The new Bucharest: Two decades of restructuring

Nae, Mariana; Turnock, David

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2010.04.004

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“…As we shall see, the population of Bucharest is decreasing at a slower rate than those of other major Romanian metropolitan areas (Nae & Turnock, 2011). Hence, the city proper has lost 2.18% of its population between 2002 and 2011, that is, some 42,000 people.…”

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“…Hence, the allocation of industrial and residential land use was mostly conducted according to administrative decisions, and was based on input minimization, rather than value maximization (Kornai, 1992). Nae and Turnock (2011) later analyzed the post-communist evolution of Bucharest, with an emphasis on the changes in the urban landscape within the city center and the outer suburban areas. Their study revealed a tortuous transition from heavy industry to retail.…”

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Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest

Toşa

Mitrea

Sato

et al. 2018

JTLU

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This paper concentrates explicitly on examining the structural and functional transformations occurring within the metropolitan area of Bucharest, resulting from sustained economic growth during the past quarter century, by conducting a time analysis, spanning the entire period since the fall of the communist regime in late 1989.Cities in developed countries of Western Europe and Asia experienced rapid economic growth during the second half of the 20th century and exhibited novel patterns of evolution in terms of urban form and associated functional characteristics. Lately, these patterns have become manifest in Bucharest as well. However, transformations in human, social, residential, and transportation supply capital are difficult to observe directly. Hence, our methodology concentrates on studying interactions between several proxies connected to economic development within the metropolitan area of Bucharest. This paper should be read as an exploratory study that buttresses the assumption that improved economic well-being, when accompanied by the transition between a centrally planned economy to a market economy, increases motorization rates, while at the same time triggering a sharp decline in the use of public transport and contributing to aggressive urban sprawl processes. Moreover, hopefully it will guide future research dedicated to forecasting urban expansion paths and their determinants. Hopefully, it also informs policy design intended to promote sustainable urban mobility and accessibility.

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Section: The General Layoutmentioning

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Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest

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Mitrea

Sato

et al. 2018

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“…Moreover, the urban planning laws and regulations adopted after the 2000s proved inefficient due to the practice of exception driven urbanism (Nae and Turnock, 2011). This practice enabled private actors to modify land-use and building restrictions imposed by the urban plans through new plans at the parcel or zone level.…”

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Land abandonment as a precursor of built-up development at the sprawling periphery of former socialist cities

Grădinaru

Iojă

Onose

et al. 2015

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“…The economic structure of the Metropolitan Area is dominated by industrial and tertiary activities from Bucharest and from the proximal localities (Nae and Turnock 2011). Agricultural activities represent an important aspect of the landscape; however, the landscape has more recently been influenced by abandonment, excessive fragmentation of private properties and particularly its subsistence character (Andrusz, Harloe, and Szelenyi 1996;Ioj a et al 2007).…”

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Land use consequences of the evolution of cemeteries in the Bucharest Metropolitan Area

Niţă

Iojă

Rozyłowicz

et al. 2013

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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The uncontrolled development of built-up areas determines the inclusion of peripheral and ex-urban land uses inside the settlements. In the present study, we investigated the geographic differences in the rate of land conversion to cemetery areas, considered as peripheral areas, from the Bucharest Metropolitan Area. Using geospatial data about the cemeteries and their adjacent land uses, we evaluated the spatial changes of cemeteries at LAU2 (Local Administrative Units level 2) level (i.e. municipalities, cities, communes). Between 1975 and 2008, we observed an increase in the number of cemeteries with a surface area of 100.8 ha, mainly in areas with poor environmental quality in proximity of Bucharest city. Cemeteries tend to become common land uses within the built-up areas, occupying increasing surface areas (up to 3.5%), with important consequences, especially in areas close to Bucharest city. Cemeteries are a good example of peripheral land use, characterised by a permanent impact on human settlements. The inclusion of peripheral land uses inside the settlements promotes urban sprawl, favours inefficient strategic planning and generates new land use interactions. An increase in the management efficiency of peripheral land uses can alleviate negative interactions and favour sound planning options for the sustainability of settlements.

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The new Bucharest: Two decades of restructuring

Cited by 56 publications

References 2 publications

Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest

Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest

Land abandonment as a precursor of built-up development at the sprawling periphery of former socialist cities

Land use consequences of the evolution of cemeteries in the Bucharest Metropolitan Area

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