(Ebook) Cultural Landscape Devastation because of Poor Sustainable Urban Development Practice Case Study: Kostanjica, Boka Bay, Montenegro by PhD Candidate KOSARA KUJUNDZIC and Dr. SLAVICA STAMATOVIC VUCKOVIC

(Ebook) Cultural Landscape Devastation because of Poor Sustainable Urban Development Practice Case Study: Kostanjica, Boka Bay, Montenegro by PhD Candidate KOSARA KUJUNDZIC and Dr. SLAVICA STAMATOVIC VUCKOVIC

Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor, Boka Bay, Montenegro,
is well known for its exceptional beauty, evaluated by UNESCO. The
unique universal value has been embodied in the cultural landscape:
vernacular architecture harmonized with the cultivated terraced
landscape on the slopes of high, rocky mountains. Kostanjica is an old
settlement in Boka Bay, former fishermen village, recognized for
valuable elements of the cultural landscape: chestnut tree and laurel
forest, terraced gardens with arable land, fruit gardens, traditional
architecture in stone: clusters of houses, piers and docks, pedestrian
pathways, pavements, retaining walls, well integrated in the autochthone
Mediterranean vegetation. Since Montenegro has pronounced itself
Ecological state in 1991, environmental protection has become the
highest priority in all Sustainable Development agendas and policies.
Furthermore, preservation of regional peculiarity and fostering
distinctive identity of a place, is one of the crucial sustainable
development goals. The paper aimed to seek for ways of overcoming
profoundly harmful building practices, thus leading to the more efficient
and sustainable urban development. .
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2019), 3(1), 121-131.
https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.4689