ROLUL MAGNETISMULUI URBAN ÎN DEZVOLTAREA ECHILIBRATĂ A REGIUNII DUNĂRII
THE ROLE OF URBAN MAGNETISM IN THE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DANUBE REGION

Summary/Abstract: The cities along the Danube relate to and interact with the Danubian axis based on forces of attraction, thus expressing affinities, connections, and interferences present in the urban development of this corridor. The double influence—of the river on the Danubian cities and of the cities on each other and on the river—manifests as a phenomenon referred to as ”magnetism”, though it has been used so far only in connection with the influence of urban development on the neighboring territory or in relation to a system network of adjacent settlements. Extrapolated from physics into the field of urban development, this phenomenon of magnetism is analyzed in this paper with the aim of interpreting and highlighting the urban potential of Danubian cities and their ability to overcome phases of decline. The Danube River axis is first approached through its capacity to generate development, being a transport corridor through which the ”magnetic waves” emitted by the activities conducted on the Danube have always influenced and continue to influence the surrounding territory of the Danube cities, especially the port cities. On the other hand, in this field of influence created by the river, the cities have their own magnetism, generating both development, transversal connections, as well as discrepancies, isolation, and disconnection, thus shaping the magnetic force present longitudinally in transversal directions. This double relationship of influence between the Danube and its riparian cities will be defined in this paper through in-depth research into its determinants.

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