Chasing the limelight: Belgrade and Istanbul in the global competition
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare main changes of contemporary Belgrade and Istanbul - two urban nodes at the crossroads of different and multileveled flows. Following the same pattern of global activation, inevitable competition and networking, these cities are trying to synchronize their multidimensional background, establish new patterns of global behavior and adjust them to the dynamism of modern life. Consequently, their historical role has been modified, urban tissue has been developed, recreated and regenerated, and the output of this process represents an attractive testimony of their global initiation. Revealing the ambiguous nature of strong economic forces as well as a new fusion of urban cultures, Belgrade and Istanbul are structuring the globalized image with the new key-elements. However, their true potential and the real efficiency of this process should be re-evaluated - the changed physiognomy of the city could improve its position in the global hiera...rchy and facilitate its integration into the global community, but, sometimes, local limitations are too complex and too strong to be ignored.
Keywords:
Global activation / Networking / Multidimensional background / City / Belgrade / IstanbulSource:
Spatium, 2006, 13-14, 27-33Publisher:
- Institut za arhitekturu i urbanizam Srbije, Beograd
Institution/Community
Arhitektonski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Stupar, Aleksandra AU - Hamamcioglu, Cenk PY - 2006 UR - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/23 AB - The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare main changes of contemporary Belgrade and Istanbul - two urban nodes at the crossroads of different and multileveled flows. Following the same pattern of global activation, inevitable competition and networking, these cities are trying to synchronize their multidimensional background, establish new patterns of global behavior and adjust them to the dynamism of modern life. Consequently, their historical role has been modified, urban tissue has been developed, recreated and regenerated, and the output of this process represents an attractive testimony of their global initiation. Revealing the ambiguous nature of strong economic forces as well as a new fusion of urban cultures, Belgrade and Istanbul are structuring the globalized image with the new key-elements. However, their true potential and the real efficiency of this process should be re-evaluated - the changed physiognomy of the city could improve its position in the global hierarchy and facilitate its integration into the global community, but, sometimes, local limitations are too complex and too strong to be ignored. PB - Institut za arhitekturu i urbanizam Srbije, Beograd T2 - Spatium T1 - Chasing the limelight: Belgrade and Istanbul in the global competition IS - 13-14 SP - 27 EP - 33 DO - 10.2298/SPAT0614027S ER -
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Stupar, A.,& Hamamcioglu, C.. (2006). Chasing the limelight: Belgrade and Istanbul in the global competition. in Spatium Institut za arhitekturu i urbanizam Srbije, Beograd.(13-14), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT0614027S
Stupar A, Hamamcioglu C. Chasing the limelight: Belgrade and Istanbul in the global competition. in Spatium. 2006;(13-14):27-33. doi:10.2298/SPAT0614027S .
Stupar, Aleksandra, Hamamcioglu, Cenk, "Chasing the limelight: Belgrade and Istanbul in the global competition" in Spatium, no. 13-14 (2006):27-33, https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT0614027S . .