{"id":14266,"date":"2013-01-22T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?p=14266"},"modified":"2013-01-22T12:10:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T16:10:02","slug":"urban-planet-romania-is-growing-green-sustainable-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2013\/01\/22\/urban-planet-romania-is-growing-green-sustainable-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Romania is growing green sustainable cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since 2007, when they joined the European Union, <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablecitiescollective.com\/node\/110296?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableCitiesCollective-TwitterHandleFeed+%28Sustainable+Cities+Collective+-+Twitter+Handle+Feed%29\" target=\"_blank\">Romania has been pushing towards greener, more sustainable cities.<\/a> Urban regeneration, reduced energy consumption and a serious attempt to promote modes of transportation other than by car, are the common denominator in major Romania cities.<\/p>\n<p>Bucharest, with a population of 1.6-million, has 23 square meters per inhabitant. <a href=\"http:\/\/plusnetwork.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/m2-of-green-space-per-person1.png\" target=\"_blank\">This beats other major European cities like Madrid and Paris and nearly doubles Toronto&#8217;s 12.6 square meters per person.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite planting thousands of trees, they still have some work to do to meet the European Union&#8217;s standard of 26 square meters per person.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablecitiescollective.com\/node\/110296?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableCitiesCollective-TwitterHandleFeed+%28Sustainable+Cities+Collective+-+Twitter+Handle+Feed%29\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable Cities Collective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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