Author investigates the geomorphological characteristics of the Apuseni mountains (Romania). Among others the types of relief structures and the petrological characteristics of the different ranges of the mountains are examined. - (JS)
Probleme ale cunoaşterii sistemului aluviunilor în România
Fluvial processes ; Hydrodynamics ; Romania ; Sediment load ; Sediment transport ; Sedimentary
An introductory paper, considering the sediment system as a part of the fluvial geomorphic system, structured on several levels : control factors, geomorphic processes, sources, storage and effluence. In Romania the Carpathians lies on 21
% of the capacity of the reservoirs. This paper points out the production of sediments, offers a brief history of the knowledge in this domain, in Romania, and tries to establish some priorities in research.―(M. Vârlan).
European regional integration case study of Romania
Economic growth ; Economic strategy ; Economy ; European Union ; Foreign investment ; Optimization ; Regional integration ; Romania
Romania after accession to the EU, on 1 January 2007, tried to find a strategy to optimize the integration of the country from economic, social, technological and environmental viewpoint. A context in which Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) help
the market economy comes as appropriate to the current world-wide political landscape, but equally create and enlarge contradictions. Romania meat a new inflow of FDI after 2000, surpassing its neighbour countries year after year. But the growth prospects
Urban and rural spaces in the border regions of Western Romania. Problems of the transformation process and perspectives of sustainable regional development
Frontier region ; Regional development ; Romania ; Rural area ; Spatial structure ; Sustainable development ; Urban area
The authors present the state of the urban and rural spaces in Western Romania, taking into consideration not only the situation after Hungary's accession to the EU and the vinicity of the new EU border, but also the processes of the transformation
Romania. All three dimensions of sustainability will be analyzed since bringing them together in coherent strategies seems to be the most difficult issue. - (IfL)
Historical geography ; Industrial complex ; Industrial region ; Landscape ; Romania ; Timiş ; Urban development ; Urban growth ; Urban population
The paper is about one of Romania's aldest industrial regions which has developed around the metallurgical complex of Resita. Interaction between the town and the surrounding district is traced through several technological phases; leading up