - Institut za arhitekturu i urbanizam Srbije, Beograd
T2  - Arhitektura i urbanizam
T1  - City information and communication networks as means of incrising participation: Case study of municipality of Inđija, Serbia
T1  - Gradske informacione mreže u funkciji povećanja participacije - studija slučaja opštine Inđija
IS  - 38
SP  - 58
EP  - 65
DO  - 10.5937/a-u38-4947
ER  - 

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author = "Brković, Matija and Sretović-Brković, Višnja",
year = "2013",
abstract = "City information and communication networks are specific form of local online communities, designed for inhabitants of particular city, its administration, municipality service providers, investors, tourists, as well as any others interested party. This paper studies the potential of such networks to assist public participation in city planning and management. It explores the benefits and potential pitfalls of using such technologies. In addition, the paper will present and analyze the city information and communication network created and used by the municipality of Inđija. In 2002, the municipality made a strategic development plan, in which the improvement of local administration was among the first priorities. The administration started the installation of an integrated information system right away - essentially creating e-government platform - in order to enable all citizens to participate in solving local problems, as well as to facilitate their day-today communication with the local administration., Gradske informacione mreže (GIM) su oblik lokalne online zajednice namenjene stanovnicima određenog grada, gradskoj upravi i različitim institucijama grada, njegovim posetiocima, investitorima i drugim zainteresovanim. Ovaj rad posmatra GIM pre svega sa stanovišta potencijalnog doprinosa povećanju učešća građana u urbanom planiranju i upravljanju i analizira prednosti i mane primene ovakve tehnologije. U okviru ovog rada biće prikazan i analiziran GIM koji je opština Inđija radila za svoje potrebe. Opština je 2002. god. napravila plan strateškog razvoja u okviru kojeg je značajno mesto zauzimala reforma lokalne administracije, a jedna od osnovnih metoda poboljšanja rada uprave bilo je uvođenje integralnog informacionog sistema koji je omogućio elektronsku upravu i razvoj GIM-a.",
publisher = "Institut za arhitekturu i urbanizam Srbije, Beograd",
journal = "Arhitektura i urbanizam",
title = "City information and communication networks as means of incrising participation: Case study of municipality of Inđija, Serbia, Gradske informacione mreže u funkciji povećanja participacije - studija slučaja opštine Inđija",
number = "38",
pages = "58-65",
doi = "10.5937/a-u38-4947"
}

Brković, M.,& Sretović-Brković, V.. (2013). City information and communication networks as means of incrising participation: Case study of municipality of Inđija, Serbia. in Arhitektura i urbanizam
Institut za arhitekturu i urbanizam Srbije, Beograd.(38), 58-65.
https://doi.org/10.5937/a-u38-4947

Brković M, Sretović-Brković V. City information and communication networks as means of incrising participation: Case study of municipality of Inđija, Serbia. in Arhitektura i urbanizam. 2013;(38):58-65.
doi:10.5937/a-u38-4947 .

Brković, Matija, Sretović-Brković, Višnja, "City information and communication networks as means of incrising participation: Case study of municipality of Inđija, Serbia" in Arhitektura i urbanizam, no. 38 (2013):58-65,
https://doi.org/10.5937/a-u38-4947 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bajić-Brković, Milica
AU  - Sretović, Višnja
AU  - Brković, Matija
PY  - 2012
UR  - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/108
AB  - Development of low carbon urban environment stands among the highest priorities countries, cities and regions are faced with. Despite all the efforts, initiatives and concrete actions taken on the international, regional and national level, many countries experience very low or almost insignificant change on a local level. The situation in Serbia resembles these widely recognized dynamics. While on one hand, the responsible ministries and governmental bodies in Serbia have made a visible progress in meeting the challenge of developing low carbon environment over the past decade, it is a fact that actions on a local level aimed at redirecting the current trends and introducing a more responsible development into their cities and towns are very rare and rather sporadically taken. This paper focuses on a local level, and is concerned with the specific challenges and opportunities recognized there. The medium and small towns in Serbia are of primary interest, since their potential for change is least developed and recognized. The paper explores the challenges they deal with, namely, the perceptive, institutional, and legal constraints and goes on to investigate how these constraints could be overcome, or reduced. On the other hand, there are some opportunities that local communities have on hand. The paper takes to the light their strengths, and presents how they could be integrated into the development processes, and employed in order to further empower local communities in making their towns and places more carbon sensitive.
AB  - Razvoj karbon odgovornih gradova je jedan od prioriteta u zemljama, gradovima i regionima sveta. Uprkos mnogim naporima, inicijativama i konkretnim akcijama, koji se preduzimaju na međunarodnom, regionalnim ili nacionalnim nivoima, u mnogim sredinama promene su male ili izostaju u potpunosti. Situacija u Srbiji je slična. Dok sa jedne strane, odgovarajuća ministarstva i nacionalna tela čine napore u pravcu približavanja međunarodno zacrtanom cilju, na lokalnom nivou inicijative su retke i sporadične. Ovaj prilog afirmiše značaj lokalnog nivoa i obrađuje specifična pitanja-izazove i mogućnosti koji se u lokalnim zajednicama sreću. Gradovi srednje veličine i mali gradovi su od primarnog interesa ovde jer je njihov potencijal za promene najmanje razvijen i često nije na zadovoljavajući način prepoznat. U tekstu se raspravlja o izazovima sa kojima se ta urbana naselja suočavaju-perceptivnim, institucionalnim i zakonodavnim preprekama, i iznose mogućnosti za njihovo prevazilaženje. Takođe, ovde se ukazuje na potencijal koji postoji u ovim zajednicama i predlažu mere za njegovo aktiviranje kako bi lokalne zajednice svoj razvoj usmerile ka karbon odgovornom urbanom okruženju.
PB  - Univerzitet u Nišu, Niš
T2  - Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering
T1  - Low carbon urban development in Serbia: Challenges and opportunities on the local level
T1  - Karbon odgovoran urbani razvoj u Srbiji - izazovi i mogućnosti na lokalnom nivou
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
SP  - 43
EP  - 53
DO  - 10.2298/FUACE1201043B
ER  - 

