The quality of developed space is a basis for quality of life and an indicator of construction and general culture of a community. It is moreover important for regions, such as the coastal zone of Montenegro, which have potentials and ambitions for high quality tourism development. Analyses and field assessments show that a high share of developed areas are of unsatisfactory quality. A high share of illegal construction contributes to the problem.
For this reason it is important to systemically strengthen capacities of spatial planners, local administrations and civil sector representatives for prevention, remediation and renewal of inadequately urbanised areas. The central part of this priority action is development of a practical handbook which should guide the existing remediation and renewal activities for inadequately urbanised areas.
Activities
1. Develop a handbook defining the possible scope of intervention which, among others, may include:
2. Raising standard of areas in public use (street network reconstruction, planting tree alleys, arrangement of park, landscape and recreational areas, cycling paths, arrangement of promenades, particularly along the coast, beaches and bathing areas,...);
3. Activities of functional maintenance and beautification of private areas and objects (faade restoration, cleaning, arrangement of gardens and yards, energy efficiency improvements);
4. Restoration and maintenance of infrastructure systems;
5. Comprehensive restoration projects of predominantly construction nature that link, depending on local conditions, social, economic, protection, cultural and spatial aspects.
6. Remediation of illegal construction will soon gain on importance, especially in semi-urban areas closer to the coastline, including their communal equipping, public areas development, particularly green ones, transport network reconstruction, etc.
7. The importance of quality urban and architectonic design, and especially of preservation, looking after and improving inherited construction culture and spatial identity of settlements and areas should be emphasised in the handbook. It is necessary to sum up experiences compare them with similar projects from other countries, particularly in relation to formalising illegally developed areas. The basic criteria in proposing solutions must be their viability.
8. Professional development and capacity building activities, in the form of workshops, can be implemented when working materials for the handbook are prepared. It is desirable to elaborate additional practical examples as a result of workshops, particularly as a result of interaction of planners and architects, representatives of local administrations and NGO sector.