Urban maladies during the economic crisis [in Romanian Cover Image

Maladii urbane în perioada crizei economice
Urban maladies during the economic crisis [in Romanian

Author(s): Angelica Ionela Stan
Subject(s): Regional Geography
Published by: INCD URBAN-INCERC
Keywords: urban desease; alternative; humanistic

Summary/Abstract: Worldwide, the economic crisis already installed involves multiple changes and various ways to support them. This paper highlights on the specific symptoms of „urban diseases" related with what happend in Romanian cities in the last decades of actual economic crisis and shows how to deal with the disease status in urban areas. Starting from here, this paper extends the research and questions the need for change in urban planning as profession which became more and more forced to "treat" especially "sick places" and spot symptoms, forgetting the necessary humanistic approach of the city in its entirety.

  • Issue Year: 3/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 17-24
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian