The Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Министарство грађевинарства, саобраћаја и инфраструктуре, romanized: Ministarstvo građevinarstva, saobraćaja i infrastrukture) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of construction, transportation and infrastructure. The current minister is Zorana Mihajlović, in office since 27 April 2014.
This paper researches the problems of protection and management of cultural heritage sites in Serbia and the possibilities of harmonization of conflicts in these areas. As a case study, the Belo Brdo archaeological site in the city of Belgrade was analyzed. The Belo Brdo archaeological site is of international importance and represents the largest and the most significant multi-layered prehistoric settlement in Europe and the eponymous site of the younger Neolithic, Vinca cultural group. The main research problem is how conflicts, between cultural heritage protection and other activities could be harmonized in the areas of cultural heritage sites. The basic goal of this research is to define the possible directions of improvements of planning and management practices in the areas of cultural heritage sites, including institutional and policy mechanisms, as well as a suitable management model. The results of the research could be applicable in the future planning practices of other cultural heritage sites in the country and region.
In this paper, the emphasis will be on presenting the trends that are dominant in the field of construction in 2017. Includes projections built around the world, from fantastic transport containers that have been adapted and converted into a residential proctor to the skyscraper in the true sense of the word. In addition, the emphasis is on those construction projects that were built with the intention of protecting the environment as well as according to the principles of sustainable development.
The paper explains the importance and role of spatial planning in the context of the preservation and sustainable use of ecological networks. The concept of ecological networks is presented in terms of its main goals, structure, functions and approaches to biodiversity conservation. The paper gives an overview of ecological network development in Serbia, but also an overview of the activities carried out in establishing the NATURA 2000 European ecological network. Possibilities for improving the spatial planning process in light of the functional development of ecological networks in Serbia are indicated through an analysis of the requirements arising from the policies relevant for spatial planning and the development of ecological networks using the example of drawn up spatial plans.
A new global framework to guide urban development and housing policy in the next twenty years - the New Urban Agenda was adopted at the end of the Habitat III Conference held in Quito, Ecuador. This time, the Agenda was tailored and adopted to the requirements of the Sustainable Development Goals and particularly to the requirements of Goal 11 - Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, established in 2015. The paper outlines the basic facts indicating the complexity of Agenda-making and the entire Habitat III process. It also points to the first controversies that have arisen around and after the conference in Quito and examines the importance attached, and the one that the Agenda might have in the future in the Danube countries, especially in Serbia, taking into account demographic trends, diversity in the level of the existing quality of urban life and challenges to be met.
The paper indicates the importance of spatial planning as a specific instrument for the protection and management of World Heritage sites in Serbia. The paper analyses the obligations set forth in the international and national documents and legislation relevant for spatial planning, on the one hand, and World Heritage protection, on the other hand. The notion, criteria, method of zoning, systems and approaches to the management of sites inscribed on the World Heritage List are shown through the concept of World Heritage. The paper also emphasizes the importance of adopting management plans for all World Heritage sites and their incorporation into the national legislation and planning documents, primarily into the special purpose area spatial plans. It also gives examples of special purpose spatial plans in order to consider the treatment of World Heritage in these documents, and to make proposals for improving the spatial planning and the existing protection and management of the World Heritage sites in Serbia.
