Political circumstances as a risk factor in urban development of the city

Abstract

This paper is primarily based on the observation of conditions and effects of functioning of Belgrade, the Capital of Serbia, in the period of its multiparty constellation. Although there were no significant intentions of political instrumentalisation of this segment of city functioning that would sacrifice social usefulness and efficiency of development to political marketing in the domain of urban planning, carrying out plans, and construction, it is appropriate to point to these tendencies and needed to face the problem in order to operate according to the processes of free political competition and not opposing them.