Is urban green space per capita a valuable target to achieve cities' sustainability goals? Romania as a case study

DL Badiu, CI Iojă, M Pătroescu, J Breuste, M Artmann… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure is considered to be a key element in improving quality of life and
creating an appropriate framework for sustainable cities. The most used quantitative …

Urban landscape quality index–planning tool for evaluating urban landscapes and improving the quality of life

AA Gavrilidis, CM Ciocănea, MR Niţă, DA Onose… - Procedia Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Researchers and planners worldwide have emphasized the need for a better planning in an
urbanizing world. The expansion of urbanized areas has increased people's access to …

The potential of school green areas to improve urban green connectivity and multifunctionality

CI Iojă, SR Grădinaru, DA Onose, GO Vânău… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure supports resilience in cities and promotes sustainable resource
management. Small green areas, including school green areas (SGAs), are an important …

From “red” to green? A look into the evolution of green spaces in a post-socialist city

DL Badiu, DA Onose, MR Niță, R Lafortezza - Landscape and urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Promoting green infrastructure and other nature-based solutions in urban environments is
considered an effective approach to achieve resilience and meet sustainability goals …

Integrating urban blue and green areas based on historical evidence

IC Iojă, G Osaci-Costache, J Breuste, CA Hossu… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
The reduced proportion of open and especially green and blue spaces is one of the major
threats experienced by cities. Scholars advocate for strategies to enhance green spaces in …

How successful is the resolution of land-use conflicts? A comparison of cases from Switzerland and Romania

CA Tudor, IC Iojă, I Pǎtru-Stupariu, MR Nită… - Applied …, 2014 - Elsevier
Land-use conflicts are complex disputes that involve heterogeneous parties as well as
environmental and social impacts that are often difficult to resolve. The measures and …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating strategic planning intentions into land-change simulations: Designing and assessing scenarios for Bucharest

S Bacău, D Domingo, G Palka, L Pellissier… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban regions worldwide revert to scenario-based simulations to understand and cope with
uncertain land-use changes and future land-use demands. Whereas scenarios account for a …

Too old for recreation? How friendly are urban parks for elderly people?

DA Onose, IC Iojă, MR Niță, GO Vânău, AM Popa - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urbanization and ageing are the two main processes currently shaping the social
environment worldwide. In this context, creating senior friendly cities should be an important …

Planning cemeteries: Their potential contribution to green infrastructure and ecosystem services

K McClymont, D Sinnett - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cemeteries are often included in typologies of green infrastructure features, but there has
been little exploration of their role within a multifunctional network of green infrastructure …

Urban cemetery planning and the conflicting role of local and regional interests

G Bennett, PJ Davies - Land Use Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Strategic planning for cemeteries should be one of the easier tasks for planners. Supply and
demand can be estimated with some certainty. Land allocation through a zoning and …