This book highlights Belgrade, reviewing its recent and historical developments and emphasizing its major ongoing planning projects. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first, entitled The urban, political and socioeconomic rise and fall of Belgrade through its history, introduces the reader to the city, and is followed by a chapter on Belgrades urban plans through history. The book continues with a chapter on one of the major urban projects in the former Yugoslavia, the construction of New Belgrade, its development and results, entitled New Belgrade: from no mans land to modern city. In turn, the following three chapters explore three dominant contemporary topics: Belgrades riverfront redevelopment; Reimaging Belgrade: the case of Savamala; and Sustainable Belgrade. Expansion of the pedestrian zone in the city center. The book draws to a close with a chapter on Future predictions: South-Eastern European metropolis of the 21st century. This chapter in particular discusses large city projects and includes predictions about the citys future.
Chapter 1. The urban, political and socioeconomic rise and fall of Belgrade through its history.- Chapter 2. Milena Vukmirovic.- Chapter 3. The rise and fall of New Belgrade with current developments in retrospect.- Chapter 4. Belgrades Waterfront revitalization.- Chapter 5. Reimaging Belgrade: the case of Savamala district.- Chapter 6. Public Art in Belgrade.- Chapter 7. Pedestrian-friendly Belgrade.- Chapter 8. Belgrades development visions and aims.
Dr Biljana Arandelovic is Assistant Professor in the History and Theory of Art and Architecture and a visual artist. She holds a PhD in Technical Science in architecture from TU Graz (2008) and was a l£A
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