ZAGREB GREEN RINGS idea revisited OBJECTIVES • protect, improve and connect the system of urban green areas • improve quality of life • save biodiversity and landscape • educational and recreational opportunities
JASMINA NAĐ THE BUREAU FOR SPATIAL PLANNING THE CITY OF ZAGREB
GREEN RINGS, MASTER PLAN, 1971. The idea was to link the Mountain Medvednica green forest areas (later protected as a nature park) with the River Sava green edges and surroundings. Five rings were identified by networking of existing and planned parks, forests, gardens and farming land.
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2 CENTRAL RINGS The first two rings make part of green areas comprising the most ancient part of the highly consolidated and protected urban space of the Upper and Lower Town. MOUNTAIN MEDVEDNICA
TUĹ KANAC
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RIBNJAK
2 ZRINJEVAC KING TOMISLAV SQUARE BOTANICAL GARDEN
3RD AND 4TH RING The use structure is built mainly on existing or planned • parks, • sports and recreation areas, • protective greenery LAKE LAKE JARUN LAKEBUNDEK JARUN
PROTECTIVE GREENERY
NOVI ZAGREB
PARK MAKSIMIR
5TH RING
Lies partly beyond City’s administrative borders, connecting Mountain Medvednica with southern green areas of the City and green areas of the Zagreb County. The significant part of its structure constitutes farming land.
NOVI ZAGREB
PART OF THE 5.RING
BORDERS OF THE CITY OF ZAGREB
BUZIN
CONCLUSION
The green rings idea is a contribution to a planning venture based on high criteria in terms of quality of life, biodiversity , landscape and impression of the city. This project, aiming to revise the old idea, will give more accurate proposals as a verification of the green areas network and standards at all planning levels.