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Papers / Études et communications


BADREDDINE RABHI, MOHAMED CHADLI, L'évolution des flux migratoires interrégionale en Algérie (The evolution of interregional migratory flows in Algeria)


LEJLA ZUNIC, KRISTINA KOSIC, TATJANA PIVAC, Museum development in Bosnia and Herzegovina as an indicator of the positive socio-cultural impact of tourism


JURAEV ZUHRIDDIN, AHN YOUNG-JIN, Sustainable water management and elimination of water scarcity: a case study in a remote district of Uzbekistan


IBRAHIM IBRAHIM, Village economic development strategies through sustainable village-owned enterprises. The Gold Mining Area in West Sumbawa, Indonesia


KHELIFA SOFRANI, MERIEM CHABOU OTHMANI, L'exurbanisation, une démarche de régulation environnementale appropriée à l'urbanisation autour du champ gazier de Hassi R'mel en Algérie (Exurbanisation, an environmental regulation approach suitable for urbanization around the Hassi R'mel gas field in Algeria)


MIHAELA RODICA PERSU, The Coronavirus pandemic and the impact of anti-COVID-19 measures on the population of Romania (March 16, 2020-March 8, 2022)


AMRA CAUSEVIC, Travel habits and changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina


SORIN GEACU, La répartition géographique des populations de buffles élevées sur le territoire de la Roumanie au dernier siècle (The geographical spread of the water buffalo populations raised on the territory of Romania in the last century)


Papers / Études et communications


RADU SĂGEATĂ, Emmanuel de Martonne et la frontière occidentale de la Roumanie (Emmanuel de Martonne and the Western Border of Romania)


MAGDALENA DRĂGAN, GABRIELA-ALINA MUREŞAN, SIMONA MĂLĂESCU, The impact of remote learning on a student-based rental market during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Case study: Cluj-Napoca, Romania (L'impact de l'enseignement en ligne sur un marché de location dépendant de logement étudiant pendant la pandémie de COVID-19)


MIHAELA SIMA, ALINA-ELENA PIŢIGOI, GICA PEHOIU, Teachers' perception on the inclusion of environmental education in primary school curricula. Case-study: Dâmboviţa County, Romania


HAZIR S. ÇADRAKU, Morphometric Analysis of Llap River watershed (Kosovo)


IBRAHIM MAMADOU, Savoirs locaux sur les risques de feux de brousse dans la commune de Tesker, région de Zinder au Niger (Local knowledge on the risks of bush fires in the municipality of Tesker, Zinder Region in Niger)


MOHAMED FILALI, BELKACEM DIB, Les activités économiques issues des changements d'usage des logements publics: élément intégrant du système de repérage pour les usagers des ensembles d'habitats (Constantine, Algérie) (The economic activities resulting from the changes in the use of public housing: an integral element of the tracking system for users of housing groups (Constantine, Algeria))


ALEXANDRU-MARIUS TĂTAR, Shaping urban space in Romania. Case study: the Bistriţa-Beclean urban axis


MERIEM BENLAHRECHE, SAID MAZOUZ, Impacts environnementaux et changements urbains dans la commune de Hamma Bouziane (Constantine, Algérie) (Environmental impacts and urban changes in the town of Hamma Bouziane (Constantine, Algeria)


Papers / Études et communications


GHEORGHE KUCSICSA, ELENA-ANA POPOVICI, DAN BĂLTEANU, Land-use/cover pattern scenarios in Romania modelled for 2075


LESIA YELISTRATOVA, ALEXANDR APOSTOLOV, VADIM LYALKO, OLHA TOMCHENKO, ANNA KHYZHNIAK, ARTUR HODOROVSKY, The results of socio-ecological monitoring during military operations in Ukraine using satellite information


MIHAI MICU, DANA MICU, Landslides morphogenetic complexity in the Buzău Carpathians and Subcarpathians. Implications for hazard assessment


GABRIELA MUNTEANU, MAGDALENA DRĂGAN, POMPEI COCEAN, The impact of COVID-19 on tourist activities in the North-West Development Region, Romania


SENADA NEZIROVIC, DZEJMA AGANOVIC, BELMA DURMISEVIC, The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism in the city of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


FATIMA DAHDOUH, SOUMEYA HOUMER, Qualité de vie et durabilité dans les quartiers résidentiels algériens entre la méthodologie de planification et la réalité de mise en oeuvre. Le cas de la ville d'Oum El-Bouaghi, Algérie (Quality of life and sustainability in Algerian residential neighbourhoods between the planning methodology and the reality of implementation. The case of the city of Oum El-Bouaghi, Algeria)


OMID MOBARAKI, JAMILEH AHMADI, Urban regeneration and reuse of urban spaces. The case of metropolitan Tabriz, Iran


KHALED ROUIBAH, MESSAOUD BELABBAS, The expansion of olive growing areas in the high plains of Eastern Algeria. Driving factors, socio-economic impacts and challenges


Papers / Études et communications


BIANCA MITRICĂ, IONEL MUNTELE, CLAUDIA POPESCU, ANA POPOVICI, PAUL-RĂZVAN ŞERBAN, IRENA MOCANU, RADU SĂGEATĂ, Romanian research in Human and Regional Geography. An overview of the post-communist period


DORINA MICU, PETRU URDEA, The estimation of soil losses and the sediment yield using the SATEEC model on the Southern slope of the Lipovei Hills


CRISTIAN RĂDUCĂ, SANDU BOENGIU, OANA MITITELU-IONUŢ, DANIEL SIMULESCU, CONSTANTIN ENACHE, Sandy soils-geomorphology relationships in Jiana Plain (South-Western Romania)


MALIKA CHICHOUNE, NOUARI SOUIHER, BELKACEM MESSAID, MOUHAMED ABEDESSAMED REZZAZ, La gestion des eaux en Algérie: le cas de la Wilaya de Batna (est algerien)(Water management in Algeria: A case study of the wilaya of Batna (East Algeria))


