Territorial governance, a prerequisite condition for the development of emerging territorial systems. Case study - the Ploiesti city

Abstract

: Emerging territorial systems are territorial realities with a spectacular dynamic essential in defining a certain type of territorial development, which aims to achieve social, economic and cultural facilities. Changing attitudes and developing a governance culture is indicated as an essential condition to improve the capacity of emerging territorial systems to pursue territorial and social development. The study aims to highlight the fact that governance is a prerequisite for territorial and social development, specific to the emerging territorial system of cities. In this sense, we proposed the analysis of the demographic evolution, as well as the turnover in relation to the value of the population, in emerging territorial structures of the city of Ploiești, in the period 2000 - 2020, in order to observe the fact that the dynamics of the indicators highlight the need for governance in the systems emerging territorial cities. Based on statistical support, obtained from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) and the Center for Integrated Analysis and Territorial Management, we created graphic models that provided us with the demographic evolution, as well as the evolution of turnover dynamics in relation to the number residents. The results show increases in indicators of different intensities, which reflect the lack of a unitary administrative system of the emerging territorial system of the city of Ploiești, generated by the decisions of local administrations. Territorial governance thus becomes the necessary condition through which territorial development is pursued, to achieve social, economic and cultural facilities, characteristic of the emerging territorial system.