The efficiency of polycentric development strategies in the context of economic crisis. Case study - the development of Southwest Oltenia region - Rom Cover Image

The efficiency of polycentric development strategies in the context of economic crisis. Case study - the development of Southwest Oltenia region - Rom
The efficiency of polycentric development strategies in the context of economic crisis. Case study - the development of Southwest Oltenia region - Rom

Author(s): Daniel Peptenatu, Cristian-Constantin Drăghici, Radu Daniel Pintilii, Alina Peptenatu
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Romania; polycentric development; economic crisis; territorial disparities; territorial cohesion; territorial dynamic; territorial management

Summary/Abstract: Romania's polycentric development model was elaborated by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Researches on Territorial Dynamics within the University of Bucharest and by Urbanproiect SA. The elaboration of the polycentric development strategy is based on the human settlements' classification depending on their polarisation capacity and the designing of a polycentric network, able to ensure the territorial complexity necessary to the attenuation of negative impulses from the suprasystems' level. The world economic crisis may be considered the most powerful negative impulse after the Second World War, generating major disfunctionalities at the level of fragile territorial systems. The elaboration of some specific strategies, able to take into account the new challenges given by the global world, is an important preoccupation of the decision factors in order to increase territorial competitiveness.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 117-125
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English