DRAGOŞ BAROIU, CRISTINA DUMITRICĂ, La diffusion géographique du toponyme et du nom Obcina (The geographical distribution of the toponym and name of Obcina)


IMEN DENCHE, SAMIRA DEBACHE, La réinterprétation des ressources patrimoniales comme levier d'éco conception au prisme de la durabilité saharienne - cas du nouveau Ksar Tafilelt dans la Vallée du M'zab - Algérie (The reinterpretation of heritage resources as a lever of eco design through the prism of Saharan sustainability, the case of the new ksar Tafilelt in the M'Zab Valley - Algeria)


Papers / Études et communications


INES GRIGORESCU, MIHAELA SIMA, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ, CRISTINA DUMITRICĂ, Climate hazard maps - a tool to support communication with stakeholders. A showcase of Baia Mare Depression, Romania


ALEXANDR APOSTOLOV, LESIA YELISTRATOVA, INNA ROMANCIUC, IULIIA ZAKHARCHUK, Identifying potential landslide areas by employing the Erosion Relief Index and meteorological criteria in Ukraine


BIANCA MITRICĂ, RADU SĂGEATĂ, IRENA MOCANU, NICOLETA DAMIAN, ADRIANA NEAGOE, Recent dynamics of the secondary sector in Romania. Regional disparities


GABRIELA MUNTEANU, Nature-based tourism in the karst gorges of the Southern Carpathians


ALI REDJEM, AZZEDINE BENYAHIA, MOSTEFA DOUGHA, BRAHIM NOUIBAT, MAHMOUD HASBAIA, ANDRÉ OZER, Combining the analytic hierarchy process with GIS for landfill site selection: the case of the Municipality of M'Sila, Algeria


JIRÍ ANDEL, JAN D. BLÁHA, IVAN BICÍK, The typology of the World's macro-regions


IMEN GUECHI, HALIMA GHERRAZ, DJAMEL ALKAMA, Relationship between LULC characteristic and LST using remote sensing and GIS, case study Guelma (Algeria)


Papers / Études et communications


SENADA NEZIROVIC, BELMA DURMISEVIC, AMNA HODZIC, ANA ZIVKO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - transit area or unwanted migrant depots?


ALEXANDRA LAZĂR, MIHAIL EVA, SÉBASTIEN BOURDIN, CORNELIU IAŢU, Analyse multicritère des disparités régionales en Roumanie (2000-2016) (A multi-criteria analysis of regional disparities in Romania (2000-2016))


INAH OKON, MUSA WADA, Foreign direct investments and employment generation in the Nigeria maritime industry


NATÁLIA GODA, The influence of nation branding on tourism - how Slovakia compares to Austria in nation branding


KHALIL BOUHADJAR, NADIA CHABI, Espace public à travers l'histoire de la ville algerienne, cas de Constantine et de sa nouvelle ville Ali Mendjeli (Public space through the history of the Algerian city, the case of Constantine and its new town Ali Mendjeli)


SORIN GEACU, An invasive species in the fauna of Galaţi County - the jackal (Canis aureus L., 1758)


SACI FARIDA, KHALFALLAH BOUDJEMAA, The location of the city's classified establishments and their danger to the urban environment. A case study of M'Sila city/Algeria


Guest editors:
Dr. IRENA MOCANU, Prof. dr. LYDIA COUDROY DE LILLE, Prof. dr. NATHALIE LEMARCHAND

Papers of the Romanian-French Forum (2018) / Études et communications du Forum roumain-français (2018)


LILIANA ZAHARIA, FLORINA GRECU, GABRIELA IOANA-TOROIMAC, GABRIELA-ADINA MOROŞANU, Repères des relations géographiques franco-roumaines en climatologie, géomorphologie et hydrologie à l'Université de Bucarest (Franco-Romanian geographical relationships in climatology, geomorphology and hydrology at the University of Bucharest)


CLAUDIA POPESCU, IRENA MOCANU, BIANCA MITRICĂ, NICOLETA DAMIAN, La Vallée du Danube roumain - entre le regard d'Emmanuel de Martonne et les transformations actuelles (The Romanian Danube Valley - between Emmanuel de Martonne's approach and the current changes)


NICOLAE POPA, JEAN SOUMAGNE, Permanences géographiques dans les relations Banat - Anjou (Geographical permanence in Banat - Anjou relations)


Papers / Études et communications

POMPEI COCEAN, SORIN FILIP, NICOLETA DAVID, Repulsive cultural landscapes as areas of risk and vulnerability


HALIMA GHERRAZ, DJAMEL ALKAMA, L'estimation de l'impact des espaces verts et des surfaces d'eau sur le climat urbain et la temperature de surface du sol (Mila, Algérie) (Quantifying the impact of green spaces and water bodies on urban climate and land surface temperature (Mila, Algeria))


NICOLETA LARISSA STOIA, IOAN-CRISTIAN IOJĂ, SIMONA R. GRĂDINARU, Could urban green space management in Mehedinţi County be conducted following green infrastructure planning principles?


