Review article

https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2019.81.02.01

Urban planning in socialist Croatia

Neven Tandarić orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-3653 ; University of Nottingham, School of Geography, University Park,Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Charles Watkins orcid.org/0000-0002-0618-3771 ; University of Nottingham, School of Geography, University Park,Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Christopher D. Ives ; University of Nottingham, School of Geography, University Park,Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

Abstract

For almost half of a century, urban planning in Croatia took place under the socialist regime. During that time, it mostly played a role in addressing the pressing space-related issues of the development of socialist society, and in facilitating economic growth. In this paper, we examine urban planning in Croatia between 1944 and 1991 from eight aspects: the general roles of planning; legislation; relationship to societal planning; political-institutional responsibility; urban planners and policy; plan execution; public participation; and environmental concerns. We analysed archival data and literature on urban, spatial and societal planning legislation and practices in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, including the planning journals Arhitektura and Čovjek i prostor, and planning legislation from the socialist period. We outlined the five evolutionary phases over which urban planning experienced decentralisation from the federal to the communal level, advancements in public participation, and the involvement of environmental considerations in the decision-making process. We also studied the evolution of planning tools, which originated in the socialist period but remains in use today.

Keywords

Croatia; general urban plans; planning legislation; socialist regime; urban planning

Hrčak ID:

230590

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/230590

Publication date:

20.12.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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