Increasing the urban quality of towns in Serbia through conversion of military facilities/complexes

Abstract

Due to urbanization and expanding of towns, most of the existing military facilities got to be located at the outskirts of or inside the towns, resulting in difficult functioning of the military complexes and performance of urban functions. Based on an analysis of requirements and programs of the defense system development, most of the existing military complexes, in Serbian towns, are not prospective for the purposes of the defense system functioning, or are conditionally prospective. The conditionally prospective military complexes are those which are located within the town premises, and therefore should be vacated, namely relocated by constructing a new complex, or provided accommodation for in the existing prospective complexes. Current conversion of military facilities and complexes located in Serbian towns partly makes it possible to activate a significant urban resource, recognized in the developed facilities, communal and other infrastructure, and equipped or unequipped building land. Some military facilities and complexes may be directly included to serve the life of the town through health care, school, preschool, social, cultural, scientific, sports, recreational, hotel, catering, tourist, communal, and other activities. A broad range of uses of the complexes makes it possible to return a part of urban comfort to towns in Serbia, which was lost because the urban and long-term values in urban development were abandoned and/or replaced by pragmatic interests and investment needs.

Urbanizacijom i prostornim širenjem naselja, većina postojećih vojnih objekata i kompleksa našla se na obodu ili u samim gradovima, što ima za posledicu otežano funkcionisanje vojnih kompleksa i odvijanje urbanih funkcija. Na osnovu analize potreba i programa razvoja sistema odbrane većina postojećih vojnih kompleksa, u gradovima u Srbiji, nije perspektivna za potrebe funkcionisanja sistema odbrane ili su uslovno perspektivni. Uslovno perspektivni vojni kompleksi su oni čije su lokacije, u urbanom tkivu neperspektivni, te ih treba napustiti, tačnije relocirati izgradnjom novog kompleksa ili smestiti u postojeće perspektivne komplekse. Aktuelnom konverzijom vojnih objekata i kompleksa u gradovima u Srbiji delom se omogućava aktiviranje značajnog urbanog resursa, prepoznatog u izgrađenim objektima, komunalnoj i ostaloj infrastrukturi, opremljenim i neopremljenim građevinskim zemljištem. Pojedini vojni objekti i kompleksi mogu se direktno staviti u funkciju naseljskog života kroz: zdravstvene, školske, predškolske, socijalne, kulturne, naučne, sportske, rekreativne, ugostiteljske, turističke, komunalne i druge aktivnosti. Mnoštvo mogućnosti korišćenja predmetnih kompleksa omogućava vraćanje dela urbanog komfora koji su gradovi u Srbiji izgubili, napuštanjem i/ili zamenom urbanih i dugoročnih vrednosti u urbanom razvoju pragmatičnim interesnim i investicionim potrebama.