RAHMAN NURKOVIC, Transformation of old industrial areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina


RADHWANE BOUKELOUHA, PIERRE GAUTHIER, Marchabilité en contextes urbains algériens traditionnel et contemporain: caractérisation de l'accessibilité piétonne à Constantine et Ali Mendjeli à l'aide de l'Index Walk Score™ (Walkability in Algerian traditional and new urban contexts: characterizing pedestrian accessibility in Constantine and Ali Mendjeli, using the Walk Score™ Index)


SAADA MERIEM, HAMOUDA ABIDA, Habitat rural: vers un nouveau fonctionnement de la ruralité - cas de la commune de Tigharghar (Aures - Algérie) (Rural settlement: towards a new functioning of the rurality - case of the town of Tigharghar (Aures - Algeria))

Guest editors:
Dr. IRENA MOCANU, Prof. dr. LYDIA COUDROY DE LILLE, Prof. dr. NATHALIE LEMARCHAND

Papers of the Romanian-French Forum (2018) / Études et communications du Forum roumain-français (2018)


IRENA MOCANU, LYDIA COUDROY DE LILLE, NATHALIE LEMARCHAND, Collaboration roumaine-française en géographie. Introduction (The Romanian-French collaboration in Geography. Introduction)


VIOLETTE REY, Des chiffres, des cartes... et toujours la pratique du terrain: une expérience française sur la géographie de la Roumanie (Numbers, maps... and the ever-present fieldwork: a French take on Romanian geography)


EMMANUELLE BOULINEAU, LYDIA COUDROY DE LILLE, La coopération scientifique entre France et Roumanie vue à travers la production doctorale (Scientific cooperation between France and Romania as seen through the issue of doctoral theses)


BÉATRICE VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, "Le fantôme" du Vieux Royaume dans la Roumanie contemporaine. Pour une géographie des imaginaires du futur ("The phantom" of the Old Kingdom in modern-day Romania. For a geographic approach to the imaginings of the future)


OCTAVIAN GROZA, ALEXANDRU RUSU, Histoires cartographiques franco-roumaines (Franco-Romanian cartographic stories)


Papers / Études et communications

IONEL MUNTELE, MARINELA ISTRATE, FLORINA BUNDUC (BABII), Educational disparities in Romania. A multilevel analysis of the national assessment examination succes rate


BRAJ RAJ KUMAR SINHA, Health inequality among rural people in Eastern India


PAUL-RĂZVAN ŞERBAN, The demographic decline in Maramureş region (Romania) throughout the post-communist period


DANIELA-GABRIELA CIMBRU, Land use/land cover changes assessment in the Tazlău hydrographic basin


Book reviews / Comptes rendus

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IONEL MUNTELE, COSTEL-COSMIN SÎRBU, IONUŢ-VASILE OSTOPOVICI, Historical Moldavia - from demographic expansion to a shrinking region


DORU ADRIAN LIXANDRU, L'invention de la "Grande" Roumanie: nationalisme territorial et pratique géographique jusqu'au lendemain de la Première Guerre Mondiale (Greater Romania - an invention: territorial nationalism and geographical practice until the First World War came to an end)


GABRIELA MUNTEANU, POMPEI COCEAN, The sacred sites of Transylvania


GHOSAL SOMNATH, GHOSH MANORANJAN, Living with insecurity: a critical examination of the environmental problems linked with social problems in rural West Bengal, India


ZEEV GREENBERG, SARA ARNON, SHMUEL SHAMAI, YITZHAK SCHNELL, Women's entrepreneurship and small businesses in rural settlements in the Israeli Northern periphery


GABRIELA MOROŞANU, GISELE VERNIERS, LILIANA ZAHARIA, Evaluation de la qualité physique de la rivière Coşuştea (Bassin de Jiu) par la méthode Téléos (Assessing the physical quality of the Cosustea River (Jiu River Basin) by the Téléos method)


HASAN CUKUR, RAZIYE CAKICIOGLU OBAN, HEDIYE ARZU GOKCE GUNDUZOGLU, Land use suitability analysis of the Ulubey Canyon (Usak - Turkey) and its surroundings


CHEIKH FAYE, AMADOU ABDOUL SOW, EL HADJI SALIF DIOP, Caractérisation des effets du barrage de Manantali sur le régime hydrologique du fleuve Sénégal (The effects of the Manantali Dam on the water regime of the Senegal River. Characteristic features)


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


Guest editors:
Dr. INES GRIGORESCU, Prof. dr. JERZY BANSKI

Papers / Études et communications


JERZY BANSKI, INES GRIGORESCU, Presents and futures of local and regional development. Multi-level interdisciplinary approaches within international context


BIANCA MITRICĂ, IRENA MOCANU, MONICA DUMITRAŞCU, INES GRIGORESCU, Is the Romanian Danube Valley a cohesive region? A geographical approach


JELENA MILANKOVIC JOVANOV, SMILJANA DUKICIN VUCKOVIC, LJUBICA IVANOVNIC BIBIC, Possibilities for the development of the Lower Danube sector in the Republic of Serbia


INES GRIGORESCU, GHEORGHE KUCSICSA, ELENA-ANA POPOVICI, BIANCA MITRICĂ, MONICA DUMITRAŞCU, IRENA MOCANU, Regional disparities in the urban sprawl phenomenon in Romania using Corine Land Cover database


GIACOMO CAVUTA, DANTE DI MATTEO, FABRIZIO FERRARI, MARINA FUSCHI, Abruzzo as a two-faced region: between vulnerability and environmental safeguard


RAHMAN NURKOVIC, Rural development in Bosnia and Herzegovina under the influence of local communities


SMILJANA ÐUKICIN VUCKOVIC, JASMINA DORDEVIC, JELENA MILANKOVIC JOVANOV, LJUBICA IVANOVIC BIBIC, TIJANA ÐORÐEVIC, Socio-economic characteristics as limiting factors of regional development. The case of Kolubara District, Republic of Serbia


NICOLETA DAMIAN, RADU SAGEATĂ, Ethnical minorities in the Romanian sector of Dobrogea


FLORIN-ALEXANDRU ZAHARIA, ANA-MARIA TALOŞ, Evaluating the spatial connectivity degree of the Dobrogea settlement network


TRIARKO NURLAMBANG, The effectiveness of decentralization in Indonesia. A case-study of the development of a marginal area by local authorities


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus

Papers / Études et communications


CRISTINA DUMITRICĂ, DANIEL CIUPITU, INES GRIGORESCU, Spatial characteristics of the land surface temperature in Bucharest Metropolitan Area


KHALED ABAZA, ALI HANAFI, La diversité végétale dans un milieu de transition entre les étages bioclimatiques méditerranéens aride et Saharien. Cas du secteur d'Ouled Dabbeb, Tunisie (Vegetable diversity of a transitional environment between the arid and the Sahara bioclimatic stages. Case-study Ouled Dabbeb, Tunisia)


MIHAI MUSTĂŢEA, A geographical approach on identifying remains of once primeval oak forests. Case-study: the Argeş river lower basin, Romania


LAURA LUPU, CONSTANŢA BORONEANŢ, DIANA DOGARU, Evaluation of the socioeconomic effects of drought in the Turnu Măgurele - Giurgiu sector of the Romanian Danube Valley


HYNEK BÖHM, Is Czech paradiplomacy (also) eurosceptical: example from Moravian-Silesian Region?


