Peculiar Properties and Possible Ways of Improvement of Current Fourfold Village Settlements Classifications in Republic of Serbia

Abstract

Statement of the problem. At the current moment, a system of typological classification of village settlements in Republic of Serbia is made out of four independent classifications, which are only loosely tied to each other. These classifications are based on: the way of settlements’ occurrence, settlements’ urban-morphological features, its size, and its function inside a broader set of settlements. Results. Summed up, the results of all four typologies create an abundance of input information for a later process of urban planning and design: they make it sluggish, and so, uneasy to handle. This is especially noticeable in large-scale spatial planning, which strongly relies on spatial diagrams, so it is in the need of concentrated information. Having in mind all aforementioned, the authors took the liberty to try to optimize the current fourfold classification system. The optimization was done through checking the output data relevance in context of modern urban planning and design workflows, and assuring, that there is no overlapping information. Conclusions As a result, a brand new, purified and optimized village settlement classification was proposed, along with short demonstration of its practical use.