Industrial Parks in Romanian Industrial Towns. Present-day Trends

The "Industrial Parks" Programme elaborated by the Romanian Government and implemented in 2002 was aimed at improving the business milieu by developing and updating the physical infrastructure, and stimulate Romanian and foreign investment of capital. The foundation of industrial parks relied on the use of the material resources of former mammoth industrial estates, or of units belonging to the defense/military industry (infrastructure, workshops, utilities) state property at the time. In this way, huge estates with a poor infrastructure, of no interest to private investors, could be put to account. The parks were set up in strategic industrial zones adjoining economic growth towns with good links to the transport infrastructure. The aim of the article is to emphasize the dynamics of industrial parks in Romania and the role of industrial parks in industrial towns revitalisation.