A Discussion on Town Planning for Zagreb in the 21st Century

Grad se u članku promatra kao moždano tkivo prostora i njegove se odlike suprotstavljaju kritikama urbanih koncentracija. Grad ostaje kolijevka budućnosti civilizacije. U međuodnosu djelovanja kulture i izvozno orijentiranoga gospodarstva neizbježnost rasta zasad je jedina jednadžba blagostanja. Proces četverolisne metropolizacije Rijeke, Splita, Osijeka i Zagreba povoljan je za ukupan hrvatski prostor, a daljnja favorizacija Zagreba pokazat će suprotne predznake. Zagreb je iscrpio postojeće urbane sustave i nužne su krupne infrastrukturne investicije na novim vizijama i planovima za XXI. stoljeće. Neke od pothvata moguće je započeti odmah.The article views the city as the brain tissue of the environment and opposes its qualities to the critiques of urban concentration. The city remains the cradle of future civilisation. In the interaction of culture and export economy the only equation of prosperity is at present the inevitability of growth. The process of four-leaf metropolisation covering Rijeka, Split, Osijek and Zagreb is favourable for Croatia as a whole, whereas the further preference of Zagreb will show itself unfavourable. Zagreb has exhausted its existing urban system and demands major investment into the infrastructure, combined with new visions and plans for the 21st century. Some of these endeavours can be started at once