Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian cities
Due to overpopulation, pollution, noise, and other ecological and social problems, cities face a worsening quality of urban life, which requires effective planning of their futures. Urban visions as an aspect of strategic planning can be a starting point for a radical transformation of how towns dev...
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| author | Saša Poljak Istenič Valentina Gulin Zrnić |
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| description | Due to overpopulation, pollution, noise, and other ecological and social problems, cities face a worsening quality
of urban life, which requires effective planning of their
futures. Urban visions as an aspect of strategic planning
can be a starting point for a radical transformation of how
towns develop into cities of the future that successfully
address current challenges. This article, deriving from
the anthropology of the future and planning, analyses
how cities imagine their futures and how they narrate
it. It compares the visions of eight Slovenian and Croatian cities – Ljubljana, Zagreb, Koper, Rijeka, Maribor,
Kutina, Nova Gorica, and Hvar – and assesses how they
understand the concept of sustainable development and
take into account its principles (economic, environmental, social, and cultural sustainability). Discourse analysis
reveals that visions often remain on paper only, with undefined elements of sustainability and values. They repeatedly instrumentalize urban realities – that is, natural
and cultural resources – for their goals. To achieve better
cooperation of residents in helping create cities of the
future, visions should be more long-term and imaginative. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4070fcecc0b341c6b15dc6ca3e8b30ff2022-12-22T00:22:44ZengUrbanistični inštitut RSUrbani Izziv1855-83992022-06-0133112213310.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-01-0503536483Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian citiesSaša Poljak Istenič0Valentina Gulin Zrnić1 Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology, Ljubljana, Slovenia Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, Croatia Due to overpopulation, pollution, noise, and other ecological and social problems, cities face a worsening quality of urban life, which requires effective planning of their futures. Urban visions as an aspect of strategic planning can be a starting point for a radical transformation of how towns develop into cities of the future that successfully address current challenges. This article, deriving from the anthropology of the future and planning, analyses how cities imagine their futures and how they narrate it. It compares the visions of eight Slovenian and Croatian cities – Ljubljana, Zagreb, Koper, Rijeka, Maribor, Kutina, Nova Gorica, and Hvar – and assesses how they understand the concept of sustainable development and take into account its principles (economic, environmental, social, and cultural sustainability). Discourse analysis reveals that visions often remain on paper only, with undefined elements of sustainability and values. They repeatedly instrumentalize urban realities – that is, natural and cultural resources – for their goals. To achieve better cooperation of residents in helping create cities of the future, visions should be more long-term and imaginative. http://www.urbaniizziv.si/Portals/urbaniizziv/Clanki/2022/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-01-05.pdf anthropology of the futureurban planningcities’ visionssloveniacroatia |
| spellingShingle | Saša Poljak Istenič Valentina Gulin Zrnić Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian cities Urbani Izziv anthropology of the future urban planning cities’ visions slovenia croatia |
| title | Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of
strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian
cities |
| title_full | Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of
strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian
cities |
| title_fullStr | Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of
strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian
cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of
strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian
cities |
| title_short | Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of
strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian
cities |
| title_sort | visions of cities futures a comparative analysis of strategic urban planning in slovenian and croatian cities |
| topic | anthropology of the future urban planning cities’ visions slovenia croatia |
| url |
http://www.urbaniizziv.si/Portals/urbaniizziv/Clanki/2022/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-01-05.pdf
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