Problemi teritorijalnog širenja Beograda između dva svetska rata
Problems Of Territorial Expansion Of The Belgrade Municipality Between The World Wars

Summary/Abstract: The highest rate of demographic increase in Belgrade took place in the 1920s. The Belgrade population almost doubled within a few years. To this day, such a leap was never repeated. The increase of population was almost exclusi- vely due to immigration. The city territory expanded fast, mainly by building fa- mily dwellings of poor quality with no planning permission. Regulations simply could not keep up with this speedy process. Since the old Building Code from 1896. was no longer applicable in practice, building in Belgrade was regulated by temporary measures. However, until 1924. Belgrade experienced a construction boom, before the City Council managed to regulate this building activity. The construction area was expanded by 1928. to an almost double size than planned in 1923. In 1929. the Belgrade County Law was passed, which also regulated the building in the city and in its periphery. By this law, the Belgrade County was clearly defined and delineated for the first time in modern history. The construc- tion area was considerably expanded once again. The Belgrade County did not coincide with the construction area of the city, within which the City Council was responsible for building and maintenance of infrastructure. The city was now ex- tremely scarcly populated, and its population was half-rural. It was as early as in 1935. that the government realized the negative implications of this decision. The villages were not able to pay city taxes, and the City Council had to intensify the building of infrastructure, with its limited financial means. The territory of Bel- grade County was therefore reduced by approximately three times, and of all pre- viously included municipalities, only Zemun remained within its borders.

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