RADU SAGEATĂ, The European Union between integration and fragmentation. A possible evolution scenario


HANA MEDAREGNAROU BOUBIR, Une stratégie participative de développement local. Le cas du territoire de Tébessa en Algérie (A participatory strategy for local development. The case of Tebessa territory in Algeria)


PAUL-RĂZVAN ŞERBAN, Ethnical structure dynamics of Maramureş Region (Romania)


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


Papers / Études et communications


INES GRIGORESCU, GHEORGHE KUCSICSA, Spatial and temporal dynamics of urban sprawl in the Romanian Plain over the last century


PAUL SUMAN, KUNDU SANJIT, Spatial modelling of urban infrastructure: a study from a developing country (India)


MIHAELA RODICA PERSU, Demographic changes in the rural area of the Southern Carpathians (1992-2011)


BOUZAHZAH FOUED, BOUDJABI NAOUEL HANANE, Attractivité commerciale et nouvelle centralité dans le Bas-Sahara Algérien: cas de la Ville de Biskra (Commercial attractiveness and new centrality in the Algerian Lower Sahara: Biskra City case-study)


DANA MICU, ELENA-ANA POPOVICI, LOREDANA-ELENA HAVRIŞ, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ, Heat stress-crop yields interactions under summer warming trends: insights for the southern cropping lowlands of Romania


POMPILIU MIŢĂ, SIMONA MATREAŢĂ, The effect of precipitation on river runoff in Romania's representative basins


TALI PARVAIZ, TABASSUM NASRIN, KANTH T. A., Changing temperature extremes in Northwest Himalayas


Anniversaries / Anniversaires

Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


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CONSTANTIN BONDAR, GABRIEL IORDACHE, Sediment transport on the Danube river in the Romanian border area - characteristics


JENICĂ HANGANU, ADRIAN CONSTANTINESCU, MIHAI DOROFTEI, Enhancement of high resolution layers produced under GMES - land monitoring


GUERINE LAKHDAR, Quantification de l'erosion hydrique sur les sols marneux des Alpes de Haute Provence (Region de la Motte du Caire), France (Hydric erosion quantification on the marly soils of the Southern French Alps (la Motte du Caire region))


KHALED ABAZA, Les géosites à Kesra (Dorsale Tunisienne). Diversité des paysages, patrimonialisation et développement territorial local (Kesra's geo-sites (Tunisian Dorsale). Diversity of landscapes, heritage and local territorial development)


ANA-MARIA POP, LELIA PAPP, GHEORGHE HOGNOGI, ALEXANDRA-CAMELIA POTRA, Post-communist demographic changes in Romanian mountain communities. Case study: the Poiana Rusca Mountains


RADU SĂGEATĂ, Recent changes in Romania's ethnical structure. The Chinese minority - a case study


ANA-MARIA TALOŞ, Population lifestyle and health in Ialomiţa County (Romania)


MIHAELA PERSU, DANIELA NANCU, Oikonyms in the Curvature Carpathian rural area. Population and socio-economic development processes. Argumentation


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


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IRENA MOCANU, Importance of the local territorial level in shaping the quality of employment patterns in Romania


IONEL MUNTELE, ADRIAN GROZAVU, Les Carpates Roumaines entre l'extension du système de peuplement et les défis de l'adaptation aux exigences de la modernité


MARYAMSADAT HOSSEINI, AMR AH. GOUDA, HOUSHMAND E. MASOUMI, Urbanization trends and urban planning strategies in three major Middle Eastern countries: Iran, Egypt, and Turkey


DRAGOŞ BAROIU, PAUL-RAZVAN ŞERBAN, Local communities involved in the territorial planning of South-Bukowina area. Factor and effect


HANY SAMY ABU EL ELA, Monitoring some smart city geographical characteristics of Medina in Saudi Arabia


ABDELWAHHAB FILALI, MAHDI KALLA, Scenario de gestion des crises en milieu urbain - cas d'El Eulma (Algérie)


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


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BENNI THIEBES, RAINER BELL, THOMAS GLADE, JIAN WANG, SHIBIAO BAI, Application of SINMAP and analysis of model sensitivity - case studies from Germany and China


PETRE GÂŞTESCU, PETRE BREŢCAN, DACIAN CONSTANTIN TEODORESCU, The lakes of the Romanian Black Sea coast. Man-induced changes, water regime, present state


SORIN GEACU, The Great Bustard (Otis tarda L.) population dynamics in Romania


GHEORGHE KUCSICSA, VASILE POPOVICI, Spatial analysis of environmental and anthropogenic influences on nitrate concentration in shallow groundwaters. Case study: Ruscova Valley, Maramureş Mountains (Romania)


BOIAN KOULOV, EU 'deep' periphery: a case study of mountain borderlands in Bulgaria


ANTONIO TACHE, MONICA TACHE, A methodology for the evaluation of functional urban areas in Romania


ION VELCEA, TEODOR TODERAŞ, TRAIAN CRĂCEA, ALINA NEGOESCU, Pastoral transhumance in Mărginimea Sibiului


NICOLETA DAMIAN, Socio-economic development in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


