Abstract
Spatial planning has an important role to play in addressing climate change issues, taking into account that contemporary global and other international and regional frameworks support an integrated approach in adapting to climate change. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the role of planning in the context of climate change with special reference to current practice and the legal and other planning frameworks in the Republic of Serbia. The example of the Spatial Plan for the Specific Purposes Area of the International Waterway E-80 Danube (Pan-European Corridor VII) is introduced, and issues related to the influence of climate change on water regimes are analysed by reviewing the presence of planning measures that cover natural and cultural heritage. The results indicate that despite the lack of an adequate legal base, current practice offers indirect support to adaptation measures through promoting ecological networks, increasing the extent of protected areas, and building systems for flood protection among others.
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Planning in these areas is based on the principles of ensuring the preservation of authenticity, integral protection of natural and cultural heritage, controlled use of resources, the minimum intervention and maintaining on an permanent basis (UNESCO 2007).
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National Sustainable Development Strategy (Off. gazette RS no. 57/2008), National Strategy for inclusion of RS in the CDM mechanisms—waste management, agriculture and forestry (Off. gazette RS no. 8/2010), National Strategy for the sustainable use of natural resources and goods (Off. gazette RS no. 33/2012), National Environmental Protection Programme (Off, Gazette RS no. 12/10), Biodiversity Strategy of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2011–2018. (2011) and others.
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This work is a result of research conducted within the research project “Sustainable Spatial Development of Danube Area in Serbia” (TR36036) which is financed from the program Technological development by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia from 2011 to 2015.
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Crncevic, T., Dzelebdzic, O., Milijic, S. (2016). Planning and Climate Change: A Case Study on the Spatial Plan of the Danube Corridor Through Serbia. In: Leal Filho, W., Adamson, K., Dunk, R., Azeiteiro, U., Illingworth, S., Alves, F. (eds) Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28591-7_8
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