Globally, geotourism is a segment of the tourism market that has experienced one of the fastest growths in recent years and it is expected that this rapid growth will continue in the future. In this context, the protection, conservation and exploitation of geomorphosites become important objectives from the perspective of developing sustainable tourism. From this perspective, the evaluation of geomorphosites is an important element in terms of their tourism promotion. This helps us not only to determine their scientific value but also other additional values. In this study, we performed an evaluation of the geomorphosites within the Putna-Vrancea Natural Park, Romania using assessment methods and criterias recognized by international standards. The purpose of this study is to highlight the real geotouristic potential of the area. The studied area represents a protected area of national interest in Romania, which corresponds to the 5th category (Natural Park) according to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) classification with a diverse landscape potential, which requires an evaluation of the geomorphosites in order to raise awareness of its geotouristic value. The results of this evaluation will be a basis for rethinking the protection and conservation of the geomorphosites and promoting geotourism activities at local and regional level.

The impact of the economic pressure on the forest fund is one of the main topics of debate in the public space, increasing the relevance of the analysis of the variables that define the problem being a constant concern of the scientific world. For this study we set out to analyze the spatial dimension of the timber trade from the territorial administrative units in the Apuseni Mountains, both spatially and in evolution, between 2000 and 2018. For this purpose, the statistical data regarding the timber trade were processed, so that it can be visualized at the level of territorial administrative unit, applying established GIS methods. The strings of statistical data were analyzed in evolution as well as spatial in relation to forest loss, information extracted based on the post-processed satellite images. Using both data sources, it was possible to make an administrative correlation between the evolution of forest loss and the commercially registered wood trade. In order to obtain real and relevant information regarding the dynamics of timber trade in the studied region, it is necessary to correlate this information with the dynamics of the forestry fund in the region. The results showed contradictions between the cleared surfaces and the participation of the administrative units where the cleared and their revenues from the wood trade were cleared.

The global pharmaceutical market is evolving rapidly. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the industries that can significantly contribute to the economic development and creation of added value. This industry, in many countries, has evolved technologically and most pharmaceutical companies are active in the Research-Development field. The research follows the spatial design of the dynamics of drug production, an economic activity with a spectacular dynamic in recent years. The study was carried out starting from a database that includes the number of employees, turnover, profit and number of companies in this field, for the period 2000-2018. In order to obtain the spatial dynamics, a series of cartographic models were developed for the four indicators, using the opensource QGis platform. The obtained results highlighted a series of regional specificities determined by the tradition of drug production and particular developments generated by the manifestation of the economic crisis in Romania.

Obtaining the title of European Capital of Culture in 2007 represents for city of Sibiu an important economic achievement. The entire process began a few years before, and it was consisting in developing the creative economy alongside other economic aspects. The entire developing process was first based on performing arts and the related activities. For this, all major actors, local administration, governmental agencies and private stakeholders proposed and developed programs for sustaining creative economy. New financing lines, from Romanian government or from EU were used, new partnerships were initiated between Romanian firms and institutions and firms from abroad. As our analysis had underlined, using NACE cods (number and activity domain), the period before 2007, was characterized by an increasing number of private initiatives in the creative economy. Most part of them were related to the performing arts, marketing and architecture. This situation can be sustained with arguments, such as The International Theatre Festival, architectural heritage, dating from saxon period, both contributing to the Sibiu multicultural context. From this initial activity, the creative economy became diverse, by including other approaches (publicity, arts production, printing, digital technology etc.). After the 2007 moment, Sibiu creative economy became more powerful, the city, and the adjacent zone, being involved in more diverse programs belonging to the creative economy. Movie production, crafts, design and fashion design (as examples) as activities were implied into promoting cultural particularities and specificities at the local and regional level. Local, national and international economic actors have contributed to the Sibiu European cultural hub status. More than that, a lot of multiplicity effects had appeared, contributing in this way to local and regional economy diversification.

Studying the way in which the tourism turnover is distributed at territorial level, it may be a way of giving clues, regarding the economic performance achieved by the territorial systems with tourist function.In this study we intend to analyze the tourism turnover in the tourist resorts from Romania, which are in accordance with the Government Decision no.107 of 2018, regarding the approval of the certification of some localities or parts of localities as tourist resorts of national or local interest. The analysis was based on a series of economic data for a period of 19 years, 2000-2018 which contains at the level of the territorial administrative unit and at the level of 4-digit NACE code, the evolution of the economic indicator relevant to the study, the tourism turnover. The series of data was subsequently used to create evolution charts, distribution maps and evolutions of the ranks held by the tourism turnover. The obtained results show the contribution of the tourism sector to the total turnover from the tourist resorts and also, different reporting patterns in which these resorts are framed, depending on the number and share of the tourism turnover from the total local economy.