This paper presents and explains the migration motivations and behaviour of young (age 16-35 years) Romanians. The originality of the paper lies in conceptualising the experiences and motivations of migration as a variable nexus during the migration process; that is, as a complex

Expanding the number of Land Utilization Types 178Strengthen the capabilities in GAEZ to assess alternative ecosystem functions 178The inclusion of water conservation practices in dry regions 17913. Appendix 3-1 Calculation of Reference Evapotranspiration 14. Appendix 3-2 Example of Module I output at grid-cell level Basic characteristics of grid cell Agro-climatic indicators Temperature profile characteristics Reference moisture balance Daily values of reference soil moisture balance 15. Appendix 4-1 Crops and Land Utilization Types (LUTs) 16. Appendix 4-2 Parameters for calculation of water-limited yields of annual crops 17. Appendix 4-3 Temperature Profile Requirements 18. Appendix 4-7 Example of Module II output at grid-cell level Basic characteristics of grid cell Agro-climatic indicators Moisture profile characteristics Crop yields 19. Appendix 5-1 Agro-climatic constraints 20. Appendix 6-1 Combinations by crop, input level and water supply 21. Appendix 6-2 Soil Drainage Classes 22. Appendix 6-3 Soil requirements for rain-fed crops 23. Appendix 6-4 Soil requirements for irrigated crops (gravity irrigation) 24. Appendix 6-5 Soil requirements for Irrigated crops (drip irrigation) 25. Appendix 6-6 Soil suitability assessment examples for rain-fed maize 26. Appendix 6-7 Available Soil Water Capacity (AWC) by soil group and by topsoil texture for FAO'90 and FAO'74 soil classifications 27. Appendix 6-8 Terrain Slope Ratings 28. Appendix 6-9 Suitability of water-collecting sites Short-term dry-land crops (I) Short-term dry-land crops (II) Short-term dry-land crops (III) Short-term dry-land crops (IV) Wetland rice (V) Cassava, citrus, coffee, jatropha, yam and cocoyam (VI) Sugarcane, napier grass, miscanthus and switch grass (VII) Banana/plantain, oil palm, cocoa, para rubber, coconut and tea (VIII) Natural pastures and reed canary grass (IX) Olives (X) 29. Appendix 6-10 Fallow period requirements Crop groups 30. Appendix 7-1 Suitability of major crops under historical climate 31. Appendix 7-2 Crop summary tables 32. Appendix 8-1 Downscaling of area, production and yield of crops Input data used at administrative unit level Statistical and non-spatial information 279 GIS data (at 5 arc-minutes) 279 Main equations and constraints 280 Grid-cell crop share allocation 282 Solution algorithm 284 i Abbreviations AEZ Agro-Ecological Zones AWC Available soil Water Capacity BADC British Atmospheric Data Centre

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Scientific recognition of the resilience concept is becoming compelling in extending the way contemporary spatial systems are analysed as well as in defining a new approach in establishing spatial planning principles and policies. In this view, our study emphasises the issue of spatial development in areas prone to earthquakes, floods and landslides. Therefore, resilience requires the assessment of vulnerable spatial components. Local governance interventions are more or less focused on risk management measures. Moreover, building safer communities through risk governance relies on different variables. Making a distinction between risk components and the predictors of increased resilience could shed light on the local decision-making process. In this paper, vulnerability addresses the lack of safety in terms of individual, household and community wellbeing when the issue of environmental restrictions emerge. In order to reduce the vulnerability of communities living in natural risk prone areas, spatial planning often turns to interdisciplinary analysis methods that allow an in-depth perspective on the interplay between social and natural elements. As such, spatial planning stands as the first step in reducing social vulnerability and should approach the less explored advantages of participatory mapping and local knowledge systems.Risk and vulnerability were defined as highly correlated concepts in natural disaster research and analysis. When discussing the risk concept, we can distinguish two standpoints which aren't opposed by rather interconnected. One describes risk as a result of natural or technological hazards while the other focuses on the social construct and the social perception of risk, this being the perspective of our study as well. From this viewpoint, risk is a concept shaped by all social groups present in a society or community. The approach based on risk perception