Green Infrastructure 2014 Group K - Case Study 2
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| Name | Mirijevo | |
| Country | Serbia | |
| City | Belgrade | |
| Authors | Milena | |
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Rationale: Why is this case interesting?
Serbia [1] is developing country situated at the crossroads between Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans. Serbia has very favourable natural conditions (land and climate) for varied agricultural production. It produces mostly grains, fruits and vegetables which constitute a significant part of its GDP and exports. There has been in a sharp decline in agricultural activity since 1948, when almost three-quarters of the population engaged in farming, to the present one-quarter.
Mirijevo [2]is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Republic of Serbia. It is part of Belgrade's municipality Zvezdara. Mirijevo is located around 7 km from city center on the eastern outskirts of Belgrade's urban zone. Mirijevo is residental neighborhood with plenty of green spaces and hiking trails. It has one food market where people can buy domestic and foreign products. Residents of Mirijevo are mostly families with children and older retired people. They enjoy hiking and gardening. Mirijevo has large potential for developing urban agriculture. Benefits would be significant contribution to fruit and vegetable requirements, reduction of energy used to distribute food, biodiversity enhacement and positive social and health impact.
Author's perspective
I graduated landscape architecture and horticulture at Belgrade University. Now I'm working on my PhD Thesis at Institute for Biological Research in Belgrade, on Department for Ecology. For my PhD thesis, I do research on biodiversity of forest ecosystems. I am also interested in research on urban biodiversity.
I chose Mirijevo for my case study, because I have been living there for fourtheen years. When I first moved in 1990, Mirijevo was neighborhood with planty of green areas and rich biodiversity. A wide viriety of plant species, insects and birds are found their habitat in Mirijevo. As time passing by, the human population is incresing and urban tissue is expanding at the expense of green areas. There is a lack of planning in bulding process, so many green corridors are becoming defragmented and many species are loosing their habitat.
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