Changes in the Dynamics and Demographic Structure of the Romanian Rural Population: An Overview of the Post-communist Period

Mitrică, Bianca; Persu, Mihaela; Mocanu, Irena; Şerban, Paul; Grigorescu, Ines; Damian, Nicoleta

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“…In the South Dobrogea Plateau and in several localities in the Banat Mountains, there is a better situation than the national average for the drinking water network indicator (due to the fact that this indicator is in relation to the total population number, which is low, so the final values are above the national average (Figure 4), but they have several demographic imbalances, reflected by a high population aging index ( Figure 5) and a low population density. The aging phenomenon, the most important change in age structure that Romania's population has faced over the past four to five decades [104], is observed in 429 LAUs from this class, representing 72.2% of the total LAUs. The population density is higher than the national average, 93.1 inh./km 2 [54] in the case of 217 LAUs, the highest ones being registered in populated, average-sized towns.…”

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Developing an Indicator-Based Framework to Measure Sustainable Tourism in Romania. A Territorial Approach

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Sustainable tourism is gaining importance in national agendas to encourage economic growth, social inclusion, and the protection of cultural and natural assets. More than 13 million tourists (10.6 mil. Romanians and 2.6 mil. foreigners) visited Romania in 2019, the fifth consecutive year of growth for the tourism sector. The authors have selected 10 statistical indicators to highlight the main components for tourism sustainability by using the principal component analysis (PCA). The current patterns of sustainable development of tourism and the territorial inequalities at a micro-scale were assessed based on a sustainable tourism index (STI). In addition, to observe the way indicators interact and determine each other and to analyze the territorial disparities, the hierarchical ascending classification was used. The study was performed using the statistical data available at NUTS5/LAU level provided by the National Institute of Statistics. In addition, various data and information extracted from documents published by the UNWTO, National Institute for Research and Development in Tourism, the World Bank, EUROSTAT, etc., were also used. By applying an STI, the authors were able to assess the tourism development level at a national scale in Romania, delineating the most advantaged/disadvantaged areas. The analysis of sustainable tourism in Romania shows that tourism performance is more consolidated in the big cities, the Black Sea coast, the Danube Delta and the Carpathian Mountains. Studies such as the present one are meant to provide a methodological framework that will be useful to perform a quantitative assessment of the sustainable level of tourism development in terms of economic, social and environmental performance.

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“…These facts decrease the efficiency and the purpose of the vaccination process as the main tool to fight the virus. A detailed study focusing on the territorial features of the vaccination process (Mocanu et al., 2021 ) revealed that it is impacted by several dysfunctions, such as: (a) the concentration in urban settlements (83.2% of total of 357 vaccination centres functioning at the end of February 2021, which means that a large number of people living in large rural areas remain outside vaccination process); (b) the imbalance with the high share of elderly people, making up over 30% of the population (which are registered in the rural settlements from the southern half of Romania, as well as in the western parts, especially in the mountain areas (Gheţău et al., 2016 ; Mitrică et al., 2019 ; Mocanu et al., 2021 )); (c) the access to the national and county road network. Given these issues, the importance of prevention is crucial and it starts with each individual.…”

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Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania

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The assessment and identification of risk/vulnerable groups and risk factors are vital elements that can help quantify the pandemic potential of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus in order to plan prevention and treatment measures. The aim of the study is to identify a methodological approach of population vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection. The study identifies reliable data sources and sets up a unitary database with statistical variables, quantitative and qualitative indicators with potential for being updated and improved. The analysis takes into account a number of variables/indicators (e.g., elderly persons, population without physician care, number of people suffering from cardiovascular diseases, number of people suffering from respiratory diseases, dwellings not connected to the public water supply network, no. of medical staff, number of COVID‐19 hospitals, PCR testing laboratories, number of vaccinated persons) grouped into the key vulnerability components: exposure, sensitivity, coping capacity and adaptive capacity. They allowed the computation of the final Index of Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection and the mapping of different dimensions of vulnerability. The study was performed using the statistical data available at NUTS3/County level provided by different institutions (e.g., the Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Public Health, the Strategic Communication Group, and the National Institute of Statistics). The mapping of the different degrees of vulnerability could solve a problem of visibility for possible areas with vulnerable population, but also a problem of communication between different institutional health and administrative levels, as well as between all of them and the local communities and/or professionals.

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“…Besides these, it is worth shortly overviewing the literature dealing with the development of the settlement structure and the urbanisation of Romania (Benedek, 2006;Zamfir et al, 2009;Csák, 2009Csák, , 2015Săgeată, 2010;Mitrică, 2014;Mitrică, Săgeată, & Grigorescu, 2014;Dumitrache et al, 2016). Sandu (2017) has provided probably the most comprehensive multidimensional study on the development at settlement level in Romania lately (defining "LHDI index", the latest version of this index measures the local human development of settlements with 30-30,000 inhabitants).…”

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“…Romania is one of the least urbanized countries in the European Union with this rate. Nevertheless, as the balance of the last hundred years , the number of urban populations increased by 9 million and quadrupled in the country (Mitrică, 2014). One of the most significant results of this urbanization process was the change in the ethnic structure of cities, more specifically the urbanization of the Ethnic Romanians (Varga, 1998).…”

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“…Right after World War (WW) I, the significantly enlarged Romania was still mainly rural, with only 20% of the total population living in 112 towns (Mitrică, 2014;Boia, 2015). Ethnic Romanians did not form a majority in many of the cities, especially not in the newly incorporated Western part of the country (Transylvania).…”

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A Comparative Analysis of the Socio-Economic Development of Romanian Cities and Towns Inhabited by Ethnic Hungarians

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The aim of this study is to examine the socio-economic development of all Romanian cities and towns with a Hungarian majority. Socio-economic indicators of these settlements with a strong ethnic Hungarian character were compared to similar other cities of Romania having an ethnic Romanian majority. This research examined the general socio-economic development of these settlements, as well as some components of this socio-economic development through seven complex indicators calculated from 25 indicators (per unit indicators). According to the results, cities and towns with a Hungarian majority are relatively heterogeneous. The major cities of Szeklerland have higher development level than most of the examined Romanian settlement. However, the small sized towns with a Hungarian majority along the western border of Romania have lower values than the similar settlements in their neighborhood with an ethnic Romanian majority or the small and medium sized Hungarian towns of Szeklerland.

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Changes in the Dynamics and Demographic Structure of the Romanian Rural Population: An Overview of the Post-communist Period

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Developing an Indicator-Based Framework to Measure Sustainable Tourism in Romania. A Territorial Approach

Developing an Indicator-Based Framework to Measure Sustainable Tourism in Romania. A Territorial Approach

Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania

A Comparative Analysis of the Socio-Economic Development of Romanian Cities and Towns Inhabited by Ethnic Hungarians

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