Abstract
The problems of climate change and the concepts of resilient cities and resilience to climate change have gained considerable attention and interest in Serbia over recent years, especially after the catastrophic floods that hit Serbia in 2014. Now the improvement of resilience in the face of natural, socioeconomic, and political uncertainty and risks has captured the attention of researchers and decision-makers in almost all disciplines and sectors. This paper, through an analysis of the literature on climate change, with a special focus on Serbia, as well as Serbian legal regulations, strategies and planning documents, will show the awareness and understanding of resilience in the Serbian planning policy arena. Special attention is paid to local governments and the issue of climate change, and the problem of how planners, planning policy and decision-makers take into account or deal with the risks that it presents.
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In 2018 according to http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/serbia/.
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The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia—http://www.ekologija.gov.rs/organizacija/nadleznost/.
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Protić, B., Šećerov, V., Lukić, B., Jeftić, M. (2019). Towards Resilient Cities in Serbia. In: Leal Filho, W., Trbic, G., Filipovic, D. (eds) Climate Change Adaptation in Eastern Europe. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03383-5_1
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