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Korice - Environment in the city of BGD - spolja CMYK ENVIRONMENT in the City of BELGRADE CITY ASSEMBLY OF BELGRADE INSTITUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SECRETARIT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BELGRADE Korice - Environment in the city of BGD - unutra CMYK ISBN 978-86-7550-052-0 CITY ASSEMBLY OF BELGRADE SECRETARIT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 27. marta 43-45, Beograd CITY ASSEMBLY OF BELGRADE Tel: (011) 32-26-106 SECRETARIT Faks: (011) 32-22-681 E-mail: [email protected] FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Web: www.eko.bg.gov.yu NSTITUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF BELGRADE Despota Stefana 54a, Beograd Tel: (011) 207-86-37 БЕОГРАД Faks: (011) 322-78-28 ЧИСТ НАЧИСТО ! Web: www.zdravlje.org.yu www.beoeko.com Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) Primorska 31 (entrance from Preradovićeva st.) 11000 Beograd, Srbija NSTITUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Tel: (011) 32-92-899; 32-92-595; 32- 93-010; 32-93-011 OF BELGRADE Faks: (011) 32-93-020 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.recyu.org CIP - Каталогизација у публикацији Народна библиотека Србије 502.175(497.11)”2001/2006”(036) ENVIRONMENT in the city of Belgrade / [authors Snežana Matić-Besarabić ...[et al.] ; editorial board Marija Grubačević, Snežana Matić-Besarabić ; translater Vesna Dražilović-Dadić]. - Belgrade : The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Country Office Serbia : Institute of Public Health : Secretariat for Environmental Protection, 2007 (Belgrade : Standard 2). - 42 str. : ilustr. ; 30 cm Izv. stv. nasl.: Kvalitet životne sredine grada Beograda; odlomci. - Podaci o autorima preuzeti iz kolofona. Tiraž 1.000. - Str. 4: A Word from the Secre- tariat for Environmental Protection / Branislav Božović ISBN 978-86-7550-052-0 (REC) 1. Matić-Besarabić, Snežana a) Животна средина - Контрола - Београд - 2001-2006 - Водич COBISS.SR-ID 143744012 CITY ASSEMBLY OF BELGRADE SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENT in the City of BELGRADE INSTITUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH of BELGRADE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY OF BELGRADE Authors: 1. Dr (Mrs) Snežana Matić-Besarabić, MD (IPH) 2. Mrs Milica Gojković, B.Sc. (Eng) 3. Mrs Vojislava Dudić, B.Sc. (Eng) (Institute of Public Health Republic of Serbia „Dr Milan Jovanović Batut“) 4. Mr (Mrs) Gordana Pantelić, M. Sc Physics (Institute for Occupational medicine and radiological protection „Dr Dragomir Karajović“) 5. Dr Miroslav Tanasković MD (IPH) 6. Dr Marina Mandić-Miladinović MD (IPH) 7. Dr Dragan Pajić MD (IPH) 8. Boško Majstorović, B.Sc. (Eng) IPH 9. Dr Milan Milutinović MD (IPH) 10. Mirjana Gucić B.A. (Law), Secretariat for Environmental Protection Editorial board Mrs Marija Grubačević, B.Sc.(Eng), SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Dr (Mrs) Snežana Matić- Besarabić, MD, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH Publishers SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, BELGRADE INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF BELGRADE THE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, CO SERBIA For publishers Mr Branislav Božović, B.Sc (Eng), SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Mr Slobodan Tošović, M.Sc. MD, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF BELGRADE Mr Milan Dacić, M.Sc. (Met), THE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, CO SERBIA Translater Mrs Vesna Dražilović-Dadić, B.A. (ling) Design and prepress Studio Čavka (Nebojša Čović) Cover Page Design Dragan Djordjević and Tijana Knežević Printed by Standard 2, Belgrade ISBN 978-86-7550-052-0 C O N T E N T S A word from Secretary from The Secretariat for Environmental Protection . 4 ¤ Belgrade in Brief . 5 ¤ Important Dates . 6 ¤ Facts about Belgrade . 7 ¤ City Administration . 8 ¤ City Public Companies and Institutions . 9 ¤ Environment . 10 ¤ Culture and Art . 10 ¤ The Devlopment of Belgrade . 11 ¤ Addresses & IMPRINT . 11 ¤ Activities of the Secretariat For Environmental Protection . 12 ¤ Programs of the control of the quality of the Environment in Belgrade . 14 ¤ Permanent Programs and Projects . 14 ¤ MID – Term Programs and Projects . 15 ¤ Research Studies, Programs and Projects . 16 ¤ Environmental impact assessment of Plans and Projects . 17 ¤ Other activities . 17 ¤ Monitoring Programs . 18 ¤ Air quality Control – Objectives . 18 ¤ Criteria for the selection of air pollutants to be monitored . 19 ¤ Ambient air quality 2002-2006 . 20 ¤ Air pollution by the substances originating from traffic . 22 ¤ Radioactivity in the air . 23 ¤ Quality of drinking water from the Belgrade waterworks . 23 ¤ Quality of drinking water from public Fountains . 25 ¤ Quality of surface water in the Belgrade Teritory between 2001-2006 . 26 ¤ Examination Results. 27 ¤ The river Sava . 27 ¤ The river Danube . 27 ¤ The Soil – Examination of soil pollution in the Terithory of Belgrade in 2006 . 30 ¤ Communal noise in Belgrade . 32 ¤ Environment and Health Impact Assessment . 33 ¤ Public Utilities of Belgrade in the protection of the Environment . 34 ¤ About Institutions which participated . 