The influence of the Borovo company on the development of the City of Vukovar

Tridesetih godina 20. stoljeća Vukovar doživljava intenzivnu i naglu industrijalizaciju uslijed osnivanja tvornice u Borovu Naselju. Na neizgrađenom prostoru između Vukovara i sela Borovo, češki poduzetnik Tomaš Bata podiže novo naselje prema načelima vrtnog grada s jasnim funkcionalnim odvajanjem proizvodnog dijela od zone stanovanja, društvenih sadržaja i rekreacije. U razdoblju socijalizama nastavlja se industrijski i urbani razvoj, a Vukovar doživljava demografsku, društveno-ekonomsku, kulturnu, morfološku i funkcionalnu transformaciju. Cilj ovog rada jest prikazati direktne i indirektne posljedice osnivanja i razvoja industrije u Borovu na širi prostor oko Grada Vukovara i na njegovo stanovništvo. Danas, nakon Domovinskog rata, pokrenuto je nekoliko pojedinačnih projekata revitalizacije lokacije Borova, no za kvalitetnu obnovu potrebno je prostorno planiranje, dugoročna vizija te usklađivanje razvojnih politika na svim razinama upravljanja.In the thirties, Vukovar experienced intense and rapid industrialization due to the establishment of a factory in Borovo Naselje. In the unbuilt area between Vukovar and the village of Borovo, the Czech entrepreneur Tomaš Bata constructed a new settlement according to the principles of a garden city with a clear functional separation of the production part from the zone of housing, social facilities and recreation. In the period of socialism, industrial and urban development continued, and Vukovar experienced a demographic, socio-economic, cultural, morphological and functional transformation. The aim of this paper is to present the direct and indirect consequences of the establishment and development of industry in Borovo on the wider area around the City of Vukovar and its population. Today, after the Croatian war od independence, several individual projects for the revitalization of Borovo locations have been launched, but for quality reconstruction, spatial planning, a long-term vision and harmonization of development policies at all levels of government are needed