City Image - Operational Instrument in Urban Space Management - A Romanian Sample

Abstract

One of the fundamental realities that have marked mankind’s existence on Earth is the urban reality. Throughout the ages, in all geographic regions, the fascination of the city has set in motion people, resources, ideas, generating forces of unforeseen intensity that have continuously modelled the planet’s surface. Invoked in lyrics, pinned in eternity – “I know: the city will be” (Russian poet Vladimir Maiakovski, 1893-1930) –, interrogated by sciences, object, subject and support of various professions, the city continuously challenged human knowledge. Virtually, there is no science that has not attempted to unravel its mysteries, either sequentially or wholly, without leaving behind concepts which later evolved into professions or academic disciplines. Over time, a strange blend of academic disciplines and professions accompanied the evolution of knowledge regarding the city and as the study’s complexity increased these professions and disciplines also prospered.