Shopping and business centres in Sarajevo

Rahman Nurković

doi:10.18690/rg.7.1.3854

Rahman Nurković University in Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/rg.7.1.3854

Keywords: shopping and business centres, central business centre, public space, social functions, Sarajevo

Abstract

In the paper, influence of shopping and business centres: Mercator, Tuš, Obi Robot, Konzum and BBI on development of Sarajevo city is analysed. Results of the survey made among visitors indicate to presence of social functions (walk, leisure, recreation, fun, socialization) in five centres. The mentioned functions are more expressed in new shopping centres, while shopping is the most important motive of visits to commercial centres. Sarajevo city makes, with its surrounding, a functionally connected wholeness – city, respectively an urban region.

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Author Biography

Rahman Nurković, University in Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

E-mail: rahmannurkovic@hotmail.com

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