DONAUREGIONEN: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space

Between 2006 and 2008, the National Research and Development Institute for Urban and Regional Planning URBANPROIECT Bucharest participated - within the framework of EU programme INTERREG IIIB - at the DONAUREGIONEN Project: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube S...

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Main Author: OANA POPESCU
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Language:English
Published: Cluj University Press 2008-01-01
Series:Romanian Review of Regional Studies
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Online Access:http://rrrs.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/arhive/Artpdf/v4n12008/RRRS041200802.pdf
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description Between 2006 and 2008, the National Research and Development Institute for Urban and Regional Planning URBANPROIECT Bucharest participated - within the framework of EU programme INTERREG IIIB - at the DONAUREGIONEN Project: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space. The aim of the project was to create a complex assemblage of knowledge about the potential possibilities of development in the Danube regions and the related interregional relations, to initiate common steps when choosing the regional development centres and to encourage cross-border cooperation. This action should help to overcome the existing information barriers and also the local authorities in the stage of planning the regional and city development. The project was structured by a summary evaluation of the development potential on the Danube area – analyses of problems, interests, and conflicts. The elaboration of the summary documents was based on the general answers to the four thematic fields representing the basic functional complex:1. Natural resources, environmental protection, and creation;2. Human resources, urban structure, and quality of life;3. Transport and technical infrastructure;4. Economic structure.On the basis of this summary evaluation, a concept of development and arrangement of the territory of the Danube area and a typology of regions will be developed and, finally, proposals and recommendations will be elaborated for regional and local authorities dealing with the regional and city development planning. The result of the project will be mainly to outline: - the conditions for the optimization of technical, territorial, socio-economic, and environmental relations in the Danube river corridor; - the existence of mutually linked and balanced urban and economic development centres, which will have positive influence on the development of their regions, and - the conditions for the constitution of a development corridor that will act as a stabilization agent balancing the regional disparities in the different member countries.The Geographical information system supporting the elaboration of the Donauregionen project system was conceived as a working GIS storing all the geographical data necessary for the processing of project outputs. All the geographical data were distributed in the WGS-84 system of coordinates. The project area of interest includes a territory within 5 countries of the Danube region (Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania).
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spelling doaj.art-eeecea9f020d491da930ec44d306b4df2022-12-22T00:17:27ZengCluj University PressRomanian Review of Regional Studies1841-15762008-01-01IV1714DONAUREGIONEN: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube SpaceOANA POPESCUBetween 2006 and 2008, the National Research and Development Institute for Urban and Regional Planning URBANPROIECT Bucharest participated - within the framework of EU programme INTERREG IIIB - at the DONAUREGIONEN Project: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space. The aim of the project was to create a complex assemblage of knowledge about the potential possibilities of development in the Danube regions and the related interregional relations, to initiate common steps when choosing the regional development centres and to encourage cross-border cooperation. This action should help to overcome the existing information barriers and also the local authorities in the stage of planning the regional and city development. The project was structured by a summary evaluation of the development potential on the Danube area – analyses of problems, interests, and conflicts. The elaboration of the summary documents was based on the general answers to the four thematic fields representing the basic functional complex:1. Natural resources, environmental protection, and creation;2. Human resources, urban structure, and quality of life;3. Transport and technical infrastructure;4. Economic structure.On the basis of this summary evaluation, a concept of development and arrangement of the territory of the Danube area and a typology of regions will be developed and, finally, proposals and recommendations will be elaborated for regional and local authorities dealing with the regional and city development planning. The result of the project will be mainly to outline: - the conditions for the optimization of technical, territorial, socio-economic, and environmental relations in the Danube river corridor; - the existence of mutually linked and balanced urban and economic development centres, which will have positive influence on the development of their regions, and - the conditions for the constitution of a development corridor that will act as a stabilization agent balancing the regional disparities in the different member countries.The Geographical information system supporting the elaboration of the Donauregionen project system was conceived as a working GIS storing all the geographical data necessary for the processing of project outputs. All the geographical data were distributed in the WGS-84 system of coordinates. The project area of interest includes a territory within 5 countries of the Danube region (Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania).http://rrrs.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/arhive/Artpdf/v4n12008/RRRS041200802.pdfSpatial planningDevelopment centreGISDanube regionRegional development
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DONAUREGIONEN: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space
Romanian Review of Regional Studies
Spatial planning
Development centre
GIS
Danube region
Regional development
title DONAUREGIONEN: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space
title_full DONAUREGIONEN: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space
title_fullStr DONAUREGIONEN: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space
title_full_unstemmed DONAUREGIONEN: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space
title_short DONAUREGIONEN: The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space
title_sort donauregionen the spatial development concept of interregional cooperation in the danube space
topic Spatial planning
Development centre
GIS
Danube region
Regional development
url http://rrrs.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/arhive/Artpdf/v4n12008/RRRS041200802.pdf
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