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author = "Bajić-Brković, Milica and Sretović, Višnja and Brković, Matija",
year = "2012",
abstract = "Development of low carbon urban environment stands among the highest priorities countries, cities and regions are faced with. Despite all the efforts, initiatives and concrete actions taken on the international, regional and national level, many countries experience very low or almost insignificant change on a local level. The situation in Serbia resembles these widely recognized dynamics. While on one hand, the responsible ministries and governmental bodies in Serbia have made a visible progress in meeting the challenge of developing low carbon environment over the past decade, it is a fact that actions on a local level aimed at redirecting the current trends and introducing a more responsible development into their cities and towns are very rare and rather sporadically taken. This paper focuses on a local level, and is concerned with the specific challenges and opportunities recognized there. The medium and small towns in Serbia are of primary interest, since their potential for change is least developed and recognized. The paper explores the challenges they deal with, namely, the perceptive, institutional, and legal constraints and goes on to investigate how these constraints could be overcome, or reduced. On the other hand, there are some opportunities that local communities have on hand. The paper takes to the light their strengths, and presents how they could be integrated into the development processes, and employed in order to further empower local communities in making their towns and places more carbon sensitive., Razvoj karbon odgovornih gradova je jedan od prioriteta u zemljama, gradovima i regionima sveta. Uprkos mnogim naporima, inicijativama i konkretnim akcijama, koji se preduzimaju na međunarodnom, regionalnim ili nacionalnim nivoima, u mnogim sredinama promene su male ili izostaju u potpunosti. Situacija u Srbiji je slična. Dok sa jedne strane, odgovarajuća ministarstva i nacionalna tela čine napore u pravcu približavanja međunarodno zacrtanom cilju, na lokalnom nivou inicijative su retke i sporadične. Ovaj prilog afirmiše značaj lokalnog nivoa i obrađuje specifična pitanja-izazove i mogućnosti koji se u lokalnim zajednicama sreću. Gradovi srednje veličine i mali gradovi su od primarnog interesa ovde jer je njihov potencijal za promene najmanje razvijen i često nije na zadovoljavajući način prepoznat. U tekstu se raspravlja o izazovima sa kojima se ta urbana naselja suočavaju-perceptivnim, institucionalnim i zakonodavnim preprekama, i iznose mogućnosti za njihovo prevazilaženje. Takođe, ovde se ukazuje na potencijal koji postoji u ovim zajednicama i predlažu mere za njegovo aktiviranje kako bi lokalne zajednice svoj razvoj usmerile ka karbon odgovornom urbanom okruženju.",
publisher = "Univerzitet u Nišu, Niš",
journal = "Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering",
title = "Low carbon urban development in Serbia: Challenges and opportunities on the local level, Karbon odgovoran urbani razvoj u Srbiji - izazovi i mogućnosti na lokalnom nivou",
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Bajić-Brković, M., Sretović, V.,& Brković, M.. (2012). Low carbon urban development in Serbia: Challenges and opportunities on the local level. in Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering
Univerzitet u Nišu, Niš., 10(1), 43-53.
https://doi.org/10.2298/FUACE1201043B

Bajić-Brković M, Sretović V, Brković M. Low carbon urban development in Serbia: Challenges and opportunities on the local level. in Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering. 2012;10(1):43-53.
doi:10.2298/FUACE1201043B .

Bajić-Brković, Milica, Sretović, Višnja, Brković, Matija, "Low carbon urban development in Serbia: Challenges and opportunities on the local level" in Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 10, no. 1 (2012):43-53,
https://doi.org/10.2298/FUACE1201043B . .