The literature on land use conflicts has significantly increased in number in recent years,
and keeping track has become challenging. Moreover,“land use conflict” is a rather fuzzy …

Bucharest is a city in transition from its communist past to a market economy, but poor urban
planning in is impacting adversely on contested spaces. Lack of effective and strictly …

An important challenge for the research on post-socialist big cities is to identify the
mechanisms of their uncontrolled urban space growth. This analysis is focused on the built …

Monitoring uncontained built-up area expansion remains a complex challenge for the
development and implementation of a sustainable planning system. In this regard, proper …

Assessing the relentless expansion of built-up areas is one of the most important tasks for
achieving sustainable planning and supporting decision-making on the regional and local …

“Văcărești Lake” represents an intra-urban area of Bucharest, perceived as a wetland that
raises numerous controversies. The area constituted a part of a complex urban hydro …

The urban vegetation needs adequate monitoring and conservation, being a critical
resource of urban landscape. To its deeply esthetic values, the practical values and …

Wetlands ecosystems are particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change and
drought. For decades, southeastern Romania has experienced an increasingly arid climate …

Since 2019, the Balkans has experienced a severe drought, which has accelerated water
loss in Văcărești Nature Park, an urban wetland in Bucharest, Romania. In collaboration …

Utilizing Volunteers to Save the Văcărești Wetlands Page 1 Utilizing Volunteers to Save the
Văcărești Wetlands An Interactive Qualifying Project Proposal submitted to the Faculty of …