This article highlights the urban development problems that Kosovo is facing as a new country emerging from the disintegration of former Yugoslavia. As a consequence of social changes occurring in the former socialist bloc countries followed by inter-ethnic conflicts, the country is still facing various problems in urban development. This is a result of non-compliance of the urban planning and urban land management system with the newly created conditions after the war in Kosovo in 1999 and the social-economic transition of the country. The consequences in urban developments of Kosovo's cities are substantial. Due to the lack of adequate urban planning and land management policies, Kosovo is sliding down from the “informal urbanization” to “institutionalized informal urbanization”. The article analyzes the situation of urban developments in Kosovo's municipalities before 1999 and after 1999 (conflict in Kosovo) up to the present day. Comparatively, urban planning and management systems will be analyzed in the above-mentioned periods by taking into account various factors that directly or indirectly have affected the process. At the end of the article, we will come up with conclusions on the possibilities of overcoming the situation with concrete proposals on how to get out of the situation in which the urban planning and urban land management process in Kosovo is situated.

Urban developments in Kosovo. Challenges and opportunities

Habib Ymeri
2018

Abstract

This article highlights the urban development problems that Kosovo is facing as a new country emerging from the disintegration of former Yugoslavia. As a consequence of social changes occurring in the former socialist bloc countries followed by inter-ethnic conflicts, the country is still facing various problems in urban development. This is a result of non-compliance of the urban planning and urban land management system with the newly created conditions after the war in Kosovo in 1999 and the social-economic transition of the country. The consequences in urban developments of Kosovo's cities are substantial. Due to the lack of adequate urban planning and land management policies, Kosovo is sliding down from the “informal urbanization” to “institutionalized informal urbanization”. The article analyzes the situation of urban developments in Kosovo's municipalities before 1999 and after 1999 (conflict in Kosovo) up to the present day. Comparatively, urban planning and management systems will be analyzed in the above-mentioned periods by taking into account various factors that directly or indirectly have affected the process. At the end of the article, we will come up with conclusions on the possibilities of overcoming the situation with concrete proposals on how to get out of the situation in which the urban planning and urban land management process in Kosovo is situated.
2018
Ymeri, Habib
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