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Contemporary neighborhood livability differs across countries due to implementation of
sustainable policies within the building sector. This paper aims to showcase these differences among
Germany, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina through a comparative case study analysis of two
contemporary housing developments from each country. Representative neighborhoods from the
aforementioned countries that were selected for analysis were located in Munich, Rijeka, and Sarajevo.
The residential environment livability analysis method was used in order to pinpoint and compare
results of each of these cases, and to assess their livability. The highest number of livability
criteria among analyzed cases were found in Munich, while the lowest were found in Sarajevo. The
conclusion is that this is happening due to German authorities actually implementing sustainable
building standards in housing development prescribed by sustainability policies, while the authorities
of Bosnia and Herzegovina completely, and Croatian authorities partially, go around these policies
and bend to the will of investors, regulating residential urban development to the detriment of
end users.
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Sustainable Production and Technologies: 50% Efficient Utilisation of Material Resources: 50%
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