Natural and semi-natural areas (green spaces and aquatic surfaces) which sequester Carbon from the atmosphere and eliminate oxygen.
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Recommendations for Natural Resources Conservation in the Influence Areas of Cities: A Case Study of Bucharest, Romania
Mihai Răzvan Niţă (University of Bucharest, Romania), Mihăiţă Iulian Niculae (University of Bucharest, Romania), Diana Andreea Onose (University of Bucharest, Romania), Maria Pătroescu (University of Bucharest, Romania), Gabriel Ovidiu Vânău (University of Bucharest, Romania), and Cristiana Maria Ciocănea (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Copyright: © 2015
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8433-1.ch005
Abstract
As urban development has become an increasing problem, urban planning is required to integrate social and economical needs with the sustainable use of natural resources. Since the urban development is favoured by the amount and diversity of the natural resources (land, mineral resources, green areas, aquatic surfaces) available in the area of influence of the cities and its negative externalities aren't limited inside the urban limits the conservation of those resources became an important issue in the scientific circles. Lately planners have been using GIS techniques and remote sensing, based on international and local databases, in finding the most probable scenarios and the best available solutions in order to promote a sustainable development of urban areas. Four models of natural resources conservation have proved effective in the influence areas of cities: protected areas, yellow-green belts, regional parks and oxygen generating surfaces. The establishment and management of these can be better realised by GIS techniques, because of their efficiency and ease of use, the suitability and general availability of data.