Models of use of abandoned military areas in the Zagreb Urban Agglomeration

Istraživanje sagledava problematiku urbane regeneracije napuštenih prostora, s naglaskom na napuštenim prostorima koji su prethodno služili vojnoj funkciji (vojni brownfieldi). Prethodne spoznaje i postavljene hipoteze provjeravaju se na prostornom obuhvatu Urbane aglomeracije Zagreb, koja teritorijalno obuhvaća, uz Grad Zagreb, 10 upravnih gradova i 19 općina. Provedeno istraživanje uključivalo je prikupljanje podataka o vojnim brownfieldima, evidenciju i obradu u GIS-u te kartografsku analizu. S obzirom na činjenicu da prenamjene brownfielda u velikoj mjeri ovise o participaciji ključnih dionika, provedeni su intervjui s relevantnim ekspertima iz četiri grupe dionika (političkih, upravljačkih, znanstveno-stručnih i gospodarskih) na području Urbane aglomeracije Zagreb, kao i četiri studije slučaja prenamjene vojnih brownfielda na području aglomeracije. Cilj disertacije jest potaknuti prepoznavanje vojnih brownfielda kao prostornog razvojnog resursa, te prepoznavanje društveno-ekonomskih i drugih dobrobiti za lokalnu zajednicu od provedbe procesa njihove regeneracije, istraživanjem potencijala i utvrđivanjem prihvatljivih modela funkcionalne prenamjene.The research examines the issue of urban regeneration of abandoned areas, with an emphasis on abandoned areas that previously served a military purpose (military brownfields). The spatial entity on which previous knowledge and posited hypotheses are checked is the Zagreb Urban Agglomeration encompassing the City of Zagreb, 10 administrative cities and 19 municipalities. The research included the collection of data on military brownfields, their records and processing in the GIS and cartographic analysis. Given the fact that the conversion of brownfields largely depends on the participation of key stakeholders, interviews with relevant experts from four stakeholder groups (political, governmental, scientific-professional and economic) were conducted, as well as four case studies of the conversion of military brownfields in the area of the Zagreb Urban Agglomeration. The aim of this dissertation is to encourage the recognition of military brownfields as a spatial development resource, and the recognition of socio-economic and other benefits for the local community from the implementation of the process of their regeneration, by exploring the potentials and establishment of acceptable models for the functional conversion of military brownfields