Abstract
This paper, by presenting the case study of the General Regulation Plan, provides an overview of the potentials and limitations of the planning system regarding adaptation in the context of urban planning in the Republic of Serbia. The spatial coverage of the Plan includes the central/urban and peri-urban area of the city of Požarevac, within which various land uses are represented. In addition to housing, commercial and industrial facilities, green infrastructure, as well as other land uses, agriculture is also presented. Taking into consideration the specificity of the Plan area, the paper presents measures that promote adaptation, with special emphasis on the green infrastructure, the water system, energy efficiency and the urban structure. Thus, one of the measures promoted by this Plan is the reservation of the space for raising fast-growing forests, building green roofs and walls and as well developing and expanding of the water drainage system network. In accordance with the current legal and planning basis, within the conclusions that this work stresses is that, even in an incomplete legal and planning framework, there are real possibilities for the inclusion of adaptive measures in the process of urban planning.
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Adaptation considers the “adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities” (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) 2007).
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Mitigation considers “an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the anthropogenic forcing of the climate system; it includes strategies to reduce greenhouse gas sources and emissions and enhancing greenhouse gas sinks” (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) 2007).
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The draft version of the plan is a legal step in the procedure of the plan adoption and represents the phase of the fully elaborated graphic and textual parts of the plan to be processed by the administrative bodies.
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The Paris Agreement was adopted in December 2015, at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC. To date, 194 countries have signed and 141 have ratified The Paris Agreement (United Nations 2018).
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The Law on the Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia 2010–2014–2021 (Official Gazette RS No. 88/10), Law on Planning and Construction (Official gazette of RS No. 79/09, 81/09-correction, 64/10-US, 24/11, 121/12, 42/13-US, 50/13-US, 98/13-US, 132/14 and 145/14), Law on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Official gazette of RS No. 88/2010), Law on Environmental Impact Assessment (Official gazette of RS No. 135/2004.36/2009), Law on Environmental Protection (Official gazette of RS No. 135/2004), Law on Emergency Situations (Official gazette RS No. 111/09, 92/11, 93/12), Law on Nature Protection (Official gazette. RS No. 36/2009, 88/2010) etc.
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According to the EU—Interreg IVB-project, “Future Cities—urban networks to face climate change” http://www.future-cities.eu/.
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The paper was prepared as a result of work on the scientific projects: “Spatial, Environmental, Energy and Social Aspects of Developing the Settlements and Climate Change—Mutual Impacts” (No. TR 36035), financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia in the period 2011–2018.
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Crnčević, T., Niković, A., Manić, B. (2019). Promoting Adaptation Within Urban Planning: Case Study of the General Regulation Plan of the City of Požarevac. 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_16
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