The extent and continuity of green infrastructure can be adjusted by planning. Depending on
the sense of the adjustment, the process can lead to a vicious cycle, resulting in poorer …

Urban sprawl is widely considered to be a major issue for the functioning of urban areas,
threatening long-term sustainability and affecting the quality of living. The aim of this …

The current paper aims at assessing future urban sprawl in Romania based on predicted
land use/cover change (2007–2050) simulated using CLUE-S model (the Conversion of …

The aim of the present study is to test empirically the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC)
hypothesis for 42 Romanian counties over the 2000-2014 period. Specifically, we …

EU post-socialist countries are nowadays the epicenter of urban shrinkage, despite
economic growth trajectories reported during the last decades. However, systematic …

In Romania, local stakeholders' knowledge plays a role in making decisions for
emergencies, supporting rescue officers in natural hazard events, coordinating, and …

Metropolitan planning has been a dominant trend in spatial development for decades. In this
context, Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) have emerged as a concept to illustrate the …

Urban forests are important elements of the green infrastructure network. Cities are
changing under economic development and the planning of open spaces is increasing in …

Urban growth is one of the foremost spatial and functional processes in Romania, leading to
an increase in the demand for housing, transport and infrastructure. Urban growth generally …

The current study is a spatial and temporal assessment of urban sprawl dynamics,
considered as a key parameter for quantifying urban sprawl. The assessment was carried …