STREET SYSTEM AS DETERMINANT OF URBAN AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF CENTRAL AREAS OF NOVI SAD AND SOMBOR

Abstract

Paper Street system as determinant of urban and social structure of central areas of Novi Sad and Sombor is dedicated to study of complex relations of urban planning and architecture, relation which is key for every building of the city. In the first part is dealing with theoretical understanding of street systems and their relationships with all important elements of urban morphology. Elements of urban morphology is analysed thought interaction with street systems, because is it part of the built environment which include social, economic, traffic, demographic, political and technological components of contemporary settlements, and forming the spaces especially for public functions, in the first socialisation and traffic. Theoretical basis from the first part of the work are used for establishment of criteria for analysis of urban spaces of central areas of two Vojvodinas towns. Fragments of the one square kilometre are analysed with following criteria: configuration of the land and influence on the street system, morphology of street system, socialisation places, elements of identity, presence of vegetation and water. Direction of analysis and studious critical valorisation is to the open – unbuilt – public – social urban spaces.