Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Gabriela Ţigu
Author-Name-First: Gabriela
Author-Name-Last: Ţigu
Author-Email: gabriela.tigu@ase.ro
Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Author-Name: Olimpia State
Author-Name-First: Olimpia
Author-Name-Last: State
Author-Email: state.olimpia@com.ase.ro
Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Author-Name: Delia Popescu
Author-Name-First: Delia
Author-Name-Last: Popescu
Author-Email: delia.popescu@com.ase.ro
Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Title: Socio-Economic and Ecological Indicators of the Metropolitan Area of Bucharest
Journal: CACTUS - The Tourism Journal for Research, Education, Culture and Soul
Abstract: The metropolitan area is defined as an association on the basis of a voluntary partnership between urban and rural localities, where collaboration relations are established at different levels. The level of influence of the metropolitan area is established depending on the territory it organizes as a regional, national or international metropolis. As a result of the researches carried out, (inclusively in the DEMOS project) the Metropolitan Area of Bucharest (MAB) may include 61 administrative units within a radius of 50 km around the capital. In comparison to other capitals and metropolitan areas from Central and Eastern Europe (Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw), Bucharest occupies the fifth rank in terms of number of population and square kilometres, but it is ranking the first in terms of density (inhabitants/square kilometre), with 1266 inhabitants/ sq. km, in comparison to the second ranking city – Warsaw – having only 638 inhabitants/sq. km. This fact makes a strong argument for developing a metropolitan area in Bucharest.
Keywords: metropolitan area, population density, urban agglomeration, administrative unit, development association
Classification-JEL: O18, O44, Q01, R11, Q57
Creation-Date: 2010
Year: 2010
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
File-URL: https://cactus-journal-of-tourism.ase.ro/Pdf/vol1/socio-economic.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:bum:cactus:cactus-2010-3