Post-Communist Demographic Changes in Pădurea Craiului Mountains

Abstract

The Pădurea Craiului Mountains represent the natural, cultural and living environment of some rural communities with a population that has been subject to various quantitative and structural changes. Being endowed with exploitable resources, this area has seen the rise and decline of some industries that which have generated a demographic dynamics characteristic of mining mountain areas. The Revolution from 1989 and the following period have represented a turning plate in the evolution of the economy of this space, with direct implications for the employed population in the economy before December.

Tourism and Local Development in the Crișul Repede Valley, Bihor County, Romania

“…The Defileul Crisului Repede reservation with an area of 219.70 ha is located in the central part of Bihor county, in the Pădurea Craiului Mountains, between the towns of Suncuiuş and Vadu Crişului, on both sides of the Criş Repede, along the county road. DJ108I and the Cluj-Oradea railway bus (Herman et al, 2019b;Olău, 2019). Considering the floristic, faunistic and geological importance of this area, through Law no.…”