Spatium 2011 Issue 24, Pages: 1-8
https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT1124001L
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Integrating climate change adaptation policies in spatial development planning in Serbia: A challenging task ahead
Lazarević-Bajec Nada (Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade)
Climate change adaptation policies integration process adds a new dimension
to spatial planning. National planning systems need to be reviewed for their
capability to incorporate new procedures and implementation tools with a view
to upgrading general efficacy of public response to climate change. The
Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia (SPRS) adopted in October 2010 devotes
special attention to issues of climate change, mitigation and particularly
adaptation. This paper argues that regional level of governance is key to
considering climate change vulnerability and setting a framework for specific
actions on the local level. In the absence of the regional level, great
responsibility is on the national planning level to lay out detailed
guidelines and regulations as a guidance for spatial planning practice. What
problems may be expected in the SPRS implementation with respect to climate
change adaptation? How the adaptation policies adopted in the plan will be
integrated into subordinate plans, regional and local? What limitations will
the overall system face in policy harmonization? Although this brief paper
cannot answer all of these questions, it will try to explain them and
indicate the necessary transformations to the planning system to be discussed
in the coming period.
Keywords: climate change, adaptation, spatial plan of the Republic of Serbia, planning system in Serbia, regulations
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