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PLACES AND TECHNOLOGIES 2018

ACCESSIBLE HERITAGE ALONG DANUBE

Negulescu Mihaela Hermina
Associate Professor, “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban planning, str. Acade-
miei nr. 18-20, 010014, Bucharest, Roumania, arh.mihaela.negulescu@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
The natural and cultural heritage of the localities along Danube can be valued and exploited
as a tourist product only through a good accessibility at both geographical – territorial and local
levels, especially in terms of distance- time and comfort.
At the territorial level, accessibility optimization implies a good connectivity to the Trans-Eu-
ropean Transport Network (TEN-T) and to the national transport networks, an efficient orga-
nization of the city-gates - railway stations, airports, ports, road entries - as urban spaces
representatives for the communities and their identity, as well as intermodal hubs that provide
appropriate connections and facilities for quick, comfortable, safe transfer to the local transport
systems.
At the local level, the valorization of the cultural and natural heritage as well as of the whole
cities’ touristic offer is potentiated by effective touristic mobility schemes designed to ensure its
good accessibility and to cluster it through pleasant connections and journeys within attractive
public spaces and preserved landscapes.
This paper focuses on principles and schemes for improving the accessibility of the natural and
cultural heritage at the territorial – European, national, regional - and local level, for the Dan-
ube cities and for the Danube Corridor as a whole, with high concerns for less-polluting, less
space-consuming, and respectful to the landscape solutions. It also deals with an UM (Urban
planning & Mobility) integrated approach of the city gates as both technological-transport hubs
as well as identitary public spaces.
This paper exploits the results of the author’s research within DANUrB project.
Keywords: accessibility, touristic mobility, transport infrastructure

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