Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU 2023 Volume 71, Issue 2, Pages: 77-95
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI2302077R
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Pedestrians and pedestrian streets in Belgrade: An anthropological take on space, mobility, and hospitality industry in the city center
Radović Srđan (Etnografski institut SANU, Beograd), srdjan.radovic@ei.sanu.ac.rs
In the past decades, Belgrade experienced a significant transformation of its
downtown area also with regards to an increasing number of public spaces
turned into pedestrian zones, primarily by closing roads for automotive
transport, and establishing new pedestrian zones. This trend of
pedestrianization of urban cores in Europe (initiated in the mid-20th
century), found its strongest expression in Belgrade in the eighties with
the complete transformation of Knez Mihailova street and its paving, and
later with the expansion of the pedestrian zone to the adjoining streets.
With the beginning of the 21st century, a special rise of a commercialized
type of “street life” occurred - an increasing number of outdoor restaurant
facilities were established. In the last twenty years, the services sector
has become one of the most important in the city’s economy, and the tourism
and hospitality industry employs a significant number of people; thus, the
urban public space is increasingly adapting to the needs of consumers of
such services, residents and guests alike. The visible expansion of
restaurant facilities on public pedestrian areas in Belgrade raises
questions about priorities in the use of public space. This paper will
examine questions of space use, pedestrian mobility, and hospitality
industries.
Keywords: pedestrianisation, pedestrian mobility, hospitality industry, urban anthropology, Belgrade
Project of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 4510368/202214/200173
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