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NICOLAY DRONIN, NATALIA TELNOVA, ANDREY KIRILENKO, ELENA MILANOVA, NATALIA KALUTSKOVA, Observed and projected climate change and its impact on ecosystems' productivity in forest-steppe and steppe zones of Russia and neighboring (FSU) countries


DIANA DOGARU, GHEORGHE KUCSICSA, Using multiple linear regressions to derive cropland and pasture proportion maps in Romania


JENICĂ HANGANU, ADRIAN CONSTANTINESCU, Land cover changes in Romania based on Corine Land Cover inventory 1990-2012


VIOLETA POENARU, ALEXANDRU BADEA, SORIN MIHAI CÎMPEANU, IULIA DANA NEGULA, Synthetic aperture radar for assessing land degradation in a salt mining area - Ocnele Mari case-study


IRENA MOCANU, Quality of employment from a geographical perspective. A show case of the Romanian Danube Valley


SHIGERU SHIRASAKA, KAZUKO URUSHIBARA-YOSHINO, Changes in sheep transhumance in Romania. A case-study from Mărginimea Sibiului - Southern Carpathians


LUCIAN DAVID, Settlements in the Rucăr-Bran Corridor. Dynamics of functional types


KHALED ABAZA, Analyse de la régénération spontanée de la végétation post-incendie dans la foret de Dar Chichou (CAP BON, TUNISIE NORD-ORIENTALE)


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

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IVAN BICIK, ZBYNIK JANOUSEK, JAN KABRDA, Czechia: changes in landscape use in the transformation period


DENISA LAVINIA BADIU, FLORIAN BODESCU, CRISTIAN IOAN IOJĂ, MARIA PĂTROESCU, Planning ecological corridors on arable lands in Natura 2000 Sites: Case Study ROSCI0123 Măcin Mountains, Romania


ALEXANDRU-IONUŢ PETRIŞOR, Land cover and land use changes reflecting the environmental impacts of local declining economies. Case study: South-West Development Region. Romania


BAZIZ NAFISSA, KALLA MAHDI, DRIDI HADDA, BOUTRID MOHAMED LAMINE, Analyse et modélisation de la vulnérabilité aux maladies à transmission hydrique dans l'espace urbain de la ville de Batna - Nord-Est Algerien


ELIZAVETA KHAZIEVA, GIS modelling in thematic mapping of land cover changes in the forest-steppe region of Russia


RABAH BOUHATA, MAHDI KALLA, HADDA DRIDDI, Cartographie de la variabilité spatiale de la salinité du sol dans de la zone endorhéique de Gadaine (Nord-Est Algérien)


DAN BĂLTEANU, Seventy years of research at the Institute of Geography

Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


Guest editors:
Prof. Anthony Lehmann, Dr. Monica Dumitrascu, Prof. Seval Sozen

Papers / Études et communications


ANTHONY LEHMANN, SEVAL SOZEN, MONICA DUMITRAŞCU, Addressing societal challenges in the Black Sea Catchment through Innovative Earth Observation System of Systems


ADRIAN CONSTANTINESCU, JENICĂ HANGANU, ANTHONY LEHMANN, NICOLAS RAY, Assessment of Romanian alpine habitats spatial shifts based on climate change prediction scenarios


YEVGEN GAZYETOV, ROMAN SIZO, The Delta coastline dynamics for the Danube Northern arm over the period 1986-2011


PETRE GÂŞTESCU, ION GRIGORAŞ, Morphological changes on the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve coast - actual synthesis


MONICA DUMITRAŞCU, INES GRIGORESCU, GHEORGHE KUCSICSA, MIHAI DOROFTEI, MIHAELA NĂSTASE, CARMEN SOFIA DRAGOTĂ, Invasive terrestrial plant species in the Romanian protected areas. A geographical approach


ALIYE GONCA BOZKAYA, FILIZ BEKTAS BALCIK, CIGDEM GOKSEL, AHMET OZGUR DOGRU, NESIBE NECLA ULUGTEKIN, SEVAL SOZEN, Satellite-based multitemporal change detection in Igneada flooded forests


YEVGEN MAKAROVSKIY, VIKTORIIA ZINYCH, Wind energy potential assessment of Ukraine


ALEKSANDR CHEROY, OLEG DYAKOV, ELENA ZHMUD, VERONIKA PRYKHODKO, Ecological state of the marine edge of the Kilia Delta of the Danube in 2011-2012


SERGII SNIGIROV, Biodiversity of ichthyofauna in the Dnister Delta


BIANCA MITRICĂ, Changes in the dynamics and demographic structures of the Romanian urban population. An overview of the post-comunist period


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus

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ALEXANDRU UNGUREANU, Les efforts de Simion Mehedinţi pour rendre la Roumanie mieux connue au-delà des frontières (Simion Mehedinţi`s efforts in order to make Romania better known for the foreigners)

VERONICA ZUMPANO, HAYDAR HUSSIN, PAOLA REICHENBACH, DAN BĂLTEANU, MIHAI MICU, SIMONE STERLACCHINI, A landslide susceptibility analysis for Buzãu County, Romania


VIORICA DIMA, Foehn over the Eastern Carpathians characterised by a Western circulation of anticyclonic shade. Case study, 4-6 February, 2011


RADU SĂGEATĂ, MIRCEA BUZA, Die Industrieentwicklung und das Organisieren des städtischen Raumes im Rumänischen Sektor der Unteren Donau. Der Studienfall: Galaţi (Industrial development and urban space organisation in the Romanian sector of the Danube. Case study: Galaţi City)


AKAKBA AHMED, KALLA MAHDI, DRIDI HADDA, FILLALI ABDELWAHHAB, Modelisation du plan d'urbanisme de la ville d'El Eulma (Algérie). Apport de l'intelligence territoriale dans la gouvernance urbaine (Modelling the urbanism plan of El Eulma town (Algeria). The contribution of territorial knowhow to urban governance)


