Opportunities  for Urban Regeneration Operations and Re-evaluation of Existing Framework, Bucharest Industrial Areas Specific Issues
Opportunities  for Urban Regeneration Operations and Re-evaluation of Existing Framework, Bucharest Industrial Areas Specific Issues

Summary/Abstract: The expansion of the city, in many cases, has resulted in increased costs for installations and technical equipment and the amenities for housing, movement, health, education, leisure, etc. Spatial expansion of cities, with advantages and disadvantages, occurs in parallel with the growth of population and its movement to the great metropolitan areas situated at the periphery. As a result, urban density decreases within the city, but problems arise in housing quality, urban traffic management, waste management, increasing pollution sources, etc. Problems and challenges of interventions on the urban framework are linked to a large extent with the issue of limiting the operations, both in terms of goals and the implementation stages, as well in terms of space, because often the approach of solving certain dysfunctions in an area implies significant changes in the surrounding areas. This article presents the opportunities regarding urban regeneration operations, the need to approach urban regeneration being revealed after a brief analysis of the types of intervention on the urban framework of former industrial areas in Bucharest City and their corresponding projects, analysis carried out in terms of how these projects meet the criteria of frequently used urban interventions such as the renovation, reconstruction, modernization, revitalization and restructuring. Thus, we can see that in terms of industrial space utilization is carried out a transition to a mixed-used area which manifests itself by building commercial functions, services and housing, this operation being realized in a spontaneous manner, rather than being a planned and integrated process. Moreover, urban regeneration is a strategic activity that involves short-term measures to resolve the immediate difficulties and long-term approach to avoid future problems.

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