Sustainable Tools for Preserving Identity of Open Public Spaces. Case Study: Belgrade

The identity of the city is a complex phenomenon that combines the multiple identities that together form a complete experience and perception of the city. Physical, social and cultural identity influence the formation of a recognizable place in the material and spiritual sense. These elements contribute to the creation of specific characters, shaped and defined in the form of image or reputation of the place, which is in the contemporary period, sometimes, crucial to the development process and better positioning of places in the world and regional networks of cities. In the function of merge the space and the formation of a new town center, which would avoid monocentricity and which can help the evenly development of the city, was created an analytical tool that can explore a variety of physical and functional characteristics of urban space. The analytical procedure was applied in the study of specific polygons on the territory of Vracar City Municipality (City of Belgrade). The result of the investigations enabled the mapping of potentials and problems of the subject polygon that prevent or encourage the development of local centers observed, strokes which also represent their connections, and diversity of use of public space.