The Unbearable Easiness of City Renewal

Ovaj tekst se bavi problemima produkcije društvene okoline i odlučivanja o upotrebi prostora, te određenjima fenomena »urbanosti« kod raznih autora (Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Park itd). Centralna tema rada je sama problematika obnove gradskih središta koja se obrađuje prezentiranjem različitih pristupa obnovi, njihovih prednosti i nedostataka. Autorica ukazuje kako monopol i dominacija, rast, razvoj, interes i moć utječu na pristup obnovi gradskih središta. Po autoričinom mišljenju u Jugoslaviji ne prevladavaju ni tržišne potrebe koje zahtjevaju poslovni karakter gradskih središta niti zahtjevi stanovništva za podizanje kvalitete življenja u gradskim središtima već prevladava »privatizacija« kao izraz političkog monopola što kao posljedicu ima da je glavno obilježje gradskih središta mnogih jugoslavenskih gradova prostorna jednodimenzionalnost i monofunkcionalizam.This text deals with the problems of social environment production and decision-making concerning space-usage and with defining the phenomenon of »urbanity« in the works of different authors (Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Park, etc.) The principal theme in this paper is the issue of city-centre restoration which is elaborated by presenting different approaches to restoration, their advantages and disadvantages. The authoress indicates that monopoly and domination, growth, development, interests and power all influence the approach to city-centre restoration. In her opinion, in Yugoslavia, neither market-economy demands requiring city-centres of a business-like character, nor the demands of the city dwellers for improving the quality of living in city-centres are prevalent. What dominates is »privatization« as an expression of political monopoly which produces spatial one-dimensionality and monofunctionalism making them the main characteristics of city-centres in many Yugoslav cities