BLUE GREEN DREAM

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Case study: Bucharest

Liviu IANASI – University of Architecture (Bucharest – RO)

Radu DROBOT – Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (RO)

City problems

• Rather low economic competitiveness • Deteriorating environment • Socio-economic polarization • N-S unbalanced urban development • Distorted land- and housing-markets • Lack of valorization for regional potential • Limited positive effects of isolated urban

projects • Discreditation of urban planning and design

General Urban Development Plan

• Diagnosis of present stage (experts reports: urban evolution, spatial analysis, SWOT)

• Proposed Vision and Main priorities for actions

• Goals and Directions of action

• Proposed Public policies, Main urban programs and Crucial projects

• Monitoring and urban marketing

• Communicating the results

The 5 “lines” for CSB2035 elaboration

1. Context – global, European, Romanian and regional (‘support and influenced territory’)

2. “Productive City” – demography, economy, labor

3.”Functional City” – housing, heritage, transports, utility infrastructures, land-use)

4. Sustainable City – environment, community, public services

5. City management – institutional capacity, public finance, transparency, communication

PRIORITIES FOR EUROPE 2020

5) Promoting adaptation to climate changes, risk prevention

and management

6) Environment protection and efficient use of resources;

7) Promoting sustainable urban transport

8) Promoting the best use of labour resources and supporting the mobility of the

labour force;

9) Promoting the social inclusion and poverty reduction;

10) Investment in education, increased competences and life long learning;

11) Copnsolidating the institutional capacity and an efficient public administration

Spatial Planning

• The spatial planning is paying a special attention to the river network (Dambovita and Colentina rivers) along which 2 green-blue axes are proposed to be developed

• Another component is the green-yellow belt (forests and agriculture)

• Transport network

Blue Green politics

• The list of the most relevant politics, proposed in line with the Europe 2020 requirements and strategic objectives

Street network

Digital Terrain Model

River catchments and sewage network

Flooded areas during extreme events

Evolution of impervious surfaces – Spot images

SPOT 1995 SPOT 2003

Continuous increasing

of impervious surfaces

(North of Bucharest)

→

Increased runoff

coefficient→

Danger of urban

floods genesis