Environmental problems and land use of the three islands' sites in Belgrade (Serbia)

Abstract

Flowing through Belgrade (Serbia), are the two most significant rivers Sava and Danube, both characterized as the flatland flow-type rivers, with a large number of river islands. According to the aspects of land use the three most important islands can be singled out, but at the same time the existence of certain environmental problems can be determined. The purpose and use of the islands completely differs. The present research aims, at first, to analyze the state and problems of the environment and land use of the "three islands' sites" and to present concrete recommendations for future activities in those areas, with particular emphasis on the area of Ada Huja island, and secondly, to present environmental quality of Ada Huja in the most reliable way, through the valorization method. In the field of protection and improvement of the environment, strategic goal is the restoration and enhancement of degraded environment, revitalization of construction land and activation of brownfields. It can also be a preventive protection of all planned activities that could endanger the existing environmental quality of the "three islands' sites".