BENYAHIA LAMIA, DRIDI HADDA, NACEUR FARIDA, La perception des dysfonctionnements du développement urbain vue par les habitants de Batna (Algérie) (Perception of dysfunctions in the urban development view of Batna inhabitants (Algeria))


ZAHRA ARZJANI, KHADIJEH HOMAY SALEHI, The role of small industrial enterprises in rural women employment: Farmihan rural district - Tafresh small province, Iran


DRAGOŞ BAROIU, PAUL RĂZVAN ŞERBAN, Elements d'organisation de l'espace de Sud de la Bucovine (Elements of space organisation in south Bucovina)


TUDOR DINU, Le cadre géographique de Bucarest à l'époque phanariote (1716-1821) (The geographical framework of Bucharest during the Phanariot period (1716-1821))


In memoriam


Papers / Études et communications


RODICA PAULA MIC, CIPRIAN CORBUŞ, ARISTIŢA BUSUIOC, Climate change impact upon water resources in the Buzău and Ialomiţa river basins


DANA MICU, LOREDANA HAVRIŞ, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ, Detection of urban summer warming in temporal change of heat stress-related indices in the Romanian Plain Region


ANTON MICHÁLEK, PETER PODOLÁK, Theoretical framework for the selection of social indicators characterising regional disparities


RADU SĂGEATĂ, MIHAELA PERSU, Cross-border co-operation Euroregions in the Romanian Danube borderzone


DANIELA VIOLETA NANCU, Rural population dynamics in the Curvature Carpathians


ANDUŢA GROFU, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ, The effects of excess precipitation fallen in the Curvature Subcarpathians (Romania) during the warm period of the year. Case-study: Sărăţel and Bălăneasa drainage basins


Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


Papers / Études et communications


ELENA TEODOREANU, Hydro-climatic events during the Little Climatic Optimum in Romania


OCTAVIA BOGDAN, ANDREEA FLORIANA MARINICĂ, ION MARINICĂ, Comparative climatic characteristics between the winter of 2011-2012 and the winter of 1953-1954 in the south of Romania


MIHAI IELENICZ, SMARANDA SIMONI, The tourism system - main directions in evaluating its operation


PAUL-RĂZVAN ŞERBAN, Evolution of spatial complexity in Romania: networking, differentiation


MAKRAM GAALICHE, MOHAMED AMINE HAMMAS, Le territoire, un conteneur de spécificités locales: mis en évidence par l'analyse du système productif local de Ksar-Hellal (Tunisie)


MAGDALENA DRĂGAN, The reorganization of economic activities in the Apuseni Mountains


MARIOARA PAVEL-MUSTEAŢA, TAMARA SIMON, Promoting nautical tourism in Romania


Anniversaries / Anniversairese

Scientific life / La vie scientifique

Book reviews / Comptes rendus


Papers / Études et communications


POMPEI COCEAN, NICOLETA DAVID, Territorial Cohesion - major desideratum of spatial planning


ELENA MILANOVA, Land use/Cover Change in Russia within the context of global challenges


DAN BĂLTEANU, MIHAI MICU, Morphodynamics of the Chirleşti mudflow (Buzău Mountains)


NICOLAE FLOREA, Soil facies - a geographic local-regional completing of soil taxonomic units


CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ, CĂTĂLINA MĂRCULEŢ, LOREDANA-ELENA MIC, ANDUŢA GROFU, Mapping dryness time-scales in the Curvature Carpathians and Subcarpathians (Romania) by the Standardized Precipitation Index


MEDARAG NAROU BOUBIR HANA, FARHI ABDELLAH, Rétrospective et analyse démographique de la dynamique urbaine du systeme wilayal tebessi (1966-2008) (Retrospective view and demographic analysis of the wilayah Tebessi dynamic urban system (1966-2008))


RADU SĂGEATĂ, River and sea transports in Romania in the European Union Strategy for the Danube region perspective


MIHAELA RODICA PERSU, DANIELA VIOLETA NANCU, Rural landscapes and human pressure in the Subcarpathian depressions of Oltenia. Geographical considerations


GABRIELA COCEAN, The inventory and hierarchy of geomorphosites in the Vlădeasa Massif


ALINA CORBU, Land use in the Danube floodplain and terraces, Giurgiu-Călăraşi sector


Scientific life / La vie scientifique


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Papers / Études et communications


DAN BĂLTEANU, DIANA DOGARU, Geographical perspectives on human-environment relationships and anthropic pressure indicators


MONICA DUMITRAŞCU, INES GRIGORESCU, GHEORGHE KUCSICSA, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ, MIHAELA NĂSTASE, Non-native and native invasive terrestrial plant species in Comana Natural Park. Case-studies: Amorpha fruticosa and Crataegus monogyna


ŞTEFAN BILAŞCO, CSABA HORVATH, GHEORGHE ROŞIAN, FILIP SORIN, IULIUS EDUARD KELLER, Statistical model using GIS for the assessment of landslide susceptibility. Case-study: the Someş Plateau (GIS-statistisches Modell zur Bewertung der Gebietsverwundbarkeit für Erdrutschen. Fallstudie Someş Hochebene)


GAVIN BOWD, Emmanuel de Martonne et la naissance de la Grande Roumanie (Emmanuel de Martonne and the birth of Greater Romania)


OCTAVIAN ŞELARIU, The Black Sea continental shelf. Studies and research of marine hydrography and hydrology in the second half of the 20th century (Études et recherches de hydrographie et de hydrologie marine dans la plate-forme continentale du secteur roumain de la mer Noire pendant la seconde moitié du XXe siècle)


DANIEL IOSIF, Les saxons de Transylvanie et leurs églises fortifiées: un riche patrimoine culturel de la Roumanie (Saxons from Transylvania and their fortified churches: a rich cultural heritage of Romania)


National Symposium of Geomorphology, May 19-21, 2011, Craiova (Mihai Micu)


