Needs Assessment Report
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Danube Delta Integrated Sustainable Development Strategy Needs Assessment Report This report represents the Output corresponding to Activity 2-1 ("Report on identification of territorial needs based on the diagnosis of the Danube Delta area"), under the Advisory Services on Danube Delta Integrated Sustainable Development Strategy. ii Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................... xviii 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 30 2. Context ................................................................................................................................................. 34 2.1 Vision and Strategic Objectives ................................................................................................... 34 2.2 Scope of the Needs Assessment ................................................................................................. 35 2.3 Difference in approach applied to: (i) the Core Delta, (ii) the rest of the Delta/DDBR, and (iii) the Neighboring Areas ............................................................................................................................. 36 2.4 Potential synergies ...................................................................................................................... 36 3. SWOT Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 37 Pillar I: Protecting the Environmental and Natural Resource Assets .......................................................... 52 1. Environment, Biodiversity, Forests ...................................................................................................... 52 1.1. Needs Assessment ...................................................................................................................... 52 1.1.1. Climate change in the Danube Delta area .................................................................................. 53 1.1.2. Urban heat islands ...................................................................................................................... 57 1.2. Physical Investment Needs ......................................................................................................... 62 1.3. Regulatory and public policy needs ............................................................................................ 64 1.4. Institutional Development Needs ............................................................................................... 65 1.5. Technical Assistance (TA) Needs ................................................................................................. 67 1.6. Responsibilities ........................................................................................................................... 69 1.7. Cross-sectoral aspects ................................................................................................................. 69 1.8. Needs Assessment Table............................................................................................................. 70 2. Climate change ..................................................................................................................................... 84 2.1. Physical Investment Needs ......................................................................................................... 84 2.2. Public policy and Regulatory Needs ............................................................................................ 86 2.3. Institutional Development Needs ............................................................................................... 86 2.4. Technical assistance needs ......................................................................................................... 86 2.5. Responsibilities ........................................................................................................................... 87 2.6. Preliminary Suggestions for Sector-Specific Implementation Arrangements ............................ 88 2.7. Needs Assessment Table............................................................................................................. 88 3. Energy Efficiency .................................................................................................................................. 90 3.1. Investment needs of Tulcea municipality ................................................................................... 90 3.1.1. Power & Heating Systems ........................................................................................................... 91 3.1.2. Municipal Buildings ..................................................................................................................... 93 3.1.3. Water and Sewerage ................................................................................................................... 94 3.1.4. Urban Transport .......................................................................................................................... 95 3.1.5. Domestic waste ........................................................................................................................... 97 3.1.6. Street Lighting ............................................................................................................................. 98 3.2. The rest of the study area ........................................................................................................... 99 3.3. Needs Assessment Table........................................................................................................... 104 4. Disaster Risk and Pollution Emergency Management (DRM) ............................................................ 106 4.1. Diagnostic Analysis Summary and Refined SWOT Analysis ...................................................... 106 4.1.1. Flood Risks................................................................................................................................. 106 iii 4.1.2. Earthquake Risks ....................................................................................................................... 106 4.1.3. Pollution Emergency Risks ........................................................................................................ 106 4.1.4. Emergency Response Capacity ................................................................................................. 107 4.1.5. Response to traffic accidents .................................................................................................... 108 4.2. Physical investment needs ........................................................................................................ 117 4.2.1. Flood Protection Infrastructure ................................................................................................ 117 4.2.2. Earthquake Resilient Buildings .................................................................................................. 117 4.3. Policy and regulatory development needs ............................................................................... 117 4.4. Institutional Development Needs ............................................................................................. 119 4.5. Technical Assistance Needs ...................................................................................................... 121 4.6. Responsibilities ......................................................................................................................... 121 4.7. Preliminary suggestions for sector-specific implementation arrangements ............................ 122 4.8. Cross-sectoral aspects ............................................................................................................... 122 4.9. Needs Assessments Table ......................................................................................................... 124 Pillar II: Improving the Economy ............................................................................................................... 136 1. Tourism ............................................................................................................................................... 137 1.1. Physical Investment Needs ....................................................................................................... 137 1.1.1 Transportation and Access ........................................................................................................ 137 1.1.1. Tourist infrastructure, information, interpretation services .................................................... 143 1.1.2. Accommodation ........................................................................................................................ 146 1.1.3. Security, safety and healthcare ................................................................................................. 148 1.1.4. Development of the workforce ................................................................................................. 148 1.1.5. Economic linkages ..................................................................................................................... 148 1.1.6. Destination management and market access..........................................................................