In 2008, “Editura Fundaţiei România de mâine” published a first book on urban ecology, titled “Urban ecology, sustainable spatial development and legislation”.
The first book was mainly designed to introduce the core elements of ecology to future planners (architects, urban and territorial planners). At the time when the book was written, the planning legislation in place did not account for the progress and conceptual models of systemic ecology. This is why the book criticized the legislative instruments regulating the methodology for elaborating the chapters of spatial planning studies dealing with the environment. Furthermore, given its main aim, the book was very theoretical and lacked the connection with planning (in fact, the future planners were thought to take the next step and find ways to make use of the concepts in their future planning work).
To fill in the gaps, this second book introduces and provides for the theoretical background of a methodology that was not only published, but also appreciated by the beneficiaries of plans elaborated after the publication of the previous book, in full accordance with the principles and current developments in systemic ecology. Furthermore, this book is designed to start a future possible series, consisting of introducing the theoretical background (concepts and principles, with few examples derived from the planning experience), followed by one or more applied books, introducing examples from the planning experience of all specialists attested to carry out the studies addressing environmental issues associated to spatial plans: ecologists, geographers, engineers and other professionals.