AT THE INTERFACE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND EXTREME EVENTS: SARAJEVO AND THE FLOOD OF THE MILJACKA AND ŽELJEZNICA RIVERS IN 1968 Cover Image

NA SUČELJU URBANOG RAZVITKA I EKSTREMNOG DOGAĐAJA: SARAJEVO I POPLAVE RIJEKA MILJACKE I ŽELJEZNICE 1968. GODINE
AT THE INTERFACE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND EXTREME EVENTS: SARAJEVO AND THE FLOOD OF THE MILJACKA AND ŽELJEZNICA RIVERS IN 1968

Author(s): Ema Pašić, Dina Pašić
Subject(s): Physical Geopgraphy, Environmental Geography, Local History / Microhistory, Rural and urban sociology, Environmental interactions, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju - Izdavačka kuća Meridijani
Keywords: ecohistory; Sarajevo; Miljacka; Željeznica; floods; urbanization; 20th century;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the floods of the Sarajevo rivers Miljacka and Željeznica, which occurred in December 1968. This flood served as a case study to analyze the interaction of natural and constructed environment in the context of urbanization during the second half of the 20th century in Sarajevo followed by the impact of this process on natural patterns, natural environment and finally constructed environment.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 95-108
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bosnian