Strengthening the Social Sustainability of Super-Blocks: Belgrade's Emerging Urban Hubs
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Focusing on the social aspect of sustainability, this article provides insight into the process of spatial and functional reconsideration of open public spaces in two selected super-blocks in Belgrade, Serbia. Although their spatial typology is similar, one of them was created during the 1960s in New Belgrade, a new administrative center of the city based on the principles of functionalism, while the other one was built during the 1970s, as a part of urban reconstruction conducted in the central areas of Belgrade (Vračar municipality). The beginning of the 21st century has brought new challenges to open public spaces, reflecting the post-transitional changes of the Serbian socio-economic context, as well as the contemporary urban needs of inhabitants. Consequently, both blocks have developed new gathering places for their local communities, although applying two different approaches, spontaneous/informal (New Belgrade) and formal (Vračar). Considering the specificities of both initiati...ves and the relationship between local communities and the open public spaces of super-blocks, the comparative analysis is conducted in order to identify the occurring social, spatial, and functional modifications, and the achieved level of social sustainability.
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Social sustainability / Local community / Super-blocks / Open public spaces / Gathering places / Placemaking / Participatory processSource:
Sustainability, 2020, 12, 3, 903-Publisher:
- Basel : MDPI
Projects:
- “Shared Cities: Creative Momentum“ agreement number: 2016—1913/001-001 from 01-06-2016 to 28-02-2020, co-funded by Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-43007)
- Spatial, environmental, energy and social aspects of developing settlements and climate change - mutual impacts (RS-36035)
DOI: 10.3390/su12030903
ISSN: 2071-1050