Enhanced Spatial Planning as a Precondition for Sustainable Urban Development

This report provides an analysis of the spatial planning system in Romania and suggests ways in which it can be improved. Romania has recently experienced a proliferation of plans, strategies, and policies developed at all administrative levels. Adding to this, the analysis of territorial and urban development in Romania reveals important dynamics and challenges, such as uncontrolled expansion of built perimeters, increased pressures on transport infrastructure and utilities, and aggressive urban interventions causing disruptions and redundancies in the urban fabric. Such dynamics require new system architecture, including the design and implementation of new instruments, enhancing and mainstreaming existing ones, as well as building capacity. This report provides recommendations for: 1) the correlation and harmonization of different types of plans; 2) the simplification of the framework of planning in Romania; and 3) the development of a planning system that will better integrate national and European Union (EU)-funded initiatives.

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Main Authors:	Ionescu-Heroiu, Marcel, Neagu, Marina, Taralunga, Nicolae, Ortiz, Pedro, Petrovici, Norbert, Moldovan, Ciprian, Panescu, Eugen
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-12-26
Subjects:	ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ACCESSIBILITY, ADR, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AIR, AIR QUALITY, AIRPORT, AIRPORTS, APARTMENTS, ARCHITECT, ARCHITECTS, ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING CODES, CAR, CAR USE, CARS, CENTRAL PLANNING, CITIES, CITIZENS, CITY PLANNING, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMUNITIES, CONGESTION, DAILY TRIPS, DECISION MAKING, DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DOCUMENTS, DRIVING, DWELLING, DWELLINGS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DYNAMICS, ECONOMIC FACTORS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMISSIONS, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTS, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNALITIES, FEMALE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FUEL, FUEL COSTS, GREENHOUSE GAS, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HISTORIC CORES, HOMES, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING ESTATES, HOUSING MARKETS, HOUSING UNITS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INHABITANTS, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT, INTERVENTIONS, LABOR FORCE, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND RESOURCES, LAND USE, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL BUDGETS, LOCAL LEVEL, LOCAL OFFICIALS, LOCALITIES, MAYORS, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT, MOBILITY, MODES OF TRANSPORT, NATURAL HERITAGE, NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKING FEES, PENSIONERS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY PAPERS, POLITICAL ACTORS, POLLUTION, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, PRIVATE PROPERTY, PRODUCTION PROCESSES, PUBLIC, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC ENTERPRISE, PUBLIC PERCEPTION, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPACES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, PUBLIC­TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RENTS, ROAD, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, ROUTES, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SEWAGE, SHOPS, SLUMS, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, SPATIAL PLANNING, SPRAWL, STREET LIGHTING, SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TRAMWAY, TRANSIT, TRANSIT SYSTEM, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TRAVEL TIMES, TRUCKS, TRUE, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN DWELLERS, URBAN ECONOMY, URBAN EXPANSION, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN LAND, URBAN PLANNERS, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN PLANS, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBAN SOCIOLOGY, URBAN SPRAWL, URBAN STUDIES, URBANISM, UTILITIES, WALKING, ZONING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18875200/romania-enhanced-spatial-planning-precondition-sustainable-urban-development-vol-1-2-full-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18693
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