Abstract
Urban pockets, although an integral part of the urban environment, often fall into the urban vacant land category. This paper aims to point out the diversity of urban pockets through their categorization, explore the ways of urban pockets’ integration into urban green infrastructure planning, and indicate the potential achievable uses of urban pockets. Six types of urban pockets in Novi Sad (Serbia) were noted and three different yet not mutually exclusive perspectives on urban pockets’ revitalization – productive, cultural and social – were proposed. This study could serve as a basis for the integration of urban pockets into urban planning theory and planning practices and as an inspiration for urban planners, landscape architects and policy-makers to create strategies for urban pockets’ utilization.
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The study was supported by prestigious national awards ‘Startup for science’ (raised by Philip Morris Company and the Center for leadership development); ‘For Women in Science’ (raised by L’Oreal, UNESCO and Serbian Ministry of Education and Science); and ‘Dr. Zoran Đinđić’ raised by The University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
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The study was supported by prestigious national awards ‘Startup for science’ (raised by Philip Morris Company and the Center for leadership development); ‘For Women in Science’ (raised by L’Oreal, UNESCO and Serbian Ministry of Education and Science); and ‘Dr. Zoran Đinđić’ raised by The University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
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Narandžić, T., Ljubojević, M. Urban space awakening – identification and potential uses of urban pockets. Urban Ecosyst 25, 1111–1124 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01219-6
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