37 FOR BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN BELGRADE A Word from the Secretariat for Environmental Protection In the beginning is always the the city, but equally and just Needless to say, we feel ill at word. This time the word is as importantly, the quality of ease because we are unable quality. environmental parameters in to financially support all the Belgrade. activities of non-governmental In its full sense this word may organisations. be too strong for the state of What does the Secretariat for affairs that we currently have Environmental Protection in The most important thing in but it certainly is not for the Belgrade have to its credit? 2004 happened at its very end. objectives that we aspire after. Definitely a series of projects A package of environmental which meet the contemporary protection laws was finally Our attempts at improving en- standards of organised coun- adopted. vironmental quality in our city tries and of EU directives. For as fast possible are reflected in instance, the project „Green Consequently and logically, the publciation which is before Legislation“, which has re- the bulk of preparations for you. ceived undivided recognition changes aimed at conclusively regulating environmental Reports like these constitute for the regulation of green ar- eas in Belgrade. The executed protection acts at all planning a true cross-section in space and project levels fell to the (that of Belgrade) and time projects of protection of Veliko Ratno Ostrvo (Island) and purviews of all local admin- (annualy ) of the state of the istrations and environmental environment around us. shortly also of Mt. Kosmaj and Mt. Avala (in 2005) are only the protection services in our The parameters of the qual- result of patient work in previ- republic. ity of environmental factors ous years. From the professional stand namely, air, water, soil, radio- point, this Secretariat prepared activity and noise, covered by Projects for the removal of radioactive lightning rods appropriate procedures to the monitoring programme, meet the obligations stem- have been presented as and addressing the problem of medicinal waste have also ming from the new laws, prac- recorded at the time of mea- tically in its stride. Assistance surement. This publication been going on for a number of years. to that end was also extended consolidates the data for to our colleagues from numer- easier analysis. Evidently, they Numerous direct activities ous municipalities in the area demonstrate that their quality have also been undertaken to and farther afield. is changeable. raise environmental aware- Regrettably, the enormous The efforts that we have been ness, promote recycling, or better to put it the sorting workload placed on the Secre- exerting with a view to qual- tariat has not been paralleled ity improvement are shown and collecting of useful waste, clean-up campaigns, afforesta- by an adequtae number of by the programme activities new expert staff recruitments undertaken. tion campaigns, environmen- tal panels, etc. Accordingly, and a better organisation of Through its extensive regu- observed from our standpoint, the sector. But that is already lation, reconstruction and cooperation with non-gov- something for the coming construction programmes, ernmental organisations is years. primarily in the municipal, very good. We are particularly traffic and other infrastruc- glad to have been invited to ture, the City Administration is participate in numerous constantly upgrading not only environmental campaigns the quality of facilities and the and equally happy with the Secretary process of the functioning of massive response at our own. Mr Branislav Božović BEFORE Belgrade in BRIEF There has been a settlement Belgrade is one of the old- Belgrade has huge significance at the confluence of the Sava est cities in Europe and is the as a road and rail junction at and Danube for seven mil- largest urban centre in the the crossroads of eastern and lennia. It has survived during Balkans after Athens. The old- western Europe, as well as be- this long period despite the est archeological finds in the ing an international river port, invaders and their ruthless area date from the fifth millen- airport and telecommunica- burning and destruction. Its nium B.C. The historic site of tions centre. It comprises 3.6% inhabitants have always rebuilt Vinca, with its cultural artifi- of the teritorry of Serbia, is it, and fashioned a new and better way of life, right up until cats dating from prehistoric home to 15.8% of the popula- the present day, as Belgrade man (Neolithic plastic arts) is tion of the country and 31.2% proudly bears witness. located on the banks of the of the employed population of Danube. The city of Singidu- the republic work there. num was established by Celtic Belgrade is home to important tribesmen in the third century trade, banking, agricultural B.C. at the confluence of the and economic assets, the most Save and Danube, and the city important being the metal and is also mentioned by ancient metal-processing industry and sources. the electronics industry. 30% In the sixth century, Slavs of the Serbian national prod- made ever more frequent uct is generated there. crossings of the Danube in Belgrade is the capital of order to settle permanently Serbian culture, education and in the area.