Participatory Measurements of Sustainable Urban Development and Quality of Life in Post-socialist Zadar (CROSBI ID 153837)
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Cavrić, Branko ; Toplek, Silvija ; Šiljeg, Ante
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Participatory Measurements of Sustainable Urban Development and Quality of Life in Post-socialist Zadar
Over the last two decades, there has been an intensive discourse and research about measuring sustainable urban development. Many cities, regions and countries have decided to introduce indicators for monitoring and measuring the progress towards sustainability. Today there is a wide spread perception that information on the environment in general, and urban environment in particular, is the determinant of effective rational decision and allocation of resources. Such information would enable planners and decision makers to formulate redistributive policies and programmes to address some of the disparities that exist in post-socialist city. Cities of the post-socialist world characterized by sharp disparities, socio-economic contrasts and environmental degradation provide an excellent laboratory for tracing information on the quality of urban life. The current situation in emerging Croatian coastal city of Zadar reflects the diversity of post-socialist urban change in a very fragile Mediterranean landscape. This paper takes a critical look on sustainable development and its measurements. It describes participatory approach through which different local communities in Zadar were evaluated quality of life based on basic pillars of sustainable development. The identification and collection of their opinions provide valuable data base and community input into urban governance and development planning decision making.
sustainability; urban indicators; monitoring; sustainable urban development; GIS
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