The Evaluation of Urban Renewal Waterfront Development: The Case of the Sava Riverfront in Belgrade, Serbia

Autor: Branislav Antonić, Nikola Dinkić, Vladimír Kováč, Jugoslav Jokovic, Aleksandra Djukic, Jelena Maric
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sustainability
Volume 12
Issue 16
Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 6620, p 6620 (2020)
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su12166620
Popis: Belgrade is the only capital in the world at the confluence of two major international rivers navigable for global shipment&mdash
the Danube and the Sava River. However, it was only after the unification of all riversides within Yugoslavia in 1918 that Belgrade started to develop its riverfront
initially, as green recreation areas during the socialist era. Since the post-socialist transition, this trajectory has sharply changed in order to create new urban nodes along the riverfront. The best example is the newest project of the urban renewal of waterfront development at the Sava River, the &ldquo
Belgrade Waterfront Project.&rdquo
This mega-project has sparked a lot of attention. The aim of this research is to present, evaluate, and spatially determine this attention before and after the project inauguration. This observational study is conducted by using two methods from social discourse: a survey, as a traditional method, and analysis based on social network data (Twitter) as a newer, &ldquo
smarter&rdquo
one. Comparing and mapping their results, this research offers recommendations on how to harmonize and modernize the development of this crucial potential of Belgrade.
Databáze: OpenAIRE