International Conference ”Challenges and performance of post socialist tourism in Central Eastern European countries”, May, 26-28, 2011, Bucharest (Nicoleta Damian)


Book reviews / Comptes rendus

Chronicle / Chronique


Papers / Études et communications


IRENA MOCANU, General job-exchanges in Romania. A comparative spatial analysis of vacancy supply and demand before and during the current economic-financial crisis (Les bourses générales d'emplois en Roumanie. Analyse spatiale comparative de la demande et de l'offre d'emplois pendant la crise économique-financière actuelle)

NICOLETA DAMIAN, Unemployment and poverty in the Danube Delta settlements. Territorial disparities (Différenciation territoriales du chômage et de la pauvreté dans les localités du Delta du Danube)


MIRCEA BUZA, On the origins and historical evolution of toponymy on the territory of Romania (Der Ursprung und die historische Entwicklung der Ortsnamen auf dem Territorium Rumäniens)


ŞTEFANIA MANEA, VIRGIL SURDEANU, IOAN RUS, Anthropogenic changes on landforms in the upper and middle sectors of Strei basin (Modifications anthropiques sur le relief dans le bassin supérieur et moyen du Strei)


OCTAVIA BOGDAN, ION MARINICĂ, LOREDANA-ELENA MIC, Characteristics of the 2007 canicular summer in Romania (Die Merkmale der Gluthitze aus dem Sommer des Jahres 2007 in Rumänien)


GHEORGHE KUCSICSA, Considerations on the timberline in the Rodna Mountains National Park (Betrachtungen über die obere Waldgrenze im Nationalpark der Rodna-Gebirge)


The International Geographical Union Regional Conference, July 12-16, 2010, Tel Aviv, Israel (Ines Grigorescu)


Plurel Conference: Managing the Urban-Rural Interface, Strategies and Tools for Urban Development and Sustainable Peri- urban Land Use Relationships, 19-22 October, 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark (I. G.)


Book reviews / Comptes rendus


Papers / Études et communications


DAN BĂLTEANU, ELENA-ANA POPOVICI, Land use changes and land degradation in post-socialist Romania (Changements dans l´utilisation des terrains et la dégradation des terrains dans la Roumanie post-socialiste)


IONEL MUNTELE, La Roumanie au bout de la transition démographique: disparités et convergences régionales (Romania at the end of demographic transition: regional disparities and convergences)


NICOLAE MUICĂ, DAVID TURNOCK, Settlements and toponomy in the Pătârlagele Depression: the Pănătău and Sibiciu localities (Villages et toponymie dans la dépression de Pătârlagele: les localités Pănătău et Sibiciu)


MIHAELA DANIELA PREDA, Ethnic affiliation, a problem in assessing the Gypsy (Roma) population in the 2002 census. Case-study – Oltenia, Romania (L´affiliation ethnique – un problème dans l´évaluation de la population tzigane (roma) dans le recensement de 2002. Étude de cas – Olténie, Roumanie)


NICOLAE FLOREA, Loess was formed, but not sedimented (Le loess s´est formé, mais il ne s´est pas déposé)


OLGA BĂLTESCU, Le rôle de l´infrastructure de transport dans la fragmentation des paysages naturels des Réserves Naturelles l´Epicéa de Résonance de Lãpuşna (les Carpates Orientales) et les Hauts de Chartreuse (les Alpes Françaises) (The transport infrastructure and its role in landscape crumbling in Lãpuşna Resonance Spruce (Eastern Carpathians) and Les hauts de Chartreuse (French Alps) nature reserves))


IOAN DONISĂ, ALEXANDRU UNGUREANU, Geography in Iaşi at the 150th anniversary of the «Alexandru I. Cuza» University (La géographie à Iaşi au 150e anniversaire de l´Université ´Alexandru I. Cuza´)


The Annual Meeting of the Romanian National Geographical Committee, Bucharest, January 16, 2010 (Bianca Dumitrescu)


International Summer School "Natural Hazards and Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions" (Pătârlagele, Buzău County, July 19-25, 2010) (Loredana-Elena Mic)


The Seventh Romanian-Turkish Geographical Seminar, Antalya, Turkey, June 1-9, 2010 (Nicoleta Damian)


Book reviews / Comptes rendus


Papers / Études et communications


IRENA MOCANU, Territorial assessment of institutional actors and tools in governance of the Romanian labour market (L'approche territoriale des acteurs institutionnels et des instruments pour la gouvernance du marché du travail en Roumanie)


NICOLAE MUICA, DAVID TURNOCK, Historical geography of settlements in the Patârlagele Depression: the cartographic evidence from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Les établissements ruraux de la dépression de Patârlagele: la géographie historique pendant la période depuis 1850 avec regard pour l'évidence cartographique)


RADU SĂGEATA, BIANCA DUMITRESCU, INES GRIGORESCU, The politics and its role in the configuration of architectural layers. A case-study: Bucharest (La politique et son rôle dans la création de couches architecturales. Etude de cas: Bucarest)


IOAN SEBASTIAN JUCU, Particularities of the functional profile and urban relations in post-socialist Lugoj Municipality (Quelques considérations sur le spécifique du profil fonctionnel et des relations urbaines dans la période post-socialiste de la municipalité de Lugoj)


SORIN PAVEL, The morpho-structure of Arad City and current problems of urban development (La morphostructure de la ville d'Arad et les problèmes actuels du développement urbain)


GABRIELA POPOVICIU, An analysis of developments in the Bihor (RO)- Hajdú-Bihar (H) Euroregion (Analyse du développement de l'Eurorégion de Bihor (Roumanie) et Hajdu-Bihar (Hongrie))


POMPILIU MIŢĂ, SIMONA MĂTREAŢĂ, Types of hydric regime in the small river basins from Romania in terms of annual average flow variation (Types de régime hydrique à l'échelle des petits bassins hydrographiques en Roumanie)


