1 Faculty of Geography, “Spiru Haret” University, Bucharest, Romania 2 Green Map Proiect, Bucharest, Romania
DOI:
10.4316/GEOREVIEW.2013.23.2.82
Pages:
82 - 93
Abstract:
The General Urban Plan represents the legal ground for any
development action proposed. After endorsement and approval as
required by law, GUP is act of authority of local government for the area
in which it applies. The aim is to establish priorities regulations applied in
land use planning and construction of structures. In terms of geographical
location, the administrative territory of Casimcea, Tulcea county, falls in
the central Northwest Plateau Casimcei. This is the second unit of the
Central Dobrogea Plateau. Geographical location in southeastern
Romania, climatic and relief conditions and anthropogenic pressure,
expose the village administrative territorial unit Casimcea, permanent
susceptibility to produce natural and antropogenical risks. In this context,
we identified the following categories of natural and anthropogenic risks:
i) natural risk phenomena (earthquakes, strong winds, heavy rains, floods
caused by overflowing or precipitation, erosion of river banks and
torrents, gravitational processes, rain droplet erosion and surface soil
erosion); and ii) anthropogenic risk phenomena (overgrazing, chemicals
use in agriculture, road transport infrastructure and electricity, wind
turbines for electricity production, waste deposits, agro-zootechnical
complexs, and human cemeteries). Extending their surface was
materialized by creating a map of natural and anthropogenic risk on
Casimcea territorial administrative unit, explaining the share of
potentially affected areas as territorial balance.