Waste Management -- A Component of Territorial Planning.

The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) adopted by the countries of the European Union in 1999 is the model document on which the urban development strategy in Romania has been based. The objective of spatial planning and organization is to identify the right relationship between the natural environment and human activity with the aim of improving the community's life conditions. The main objective of territorial development strategies is to increase urban comfort. The comfort of urban localities is conferred by the quality, the technological performance of town infrastructure. In this context urban waste management occupies a central place. Ecological waste management contributes to the protection of the environment, and of public health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]