The procedural incoherence of the Romanian planning system: Laser Valley Cover Image

Incoerenţa procedurală a sistemului românesc de planificare: Laser Valley
The procedural incoherence of the Romanian planning system: Laser Valley

Author(s): Corina Chirila
Subject(s): Human Geography, Regional Geography, Applied Geography, Governance
Published by: Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism »Ion Mincu«
Keywords: planning instability; planning evaluation; general urban plans; Laser Valley; planning instruments;

Summary/Abstract: Over the years, many urban plans have not shaped the built environment as intended, because they lacked appropriate planning instruments. At the same time, however, municipalities have made do with their own projects and investments. Nonetheless, planners, by their very nature, should be the ones responsible to see that projects are compatible with one another and fit a long-range development perspective. Unfortunately, this is rarely the case. This paper highlights a situation in which planning practices seem to fail when trying to solve complex governance problems and to produce viable spatial management procedures through effective planning instruments. A case in point is the Municipality of Măgurele, a few kilometres south of Bucharest. Building upon a year-long project aimed on depicting the catalysts and inhibitors that impact upon the ELI-NP project developed within the Municipality of Măgurele, this paper depicts the challenges currently facing Romanian planning practices.

  • Issue Year: 3/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25-34
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian