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Revisiting the Contested Case of Belgrade Waterfront Transformation: From Unethical Urban Governance to Landscape Degradation

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  • Dragana Ćorović

    (Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Kneza Višeslava 1, 11030 Belgrade, Serbia)

  • Srđan T. Korać

    (Institute for Political Studies, Svetozara Markovića 36/IV, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia)

  • Marija Milinković

    (Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 73/II, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia)

Abstract

This paper examines two large urban projects within a defined theoretical and methodological framework. Firstly, we analyse how the city administration in Belgrade, in post-socialist Serbia, managed the initial steps of the transformation of a part of the old town into the new large-scale development, the Belgrade Waterfront (BW), on the right bank of the Sava River. The contested outcome of the land transformation process contributes to a recognition of the unethical decision-making and performance of the responsible city authorities. Secondly, the postwar planning and construction of New Belgrade, in particular its Central Zone, is critically examined from the aspect of radical urban landscape transformation and its impact on society. Through a critical examination of the spatial development of the socialist period, we aim to identify emancipatory architectural and urban practises that could be an alternative to contemporary spatial production and that might provide a notion of key strategies for (re)establishing corresponding forms of socio-spatial justice. The two aforementioned research subjects are examined using different research questions, methodological tools, and different theoretical frameworks, which overlap, merge, and combine in the part of the study where the obtained results are discussed.

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  • Dragana Ćorović & Srđan T. Korać & Marija Milinković, 2025. "Revisiting the Contested Case of Belgrade Waterfront Transformation: From Unethical Urban Governance to Landscape Degradation," Land, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-28, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:14:y:2025:i:5:p:988-:d:1648707
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    2. Dragana Ćorović & Marija Milinković & Nevena Vasiljević & Dezire Tilinger & Sandra Mitrović & Zlata Vuksanović-Macura, 2024. "Investigating Spatial Criteria for the Urban Landscape Assessment of Mass Housing Heritage: The Case of the Central Zone of New Belgrade," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-30, June.
    3. Nebojša Čamprag, 2024. "Effects and Consequences of Authoritarian Urbanism: Large-Scale Waterfront Redevelopments in Belgrade, Zagreb, and Novi Sad," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9.
    4. Marija Milinković & Dragana Ćorović & Zlata Vuksanović-Macura, 2019. "Historical Enquiry as a Critical Method in Urban Riverscape Revisions: The Case of Belgrade’s Confluence," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-18, February.
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