Multi-Level Perspective on Sustainability Transition towards Nature-Based Solutions and Co-Creation in Urban Planning of Belgrade, Serbia
Article (Published version)
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
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.
Keywords:
Co-creation / Nature-based solutions / Urban planning / Multi-level perspective / Sustainability transitionSource:
Sustainability, 2021, 13, 14, 7576-Publisher:
- MDPI
Funding / projects:
Institution/Community
Arhitektonski fakultetTY - 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 . .