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Сравнително изследване на различни балкански системи за пространствено планиране: по примера на България, Хърватия, Сърбия и Албания
A Comparative Study of Different Balkan Spatial Planning Systems: the Cases of Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Albania

Author(s): Velislava Simeonova, Ivaylo Stamenkov, Hristo Dokov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography, Sociology, Social development, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Economic development, Geopolitics
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: spatial planning systems; planning cultures; Europeanization; Balkan region; Bulgaria; Croatia; Serbia; Albania

Summary/Abstract: The author’s interest in this topic and its general relevance are provoked by the insufficient research in the field of spatial planning in the Balkan region – especially concerning the period after the political changes that started in the 90s. To widen the scope of the study, we concentrate on four countries that differ in terms of socio-economic parameters, European integration stage, trends in the conceptual evolution of their spatial planning systems, etc. The main idea of this article is to offer a theoretical and methodological points for empirical research designed to compare the different notions of territory/space, to scrutinize the diverse planning cultures, and to summarize the guiding principles set in the legislative frameworks and main planning documents.

  • Issue Year: 5/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 352-362
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English