Furthering Tourism in the Republic of Serbia

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This book presents results that were implemented during 2011 in the execution of a bilateral protocol of cooperation signed between the Faculty of Architecture University of Belgrade and the National Tourism Development Corporation at the beginning of year, under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development of the Republic of Serbia. The cooperation was initiated with the idea of achieving a qualitative contribution to the further development and promotion of investment projects in tourism in the Republic of Serbia, and has yielded very fruitful results that are partially presented by this monograph.

The results of cooperation in accordance with the expressed interests of both institutions are aimed at promoting and stimulating ideas about the importance of the tourism sector in an integrated sustainable development of Serbia, through the development of integrated urban development and architectural research, studies or projects related to the sustainable development of new tourist destinations in Serbia through modern and attractive approach of urban development and architectural articulation, design and equipping the space.

Main attention in this first initial stage of cooperation has been directed towards the development of diverse urban and architectural research and expertise of potential tourist destinations in Serbia, with the special focus on disadvantaged areas which miss detailed documentation, that deals with the spatial component of development. Therefore, several research teams of professors, associates and students of the Faculty of Architecture in this research addressed the possible spatial and program solutions of the development of three potential tourist investment sites defined by the Mas...

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...development of Serbia in the context of global climate change, spatial research conducted at selected locations served as case studies and generation of scientific contributions in the field of urban planning, urban and architectural design, with special emphasis on the formulation of new methodologies for the appropriate planning and design concept development of modern Serbia. Additionally, the entire research process created the basis for the formulation and testing of new methods and techniques in the field of education of architects. This book therefore, represents with its textual content, a set of scientific research results achieved on the chosen sites, which are the subject of the first phase of this cooperation, and represents an overview of the main current urban design issues in the context of seeking sustainable solutions in the tourism sector in Serbia.

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