THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACES AND SOIL QUALITY IN THE URBAN ECOSYSTEM – A PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY: CLUJ-NAPOCA MUNICIPALITY

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  • Nicolae BACIU Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, 30 Fântânele Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. *Corresponding author: nicolae.baciu@ubbcluj.ro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9588-7657
  • Ramona BĂLC Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, 30 Fântânele Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9419-2351
  • Octavian-Liviu MUNTEAN Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, 30 Fântânele Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2259-5140
  • Gheorghe ROȘIAN Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, 30 Fântânele Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-9946
  • Ioana SILAGHI Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, 30 Fântânele Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbambientum.2023.01

Keywords:

Urban parks, soil quality, space consumption, Cluj-Napoca city

Abstract

The rapid expansion of urban spaces in Romania’s major cities has led to various problems such as land-use changes, new patterns of regional attractiveness, landscape fragmentation, environmental impacts, and the depletion of natural resources like natural land and local native soils. This has resulted in an important change in the dynamics, quality, and quantity of urban green spaces, ecosystems, and local native soils. The importance of green spaces and soil quality in the urban ecosystem is significant for various environmental, social, and economic reasons. To determine whether the urban ecosystem is green and friendly, we conducted a preliminary study to quantify the extent and quality of green spaces in Cluj-Napoca. We also compared this data with various European data. Additionally, we preliminary analysed the soil quality in Cluj-Napoca’s two major urban parks to determine whether urbanization has a positive or negative impact on soil quality.

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STUDIA UBB AMBIENTUM, 68(LXVIII), 1-2, 2023

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2024-12-10

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BACIU, N., BĂLC, R., MUNTEAN, O.-L., ROȘIAN, G., & SILAGHI, I. (2024). THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACES AND SOIL QUALITY IN THE URBAN ECOSYSTEM – A PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY: CLUJ-NAPOCA MUNICIPALITY. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Ambientum, 68(1-2), 5–19. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbambientum.2023.01

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