Dejan Filipovic

Environmental information system as the basis of environmental protection in Serbia

Abstract A real system of environmental protection did not exist up until now, but for a gathering of more or less autonomous and mutually nonharmonized department systems — politics of particular areas. Just after the “Introduction (Law) of Environment Protection in Serbia,” this problem has been approached systematically, and state quality and environment managing has been established and done within the framework of a unique information system. In this way, a legal system base has been set, but its realisation demands the establishment of operative instruments and mechanisms.

A review of the effects of wind farm investments on the energy policy of Serbia

ABSTRACT Our study analyses the effects of wind farm investments on sustainable development in Serbia after the political changes in 2000. With the purpose of creating the conditions for the inflow of renewable energy investments, the institutional and legal frameworks, as well as energetic and economic reforms, were initiated after 2000. The new laws and strategy were the impetus for the promotion of utilization of and investing in renewable energy sources (RES) in Serbia. The new Law on Energy (2011) defines an action plan for the utilization of RES and systematically regulates the position of electricity producers in Serbia. Hence, the energy legislative framework harmonized with the European Union, as well as the new economic conditions in Serbia, was finally defined. It was an opportunity for foreign direct investment in the RES sector.

The impact of infrastructure planning in spatial plans on carrying capacity assessment in mountain tourist areas

This paper aims to study the impact of infrastructure planning (except transport infrastructure) in spatial plans on the assessment of carrying capacity in mountain tourist areas, namely, it aims to enhance the spatial planning process, and emphasize the role and impact of infrastructure systems on the overall development of mountain areas and the activities taking place in them, taking into account foreign and local good practice.

Development of transport infrastructure as precondition of economy and tourism development: Case study municipality of Negotin

Developed transport network is a precondition for economic and tourism development of areas and largely follows and allows the development of human activities. If it is developing without plan, spontaneous and without coordination it may be a limit to the overall development. The aim of research was to define developmental basis for the revitalization, improvement and construction of transport infrastructure in the municipality of Negotin. The paper will present the mutual interaction and functional connectivity of planning solutions for development of transport infrastructure and development of economic and tourism, as well as the impact which planning solutions have on the evolvent of other spatial and city functions. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 176017]

Air quality in the municipality of Loznica: The characteristics of the main air polluters

Researches of existing environmental state represent the basis of the researches for the needs of planning new activities or increasing existing activities in space, but also the basis for population’s health research and protection and maintains of areas with important natural and cultural-historic values. Investigations of air pollution and air quality fall into group of basic activities during describing and evaluating the total environmental state in certain area. This paper identifies the main sources of air pollution in the municipality of Loznica and, according to results of measured values of air pollutants (emission and imission values), concludes about air quality. It also proposes in the end mitigation measures for improvement of the air quality, and therefore of entire environment.