NICOLAE RUSAN, Wind energy potential in the East of Romania (Le potentiel énergétique éolien de l'est de la Roumanie)


A young researchers' Workshop on Integrated environment and sustainable development research, December 4, 2009 (Loredana-Elena Mic)


Book reviews / Comptes rendus


Papers / Études et communications


PETRE GÂŞTESCU, The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. Geography, Biodiversity, Protection, Management (La Réserve de la Biosphére du Delta du Danube. Géographie, Biodiversité, Protection, Administration)


NICOLETA DAMIAN, BIANCA DUMITRESCU, Sustainable development prospects for the Danube Delta rural communities (Les perspectives de développement durable des communautés rurales dans le Delta du Danube)


JEAN-NOËL SALOMON, Inondations torrentielles en zones montagneuses afférentes au Golfe du Mexique (Severe flooding in mountain areas near the Gulf of Mexico)


BLAZ KOMAC, MATIJA ZORN, Statistical landslide susceptibility modeling on a national scale: the example of Slovenia (Statistische Modellierung der Erdrutschungsgefahr auf der nationaler Ebene: das Beispiel von Slowenien)


VLADIMIR BOYNAGRYAN, Landslides of Armenia (Erdrutschungen in Armenien)


HAGEN KARL, ANDRECS PETER, Hazard assessment of landslides based on comprehensive documentation - analyses and experiences of the event in Gasen and Haslau 2005 (Austria) ((Abschätzung der Rutschungsnaturgefahr auf Grund einer umfassenden Dokumentation - Analysen und Erfahrungen für die Ereignisse in Gasen und Haslau 2005 (Österreich))


SORIN GEACU, The wolf populations (Canis lupus L., Mammalia, Carnivora) in Romania and the human impact over the last two centuries (Die Wolfbevölkerungen (Canis lupus L., Mammalia, Carnivora) aus Rumänien und die anthropische Wirkung gegen dieser in den letzten zwei Jahrhunderte)


IONEL MUNTELE, Urbanisation et contreurbanisation dans l'Europe d'après-guerre (Urbanisation and counterurbanisation in post-war Europe)


IOAN IANOŞ, ILINCA VALENTINA STOICA, Elements of centrality dynamics in Buzău city (Eléments concernant la dynamique de la centralité de la ville de Buzău)


NICOLAE MUICĂ, DAVID TURNOCK, Historical geography of settlements in the Pătârlagele Depression: the early cartographic evidence (La géographie historique des établissements de la dépression subcarpatique de Pătârlagele: évidence cartographique pour la période jusqu'à 1850)


ION CIOROIU, Geodemographical aspects of the Armenian population in Moldavia in the 19th century (Geodemographische Aspekte der Armenierbevölkerung vom Moldau im 19. Jahrhundert)


Le voyage d'études en Roumanie de la Société Française de Géographie, mai 2008 (Alexandru Ungureanu)


UN/ICA Week of Geographical Names in Timişoara, Timişoara, 9-13 September 2008 (Bianca Dumitrescu)


Romanian-Turkish Geographical Seminar Present-Day Environmental Changes in Romania and Turkey, 5-14 June 2009 (Bianca Dumitrescu)


Book reviews / Comptes rendus


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Foreword


IONEL MUNTELE, Définir le statut urbain en Roumanie à l'aide des critères pertinents (The definition of the urban status in Romania according to pertinent criterias)


JÖRG BECKER, WILFRIED HELLER, Migration without integration? Polish seasonal labour migrants in today's Germany (Wanderungen ohne Integrierung? Saisonbedingte polnische Arbeitswanderer in dem heutigen Deutschland)


REMUS CREŢAN, DAVID TURNOCK, The Gypsy minority in Romania: a study in marginality (La minorité tsigane en Roumanie: une étude dans la marginalité)


ERIC FOUACHE, CÉCILE FOUACHE, CHRISTINE SYREN, Le «Sickness Country» (Parc de Kakadu, Australie): entre mythe, réalité et mise en valeur touristique («Sickness Country») (Park Kakadu, Australia): between myth, reality and tourism potential)


LILIANA ZAHARIA, Identification de régions homogènes du point de vue hydrologique. Étude de cas: la région de la Courbure de l'Arc Carpatique (Identification of homogeneous hydrological regions. Case study: the Carpathian Curvature region)


MILAN LEHOTSKÝ, JÁN NOVOTNÝ, JACEK SZMANDA, Flooding and geomorphic evolution of modern floodplain - Case study of the Danube river downstream of the Devinska Gate (Les crues et l'évolution géomorphologique de la plaine alluviale moderne - Étude de cas le Danube aval de Devinska Brána (la Porte de Devin))


ERICH STOCKER, Geomorphic responses to landuse changes on steep slopes in timberline environment; Central Alps, Austria (Veränderungen geomorphologischer Prozesse und Formen als Reaktion auf den Nutzungswandel an steilen Almflächen im Bereich der Waldgrenze; Zentralalpen, Österreich)


ZOFIA RACZKOWSKA, Differentiation of present-day periglacial relief in high mountains of Europe (La différenciation du relief périglaciare contemporain des hautes montagnes de l'Europe)


ALEXANDRU NEDELEA, RĂZVAN OPREA, FLORIN ACHIM, LAURA COMĂNESCU, Cryo-nival modeling system. Case study: Bucegi Mountains and Făgăraş Mountains (Système de modéle cryo-nival. Étude de cas: les Monts Bucegi et les Monts Făgăraş)


La Conférence Régionale de l'Association Internationale de Géomorphologie, Braşov, 15-26 septembre 2008 (Marta Jurchescu)


International Summer School Natural Hazards and Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (Patârlagele, Buzau County, 20-25 September 2008) (Mihai Micu)


The Romanian-Polish Seminar Central Europe - Socio-Economic Disparities, Rural and Regional Development, Bucharest, September 18, 2008 (Claudia Popescu)


Book reviews / Comptes rendus