Spatium 2011 Issue 26, Pages: 40-44
https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT1126040S
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City vs. climate changes - the future and its (un)sustainability: The global applicability of Sarriguren and Jätkäsaari?
Stupar Aleksandra (Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade)
Nikezić Zoran (Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade)
The global reality, intensively exposed to the challenges caused by climate
changes, demands new ideas, methods and tools which could eventually prevent
or mitigate the consequences of carbon emissions. Therefore, the contemporary
cities, as focal points of the new global comprehension, have become testing
grounds for numerous initiatives based upon imperatives of sustainability,
environmental consciousness, energy efficiency and ‘green’ life style. In
Serbia, experience in matters of the built environment has had a tendency to
be formed exclusively on the basis of authentic local initiatives,
aspirations, successes and failures. In the global effort for sustainable
development, considering the commitments imposed by climate change and carbon
emission, a greater reliance on results achieved elsewhere would be a welcome
change. Consequently, this article will present and comment two eco-driven
projects - Sarriguren and Jätkäsaari, both covering a wide range of useful
ideas, intriguing concepts and globally applicable solutions for the
challenges caused by climate shifts.
Keywords: climate change, cities, carbon emission, energy efficiency, sustainability