CHRONOLOGY OF THE URBAN EXPANSION OF KUMANOVO

Abstract

The phenomenon of spatial expansion and sprawling of cities in one particular territory is a condition that has greatly influenced the contemporary city and society, from the physical/spatial aspect, social, as well as the aspect of urban development. The topic of this study is the genesis and the matrix of the spatial development of Kumanovo and determining the cause-effect factors and results. The main thesis of the study suggests necessity for introducing a program-spatial matrix/paradigm in the development, so as to regulate the spatial expansion of the urban web. The program-spatial matrix is associated with the segment of planning, or the introduction of the normative structure. The work methodology is based on comparative analysis of the changes from a spatialphysical and a planning point of view. Due to the specifications of the region concerned, this study, in methodological sense, starts with providing documentary grounds, based on methods of collecting, documenting and analyzing the information found. The conclusion of this study encourages the need for introducing a normative structure in the spatial development planning of cities in order to improve the spatial quality, the economic dynamics and the social cohesion. The results of the study analyses ought to provide a clearer representation of the relations between the urban planning (spatial and general) and the space as well as the consequences of their implementation, or non-implementation.