Bottlenecks arising from ownership in urban planning process. Lessons from Romania

Abstract

Despite many features being changed in the traditional urban spatial process during the post-communist transition, this article introduces three ways in which the property right has and could be perceived: as a social dimension, as a condition and as a territorialized concept. This article recognize the tension between urban planning process and property right caused by differing priorities but argue that every perspective requires tradeofss, that the balance will be affected by the culture in wich planning and property are embedded. Romania's spatial development in the context of EU integration is extremely sensitive and complex as is "organically" linked to the legal rules governing property. Therefore, the purpose is to shed new light on urban matters and also to reveal the effects and limits of planning process in the context of protecting ownership.