The Spatial Changes of Land Use in the Bucharest Metropolitan Area 1970s – 2000s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12948481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabriel Simion (0000-0003-2103-8625, University of Bucharest, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-123 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES – Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1843-6587 • E-ISSN: 2067-2284 |
| Publisher | University of Bucharest (Bucharest University Press) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5719/hgeo.2010.42/115 |
| OpenAlex | W2324876994 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
The article explore the dimension of spatial changes of land use in the Bucharest Metropolitan Area (BMA) over the past forty years. Using GIS-based land use data sets of the years 1970, 1990 and 2000, combining with statistical data, we attempted to quantify the spatial pattern of land use changes in the BMA. Our findings indicate that most significantly changes occurred with arable lands that have been reduced from 77% of total metropolitan area in 1970 to 71.3% in 2000 and in same time the built up area increase from 6.2% in 1970 to 10.4% in 2000. Vineyards and orchards suffered a reduced of their spread. In the case of vineyards the percentage of total area decrease from 2.7% in 1970 to 0.8% and regarding orchards from 1.1% in 1970 to 0.6% in 2000. The growth of built up indicate the urban influence of Bucharest city on it the large metropolitan area. The decrease of vineyards and orchards can be correlated with agrarian reform passed after the fall of socialist economic system that generated many problems for the farmers that cannot continue to cultivate the land with these kinds of cultures. These findings have implication with the futures strategies on urban and metropolitan planning in this area
Archaeology · Cartography · Civil engineering · Geography · Land use · Metropolitan area · Regional science · Engineering · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urbanization and City Planning
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |