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Evaluation of the brownfield regeneration process: Case study of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal,
10
(3),
276-285
(2017)
Abstract
Brownfield land is both a problem and a lost opportunity, since the sites can have a negative impact on the surrounding area and community and hinder effective regeneration. Thus, regeneration of brownfields has gradually become an important challenge for regional and local development. The focus of this paper is to analyse brownfield issues in the city of Sarajevo with respect to the needs of the local community. The work particularly addressed a brownfield area exemplified in the Novi Grad municipality, which includes architectural and urban settings and is currently a main point of interest in the city of Sarajevo. The paper argues how functional clean-up of the site, reuse of abandoned area and analysis of the social impact on the local community could offer new alternatives in brownfield regeneration that stimulate development opportunities at numerous levels, including enhancing urban competitiveness and reducing urban sprawl.
Keywords: brownfield regeneration; urban renewal; development potential
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Author's Biography
Ajla Gegic is a 2nd year Master student in the Department of Architecture at International Burch University, where she currently works as a student teaching assistant. Her major fields of interests are urbanism (respecting urban design principles and transformations), and landscape architecture. Accordingly, her current applied research involves multimodal patterns for brownfield analysis and transformations, leading to sustainable development.
Erna Husukic graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Sarajevo in 2011. In 2015 she completed the doctoral programme at the Department of Architecture, International Burch University in Sarajevo, where she works as a professor. Her interests focus on urban studies, with a particular interest in urban transformations, residual land in cities, contemporary consumption of land, urban memory and multiculturalism.
