A GIS-based assessment of pedestrian accessibility to urban parks in the city of Constanța, Romania

GM Cracu, A Schvab, Z Prefac, M Popescu… - Applied Geography, 2024 - Elsevier
Green space accessibility is an important component of life quality, due to the many benefits
it brings to human communities. This aspect is especially relevant in urban environments …

The green walk—An analysis for evaluating the accessibility of urban green spaces

NL Stoia, MR Niţă, AM Popa, IC Iojă - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2022 - Elsevier
The importance of urban green spaces in providing ecosystem services to the population is
increasingly being recognised by scientists, policy makers and the general public. Across …

The potential of school green areas to improve urban green connectivity and multifunctionality

CI Iojă, SR Grădinaru, DA Onose, GO Vânău… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure supports resilience in cities and promotes sustainable resource
management. Small green areas, including school green areas (SGAs), are an important …

Dog walkers' vs. other park visitors' perceptions: The importance of planning sustainable urban parks in Bucharest, Romania

CI Iojă, L Rozylowicz, M Pătroescu, MR Niţă… - Landscape and urban …, 2011 - Elsevier
Society consumption models have changed significantly and are now oriented towards
fulfilling stronger sustainability requirements and following the demand for better living …

Using local knowledge and sustainable transport to promote a greener city: The case of Bucharest, Romania

MR Niță, DL Badiu, DA Onose, AA Gavrilidis… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cities undergoing climate change and rapid urbanization are faced with significant
transformational processes that affect the environment and society, challenging them to …

Perceptions of cultural ecosystem services provision by small public urban green spaces: Perspectives from different cultural backgrounds

AA Gavrilidis, K Zakerhaghighi, AM Popa… - Urban …, 2024 - Springer
With the rise of the ecosystem services concept, urban nature has gained significant value.
Numerous studies have been conducted to delineate both the dependent and independent …

[HTML][HTML] Using social media data to evaluate urban parks use during the COVID-19 pandemic

MR Niță, M Arsene, G Barbu, AG Cus, M Ene… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the context of increasing urbanization and associated economic, social and
environmental challenges, cities have increasingly acknowledged the importance of urban …

Land use consequences of the evolution of cemeteries in the Bucharest Metropolitan Area

MR Niţă, IC Iojă, L Rozylowicz, DA Onose… - Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The uncontrolled development of built-up areas determines the inclusion of peripheral and
ex-urban land uses inside the settlements. In the present study, we investigated the …

[PDF][PDF] Watershed Sustainability Index Development and Application: Case Study of the Motru River in Romania.

O Mititelu-Ionuş - Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2017 - researchgate.net
The present study hypothesis resulted in the identification of a viable system of indicators
that might play an important role in the measurement of sustainable development. The main …

Waste management in public educational institutions of Bucharest city, Romania

CI Iojă, DA Onose, SR Grădinaru, C Şerban - Procedia Environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The educational institutions represent the main components of sustainability promotion in
our society. Waste management is one of the challenges that educational institutions have to …