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Natural Protected Areas within Cities: An International Legislative Comparison Focused on Romania

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  • Atena-Ioana Gârjoabă

    (Doctoral School of Urban Planning, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, 10014 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Cerasella Crăciun

    (Doctoral School of Urban Planning, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, 10014 Bucharest, Romania
    “Urban Planning and Landscape” Department, Faculty of Urbanism, Doctoral School of Urban Planning, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, 10014 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor

    (Doctoral School of Urban Planning, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, 10014 Bucharest, Romania
    Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Technical University of Moldova, 2004 Chisinau, Moldova
    National Institute for Research and Development in Constructions, Urbanism and Sustainable Spatial Development URBAN-INCERC, 21652 Bucharest, Romania
    National Institute for Research and Development in Tourism, 50741 Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

Urbanization occurs now more rapidly than before, due to the development of compact cities or urban sprawl, threatening quasi-natural areas, especially those protected within/near built-up ones. Europe lacks laws dedicated to natural protected areas within built-up areas, which are subject to the same provisions as natural protected ones, or a legislative vacuum. This research aimed to find the best planning approach for resiliently conserving and developing these areas and establishing grounds for a new tool used for planning the proximity of natural areas within cities. The methodology involved selecting two groups of countries, Nordic and eastern European, and treating these areas differently. The choice was based on specific political history. The study analyzed the legislative and planning framework and compared the approaches of 11 analyzed countries to pinpoint the basic aspects accounted for and applied to other European territories, in order to preserve the characteristics of urban morpho-typology and the particularities of local landscapes. The comparison results suggest solutions such as adopting specific regulations for urban protected areas and their adjacent zones through legal documents, completing/detailing environmental legislation in Nordic countries, adopting laws dedicated to protected natural areas within and/or close to built areas, and changing the approach to protecting natural areas with urban planning or land use tools.

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  • Atena-Ioana Gârjoabă & Cerasella Crăciun & Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, 2023. "Natural Protected Areas within Cities: An International Legislative Comparison Focused on Romania," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-27, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:12:y:2023:i:7:p:1279-:d:1177872
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