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From the all encompassing building projects of the Communist and authoritarian era to the urban sprawl and non-regulation of the capitalist system, it seems that environmental friendliness has not been a chief concern in the politics of Romania. The problems of one political system have been replaced with different problems from another. In the Ceausescu regime, forced industrialization, construction, and a move away from agrarian life posed a problem for the environment. In the current system, governmental indifference and urban expansion quashes the needs of the environment in favor of economic well-being. As of yet, neither system has been able to provide the protection that the natural environment needs in order to benefit the public and the overarching climate itself. The problem of the future will lay in understanding the past system in order to find and strike a balance in the new system between the paths to attaining economic exceptionalism and protecting the natural splendor of Romania.
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