Tuzla draws crowds with its salt lakes and Barcelona’s manmade beach is a hit – but are they a sustainable form of regeneration?
In 2000, when Jasmin Imamović became mayor of Tuzla, it was a dilapidated, swampy mining settlement short on prospects. Bosnia-Herzegovina’s third-largest city had suffered badly in the Bosnian war, and from recessions, low wages and exodus of people since.
In an apt metaphor, the city was also sinking. Tuzla’s name is derived from the Turkish word tuz, which means “salt”: the city is built over the ancient Pannonian Sea, which was mined for its rock salt over several centuries. By 2000 it was causing entire sections of the city centre to sink.
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