Biography

Zora Živanović is an Associate Professor at the Department for Spatial Planning at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade (UB-GEF) where she has been working since 2001. Teaches 3 undergraduate subjects, 2 master subjects and 1 PhD subject. Head of Department and Head of the chair from 2021. She received her PhD degree from the Faculty of geography, University of Belgrade in 2012 (Role of Medium-sized Cities in Uniform Regional Development of Central Serbia). During  2013 she was on post-doctoral training at the State University in Saint Petersburg, at the Faculty of Geography and Geoecology and at Scientific Project Institute for Spatial Planning. Her main areas are spatial planning, regional planning, urban and rural geography. Her planning interests are in urban and rural regions, urban centres, network of settlement. Published 70 research and expert papers in domestic and international journals and publications, three scientific monographs, participated in preparation of 11 spatial plans on national, regional and local levels and 6 scientific research projects. Member in few foreign and domestic associations (E-mail: zora.zivanovic@gef.bg.ac.rs https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-7416).

Teaching

• Introduction to spatial planning
• Regional planning
• Ecological potentials and risks in spatial planning
• Accessibility and competitiveness of the region

Membership in foreign and domestic associations

• Member of the Serbian Spatial Planners Association
• Member of the Serbian Geographical Society
• Member of the Serbian Chamber of Engineers (licence for responsible planner since 2013)
• Member Development Center of the Russian Geographical Society in Serbia.

Book

1. Živanović Z. (2021): “Uvod u prostorno planiranje”, Posebno izdanje Geografskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu, ISBN 978-86-6283-109-5, Beograd.

Monographs

1. Živanović Z. (2015): “Gradovi srednje veličine-razvojni centri na području Centralne Srbije”, Posebno izdanje Geografskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu, ISBN 978-86-6283-019-7, Beograd.
2. Živanović Z. (2008): “Značaj Beograda u regionalnom razvoju Srbije”, Posebno izdanje Geografskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu, ISBN 978-86-82657-68-2, Beograd.

Articles

1. Živanović, Z., Gataric D. (2021). The Evolution and Consolidation of the Serbian Spatial Planning System. Poglavlje u  monografiji Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans, Challenges and Prospects of Regional Cooperation. Editors: Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella, Alys Solly Springer, p 89-105,  https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030721237
2. Živanović Z., Tošić B., Vesić M. (2021). Rural Abandonment in the Balkans: Case Study of a Serbian Village. Journal of Family History. Volume 46, Issue 3, р. 344-363. https://doi.org/10.1177/03631990211000817
3. Živanović, Z., Tošić, B., Gatarić, D., (2020) „Transforming Metropolitan Regions – Evidence from Belgrade“. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, 162. (Annals of the Austrian Geographical Society, Vol. 162), pp. 439–468 Wien (Vienna) 2020 https://doi.org/10.1553/moegg162s0.
4. Živanović, Z., Tošić, B., Gatarić D. (2020) „Evaluation of the Urban Regions of Serbia – Functional Polycentricity” Geographica Pannonica, Vol. 24, Issue 2, p. 100-111, DOI: 10.5937/gp24-23817.
5. Živanović Z., Tošić B., Nikolić T., Gatarić D. (2019). Urban System in Serbia—The Factor in the Planning of Balanced Regional Development. Sustainability 11, no. 15:4168 Special Issue Urbanization and Demographic Change: A New Step Ahead in Understanding of World Regional Complexity doi.org/10.3390/su11154168, pp. 1-19.
6. Živanović Z., Tošić B. (2017). Defining urban regions in Serbia. Geographica Pannonica Volume 21, Issue 2, DOI: 10.18421/GP21.02-02, pp. 85-95, Novi Sad.