THE LANDSCAPE MORPHOLOGY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA RESIDENTIAL    NEIGHBOURHOODS

S.O. DEAC¹, I.A. IRIMU޲, B.N. PĂCURAR³

ABSTRACT. ‐ The Landscape Morphology of Cluj‐Napoca Residential Neighbourhoods. The study at hand set its sights on Cluj‐Napoca urban territory, especially its built‐up area established through the General Urban Plan. It analyses Cluj‐Napoca housing areas, which comprise the city’s residential neighbourhoods and presents their territorial position within the city, their main spatial characteristics, the main historical events from their evolution and their urbanistic organization pattern. Furthermore, it portrays the current situation of the neighbourhoods’ landscape morphology and the opportunities  for their rehabilitation and landscape reconstruction. The main goal of the paper is the morphological evaluation of Cluj‐Napoca neigbourhood landscape as a component of the inhabitants’ quality of life. A great emphasis was put on the way in which these great housing ensembles assumed, integrated and capitalized the natural potential of their area. In order to do so, we used data from cartographic and topographic sources, geological, geomorphological, historical data, information from the future General Urban Plan and from scientific literature. The results indicate that, with some exceptions, there is a poor landscape and urban comfort quality in Cluj‐Napoca residential areas. The advantages offered by the natural framework were in most cases neglected and even annihilated. The new residential areas damaged the city by wasting the natural potential. From now on, the ability to plan these areas can only be summed up as management aspects.

Keywords: Cluj‐Napoca, landscape, General Urban Plan, Grigorescu neighbourhood, Mănăştur neighbourhood, Gheorgheni neighbourhood.

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