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FAMP BRAN Florina, IOAN Ildiko and RADULESCU Carmen Valentina
CCASP EUROPEAN POLICIES WITH IMPACT ON TERRITORIAL PLANNING

CONCLUSIONS

Europe’s territory although is amongst the smallest one compared with other continents, could be

characterized as being varied from at least two points of view: natural organization and social
organization.

Natural organization resulted in the presence of all forms of relief in balanced proportions supporting a

range of ecosystems representing eleven bio-geographical regions. Although diverse, the natural
organization does not create major restriction for arrangements that allow the use of resources and
development of settlements.

Social organization of the space resulted also in a variety of concepts and principles that were grouped
in families, traditions and other criteria. The process of European integration seeks to find a concept that
could be applied all other the Member States, although such issues raise very sensitive aspects that

influence administration on all levels. That is why current European policies consider the territorial
planning as it is, but place their goals considering the processes that are of relevance at that scale. Thus,
the implementation of these policies reveals the changed needed in territorial planning or at least the

aspect that should be considered more carefully in order to achieve the goals. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11 TH ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ”Strategic Management for Local Communities” 30 th – 31 st October 2015 Bucharest

A closer look was given for the case of environmental policies’ impact on territorial planning. It revealed
that almost all aspects of environmental protection are depending on territorial planning from data

collection to renewable energy valuation. A special focus should be on nature preservation since the
accomplishment of conservation goals necessitates the collaboration among communities belonging to

different administrative units that should coordinate their development projects involving impact on the
biodiversity.

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