Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies

The emergence of informal settlements in Romania is the result of a mix of factors, including some social and urban planning policies from the communist and post-communist period. Squatting was initially a secondary effect of the relocation process and demolition of housing in communist urban renewa...

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Main Authors: Bogdan Suditu, Daniel-Gabriel Vâlceanu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bucharest 2013-11-01
Series:Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
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Online Access:http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/72/7_2_13_7_suditu.pdf
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spelling doaj-7a6bbc516c6b49119905639586e692ca2020-11-24T21:06:50ZengUniversity of BucharestHuman Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography1843-65872067-22842013-11-0172657510.5719/hgeo.2013.72.65Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologiesBogdan Suditu0Daniel-Gabriel Vâlceanu1Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, RomaniaNational Institute for Research and Development in Constructions, Urbanism and Sustainable Spatial Development URBAN-INCERC, Bucharest, RomaniaThe emergence of informal settlements in Romania is the result of a mix of factors, including some social and urban planning policies from the communist and post-communist period. Squatting was initially a secondary effect of the relocation process and demolition of housing in communist urban renewal projects, and also a voluntary social and housing policy for the poorest of the same period. Extension and multiple forms of informal settlements and squatting were performed in the post-communist era due to the inappropriate or absence of the legislative tools on urban planning, properties’ restitution and management, weak control of the construction sector. The study analyzes the characteristics and spatial typologies of the informal settlements and squatters in relationship with the political and social framework of these types of housing development. http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/72/7_2_13_7_suditu.pdfForced sedentarizationIllegal buildingInformal settlementsSquattingUrban planning regulation
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Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
Forced sedentarization
Illegal building
Informal settlements
Squatting
Urban planning regulation
author_facet Bogdan Suditu
Daniel-Gabriel Vâlceanu
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title Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies
title_short Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies
title_full Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies
title_fullStr Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies
title_full_unstemmed Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies
title_sort informal settlements and squatting in romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies
publisher University of Bucharest
series Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
issn 1843-6587
2067-2284
publishDate 2013-11-01
description The emergence of informal settlements in Romania is the result of a mix of factors, including some social and urban planning policies from the communist and post-communist period. Squatting was initially a secondary effect of the relocation process and demolition of housing in communist urban renewal projects, and also a voluntary social and housing policy for the poorest of the same period. Extension and multiple forms of informal settlements and squatting were performed in the post-communist era due to the inappropriate or absence of the legislative tools on urban planning, properties’ restitution and management, weak control of the construction sector. The study analyzes the characteristics and spatial typologies of the informal settlements and squatters in relationship with the political and social framework of these types of housing development.
topic Forced sedentarization
Illegal building
Informal settlements
Squatting
Urban planning regulation
url http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/72/7_2_13_7_suditu.pdf
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