EFFECTS OF METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION IN THE BUCHAREST-ILFOV AND SOUTHERN MUNTENIA DEVELOPMENT REGIONS

Abstract

Given the functions of capital and economic metropolis fulfilled by Bucharest, the capital acts as key node in urban networks. The effects of the economic restructuring process the capital city has initiated after 1990 are nowadays felt at the metropolitan scale by way of the reorganization of the functional zones with the purpose of increasing performance and efficiency. Therefore, the profile of economic change that arises across the territory are perceptible inside some extremely specialized and widely dispersed spaces: the industrial and technology parks, the logistics and distribution parks in urban areas and close to the transport routes or to airports, the residential areas typically developed in the Northern part of the capital, and the office spaces that abandon premises inside the cities in favor of accessible premises beyond the city outskirts. The importance of Bucharest for national economy is evaluated in the study, which concludes that capital is the main engine of development not only for its metropolitan area, but also nationwide.

Keywords

• economic restructuring
• competitiveness
• Bucharest metropolitan area
• the Bucharest Ilfov and Southern Muntenia development regions