1. Public engagement under authoritarian entrepreneurialism: the Belgrade Waterfront project.
- Author
-
Perić, Ana
- Subjects
- *
WATERFRONTS , *PROPERTY rights , *POLITICAL participation , *URBAN planning , *LEGAL procedure - Abstract
Urban megaprojects as a spatial manifestation of neoliberalism are in transitional societies considered a tool for extra-profit for private developers and a source of great corruption among the high-level public authorities. Consequently, such a relationship has negative effects on socio-spatial reality. The paper illustrates how a large-scale unitary project – the Belgrade Waterfront project – jeopardizes the public participation through: the misuse of legal procedures and spatial planning instruments, neglect of private property rights, and simulation of public debate. The conditions enabling democratic social, political and professional environment as a backbone for citizen involvement in public issues are briefly indicated in conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2020
- Full Text
- View/download PDF