Scholarly record
EVOLUTION AND PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TIMISOARA METROPOLITAN AREA (ROMANIA). A CASE STUDY - GIROC COMMUNE
Abstract
In the last twenty years Timisoara proved to be one of the main development centers of Romania, and became the most important economic region in the western part of the country. As part of this evolution the neighbouring settlements of the city began to change, as they became part of a greater new urban system. At first, all initiatives came from the part of investors, mainly based in Timisoara, who were looking for cheap land surfaces for their future projects. Though new investments represented great possibilities for Giroc (formerly an agricultural settlement), in time significant problems appeared concerning society, urban structure and the ecological system of the place. Regrettably, solutions did not follow the more and more visible dysfunctions of the local urban system. It became more and more evident that general ecological principles were not respected, and gray spaces began to prevail over green areas, which caused a great loss in biodiversity. In the meantime problems were signaled concerning traffic in the area, which became in time difficult and unpredictable. Giroc became part of the nearly uncontrolled urban sprawl of Timisoara. Lately, on the part of the local town-hall, there is a positive approach of the problems. The goal is to create new green spaces, which could satisfy the needs of the growing local community. This paper is focusing on the present and future problems of Giroc, concerning urban landscape development, in accordance with ecological principals.
Publication Impact Profile
Publication details
References15
Andreas von der Dunk, Grêt-Regamey A., Dalang T., Hersperger A.M., Defining a typology of peri-urban land-use conflicts - A case study from Switzerland, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 101, Issue 2, Netherlands, pp 149-156, 2011;
Angold P.S., Sandler J.P., Hill M.O., Pullin A., Rusgton G., Austin K., Small E., Wood B., Wadworth R., Sanderson R., Thompson K., Biodiversity in urban habitat patches, Journal Science of the Total Environment, 380, Netherlands, pp 196-204, 2006;
Antrop M., Why landscapes of the past are important for the future, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 70, Issues 1-2, Netherlands, pp 21-34, 2005;
Ciupa V., Cadariu C.S., Nica D.M., Burtic D.E., Carp N., The strategy of the development of green spaces in Timisoara 2010-2020, Romania, pp 81, 2011;
Gruita O., Giroc. Historical Monografy, Ed. Marineasa, Romania, pp 18-32, 1996;
James P., Tzoulas K., Adams M.D., Barber A., Box J., Breuste J., Elmqvist T., Frith M., Gordon C., Greening K.L., Handley J., Hanvorth S., Kazmierczak A.E., Sandler Y. P., Ward Thompson C., Towards an integrated understanding of green environment, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 8 (2), Germany, pp 65-75, 2009;
McDonald A.G., Bealey W.J., Fowler D., Dragosits U., Skiba U., Smith R.I., Donovan R.G., Brett H.E., Hewitt C.N., Nemitz I., Quantifying the effect of urban tree planting on concentrations and depositions of PM10 in two UK conurbations, Atmospheric Environment Volume 41, Issue 38, England, pp 8455-8467, 2007;
Nowak D.J., Hoehn R., Crane D.E., Oxygen production by urban trees in the United States, Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, 33(3), U.S.A., pp 220 -226, 2007;
Radoslav R., About urbanism, Ed. Brumar, Romania, 2004;
Rottle N., Yocom K., Basic Landscape architecture 02: Ecological design, AVA Publishing SA, Switzerland, pp 72-73, 2010;
Shkaruba A., Kireyeu V., Likhacheva O., Rural-urban peripheries under socioeconomic transitions: Changing planning contexts, lasting legacies, and growing pressure, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 165, Netherlands, pp 244-255, 2017;
Swaffield S.R., Theory in Landscape Architecture, Philadelphia, Ed. University of Pennsylvania Press, U.S.A., pp 265, 2002;
Tenche-Constantinescu A.M., Study of the Underground water quality in the peri-urban area of Timisoara, Ed. Eurobit, Romania, pp 419, 2015;
Tzoulas K., Korpela K., Venn S., Yli-Pelkonen V., Kazmierczak A., Niemelä J., James P., Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 81, Netherlands, pp 167-178, 2007;
http://www.giroc.ro/attachments/article/134/almanah.compressed.pdf.
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.
