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Human and economic geography

Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija in the Second Half of the 19th Century According to an Ethnic Map of a Part of Old Serbia

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Abstract: This article interprets the results of the author’s cartographic work on the Ethnic map of a part of Old Serbia, 1:300,000. This map pertains to a part of the historical Old Serbia, especially Kosovo and Metohija, with the addition of the Kuršumlija nahiya. It was made on the basis of three volumes of travel notes made by Miloš S. Milojević, who travelled through this area towards the end of the 1860’s and in the early 1870’s. The map presents, in an accessible manner, through the make-up and distribution of the population in the settlements within the region, the ethnic situation at the time, relying on the ethnic-national and religious-confessional criteria; that is to say, it presents the demographic-statistical structure of the mutual relations between Serbs and Albanians immediately before the wars between Serbia and Turkey fought in 1876 and 1877/78, when Serbs were the majority and Albanians the minority population on the territory of the Kosovo and Metohija region.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2011.010.dDates:
Received: 27-12-2011 Accepted: 29-04-2011 Printed: 01-12-2011 Online: 25-08-2011
Affiliations:
  • 1 The Geographical Institute ‘Jovan Cvijić’ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 11000 Belgrade, Đure Jakšića 9, Serbia
Corresponding author:
  • mvemic@eunet.rs
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Volume X |
Human and economic geography

The Evaluation of Rural Space through the Analysis of the Rurality Index. Case Study: the Villages of Sălaj East of Jibou

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Abstract: This paper aims to underline the present state of development of the rural space from the Eastern part of Sălaj county, by analysing the rurality coefficient applied to 14 communes for the interval 1990-2008. The indices implemented for the evaluation are: agriculture, work force and population. The case study was accomplished based on the statistical data obtained from the County Directorate of Statistics of Sălaj County and from the evidences in the communes’ mayor’s offices, the intervals of calculation being established at every two years. The values of the rurality coefficient was obtained by applying two mathematical formulae – by the HDI calculation method – which demonstrates its positive or negative significance. The analysis of the results demonstrates the role of Rus village as a local polarizing center and the importance that this territorial-administrative unit would have regarding the sustainable development and planning of the rural space under study. The conclusion drawn from the interpretation of the indicators’ results proves that during an interval of 18 years, the values of the rurality coefficient maintained high, although some economic sectors recorded important modifications (at the indices’ level), emphasizing the strongly rural character of the Someşului Valley and Codru areas.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2011.011.dDates:
Received: 24-10-2010 Accepted: 15-06-2011 Printed: 01-12-2011 Online: 25-08-2011
Affiliations:
  • 1 University of Bucharest – Faculty of Geography, Doctoral School "Simion Mehedinți" – Nature and Sustainable Development, 1 Bd. Nicolae Bălcescu, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
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  • oana76puia@yahoo.com
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Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the project POSDRU/88/1.5/S/61150 "Doctoral Studies in the field of life and earth sciences", a project co-financed through Sectorial Operational Program for the Development of Human Resources, 2007-2013, from European Social Fund.
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Environment

Distribution of Urban Green Spaces – an Indicator of Topophobia – Topophilia of Urban Residential Neighborhoods. Case Study of 5th District of Bucharest, Romania

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Abstract: Given the lack of usable data in the correct assessment of housing quality in an urban ecosystem, it is necessary to establish a system of environmental indices that can be used to evaluate and compare the attractiveness of urban neighborhoods. Oxygen generating surfaces fulfill multiple functions and give a certain quality to urban environment and housing, especially through the green spaces. Green spaces have an unequal distribution in the area of Bucharest. The structure, functions, adding availability and/or attractiveness of green areas define the neighborhoods in which they are located, and whether they are topophile or topophobe ones. In the present study, based on field observations, processing of cartographic materials and using the green spaces as most relevant index, topophile and topophobe neighborhoods have been identified in Bucharest. The tendency of residential areas development was also evaluated and it was found that it depends on the attractiveness of existing urban parks or neighborhood gardens.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2011.012.dDates:
Received: 30-12-2010 Accepted: 29-05-2011 Printed: 01-12-2011 Online: 25-08-2011
Affiliations:
  • 1 Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, 1 Blvd. Nicolae Bălcescu, sector 1, Bucharest, 010041, Romania
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  • adina_zimn@yahoo.com
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Acknowledgements: Observations were conducted by the Center for Environmental Research and Impact Studies (CCMESI), University of Bucharest, in the framework of PN II Parteneriate 92104/2008 ECOLOC - Environmental management in urban residential areas in the context of current climate change. We would also like to thank the two anonymous reviewers whom suggestions helped us to improve this paper.
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Human and economic geography

