Author(s)

R. Bogdanovic, J. Petrovic & R. Gajic

Abstract

One of the answers to the urban crisis of the city in the 90's is the model of the compact city in which the principle of sustainable development is incorporated. Sustainable development is a complex goal, which demands the defining of several complementary approaches and strategies. The underlying idea is that the compact city causes the rise of economic efficiency of the urban system through: (i) the optimal use of the existing physical infrastructure, the infrastructure of services and the transport infrastructure with acceptable levels of investment, (ii) optimizes the management of transportation flows (in the goal of preserving the quality of public areas and the urban form and structure), which presupposes the development and upgrading of

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