Utjecaj rijeke Kupe na lokaciju i urbani razvoj vojnog Siska
Influence of River Kupa on Establishing and Urban Development of Military Sisak

Summary/Abstract: All towns, built near rivers, are inseparable from their water streams, which - in turn - are destined to affect the cities and towns by rivers, influencing not only their growth and development, but their populations’ everyday lives. Rivers are one of the dominant key factors in any town’s development, direction its growth is headed for, its buildings, planning and zoning, urban morphology, organizational functionality and ambiance and towns’ scenery. These, otherwise complex, interrelations that towns weave with their rivers, have particularly proven the case in a study case of the town Vojni (Novi) Sisak. The town was formed by Kupa river and focused on mercantile wheat trade, where the river itself was not only a modifying factor in growth of Vojni Sisak, but also the key factor of the town’s macro and micro location. Namely, Vojni Sisak was planned and formed on purpose, due to its macro location and proximity of Kupa river, the important inland waterway; yet, the exact location and the town zoning was planned, not coinciding, but rather determined by flooding zone of Kupa river. This is how the flooding line determined the town limits, just ass the river itself determined the purpose and key role of the future settlement, and its specific urban structure, subject to benefits for the comparative advantages Kupa river had.

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