Indicators of the Human Pressure on the Environment in the Bălăciţa Piedmont

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Abstract: The Bălăciţa Piedmont represents the western subdivision of the Getic Piedmont, being located in south-western Romania. The unit under study is an early inhabited space and, at the same time, an area of active development of numerous geodynamic phenomena. The man-induced changes had significant influences upon the environment and especially upon the relief, the increased vulnerability of the terrains to the dangerous geomorphologic phenomena being one of the most important problems that the local communities have to face nowadays. The present study aims to assess the human influence upon the emergence of environmental unbalances and especially the human actions that influence the risk geomorphologic processes. A relevant means in the process of evaluating the type and dimension of the human intervention within a given territorial unit concerns the computation of certain synthetic indicators that characterize the degree of landscape transformation. The assessment has been realized through the analysis of statistical data at the level of the administrative-territorial units that overlap the Bălăciţa Piedmont. The general research regards an interval of thirty years (1977 – 2007), while the focus was laid upon the transition period (1992, 2002, and 2007).

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2011.013.dDates:
Received: 20-06-2011 Accepted: 02-09-2011 Printed: 01-12-2011 Online: 25-08-2011
Affiliations:
  • 1 Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza Street, Craiova, Romania
Corresponding author:
  • sboengiu@central.ucv.ro
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Acknowledgements: The authors would like to kindly acknowledge the county and regional institutions that supplied important information from their statistical database, respectively Oltenia Regional Statistics Office, as well as Dolj and Mehedinţi County Offices for Cadastre and Land Registration. We also thank the members of the "Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Use of the Resources", from the Geography Department, University of Craiova, who offered the equipments required by the quantitative and qualitative field analysis. The National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education supported the entire research, in the framework of the RFFI Grant No. 973/2008. The authors would also like to thank the referees for their useful suggestions.
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Volume X |
Human and economic geography

Industrial Landscape – a Landscape in Transition in the Municipality Area of Bucharest

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Abstract: In the municipality area of Bucharest, the capital of a former socialist state, shows profound changes in landscape structure as a result of economic transition towards market economy and the consequent conversion of certain spaces to different uses (more commerce, less industry for example). The approaches regarding the dynamics of the industrial landscape and how conversion process is taking place is however limited. The purpose of the present paper is to define the industrial landscape, current trends and evolution of this landscape type within the urban tissue. Also, models of conversion in the post-industrial landscape are pointed out in this article. The methodology used is based on evaluation sheets that have been applied in several industrial areas in Bucharest. The results obtained from the survey showed that the industrial landscape is experiencing a quick transition, many industrial units are transformed into supermarkets, malls or business buildings, and often the investors choose to demolish the industrial artifacts instead of preserve and use them. These changes are affecting the urban tissue and the communities, not always being good examples.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2011.014.dDates:
Received: 30-12-2010 Accepted: 29-04-2011 Printed: 01-12-2011 Online: 25-08-2011
Affiliations:
  • 1 University of Bucharest, Department of Geography, 1 Av. Nicolae Balcescu, District 1, Bucharest, Bucharest
Corresponding author:
  • delia.mirea@yahoo.com
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Acknowledgements: This work was supported by project: POSDRU/88/1.5/S/61150 “Doctoral Studies in the field of life and Earth Sciences”, project co-financed through Sectorial Operational Program for the development of Human Resources 2007-2013 from European Social Fund. Also, the author kindly acknowledges Professor Maria Pătroescu, and the center for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, CCMESI, for the scientific input.
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