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Volume XIII | Issue 2
Geomorphological Risk and Denudational Index (Land Erodability) in Karstic Terrain of Anina Mining Area (Banat Mountains, Romania)
Abstract: Anina Mining Area was defined by Vasile Sencu in 1977 as the area that is surrounding Anina town and may be exploited by mining activities. The aim of this paper is to present two parameters regarding geomorphometry in Anina Mining Area, naming here Geomorphological Risk and Denudational Index (Land Erodability Index). These two morphometric parameters are obtained using geomorphological parameters that we obtained in previous works, as slope, hypsometry, drainage density, depth drainage and morphodynamic potential. The methodology to derive Geomorphological risk and Denudational index (Land Erodability Index) is based on GIS techniques.The results we obtained point out that the study area of this paper is a region where parameters such as geomorphological risk and denudational index have small incidence. This fact is due to the large homogeneous areas from the standpoint of geology and land cover, but also as an effect of large surfaces with a planar aspect as karstic plateaus. From the analysis of these two parameters we must conclude that Anina Mining Area represents a space with small surfaces which are prone to risks associated with geomorphological process and also with small areas where denudation may have high rates due to the large areas where vegetation is present and also due to large plateaus where the primary processes are related to karstification, and these ones are very slow processes.
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2014.141.dDates:
Received: 09-01-2014 Accepted: 20-12-2014 Printed: 30-12-2014 Online: 20-03-2015
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This work has been supported from the strategic grant POSDRU/159/1.5/S/133391, Project “Doctoral and Postdoctoral programs of excellence for highly qualified human resources training for research in the field of Life sciences, Environment and Earth Science” cofinanced by the European Social Fund within the Sectorial Operational Program Human Resources Development 2007–2013.
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Volume XIII | Issue 2
Quality assessment indicators of surface waters and soils in the vicinity of the former sulfur mine in the Călimani Mountains
Abstract: A native sulfur mineralization was quarried out intensively for a period of almost 30 years in Călimani Mountains, the Eastern Carpathians. The waste resulted from this exploitation activity was stored in four waste dumps, while the residues resulted from the processing were disposed in a settlement pond. Although mining operations closed in 1997, the remains of the former sulfur mining are listed among the major pollutants in Romania.The present paper intends to present a preliminary analysis and the current state of the impact of pollution of the former mining exploitation on different environmental factors, by assessing some quality indicators of surface waters and soils. Water and soil samples from different areas situated in the proximity of the former mine were collected and analyzed, performing pH, conductometric, turbidity, chemical and microbiological determinations.The results of this study demonstrate that the pollutant potential of the former sulfur mining from the Călimani Mountains is still very high, a fact proved by the acidic pH of the surface waters and soil, high turbidity and conductivity of the water respectively by the high number of impurities detectable through a simple preliminary chemical analysis.
Keywords: Călimani Mountains, chemical analysis, microbiological analysis, pH, pollution, quality assessment, sulfur mining, turbidity
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2014.166.dDates:
Received: 13-03-2014 Accepted: 30-07-2014 Printed: 30-12-2014 Online: 20-03-2015
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- 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Gh. Marinescu 38, Tîrgu Mureş, 540139, Romania
- 2 Department of Drug Analysis and Analytical Chemistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Gh. Marinescu 38, Tîrgu Mureş, 540139, Romania
- 3 Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Gh. Marinescu 38, Tîrgu Mureş, 540139, Romania
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Diana Gorea contributed at each stage of the research during the execution of her dissertation.
Gabriel Hancu contributed at field research, project coordination, photography and have written the article in English.
Aura Rusu and Anca Cârje contributed at the chemical analysis.
Enikő Barabás contributed at the microbiological analysis.
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Volume XIII | Issue 2
Recent mutations in the social-economic structure of Dolj county’s population. Gender differentiations
Abstract: The article sets out to explain the changes that occurred in the social-economic structure of Dolj county’s population, taking into consideration the differences between the male and the female population. The present analysis is based on the processing and mapping a large amount of statistical data from the 2011 population census.Identification and analysis of territorial imbalances were made on the basis of several significant indicators: the general activity rate, the economic dependency ratio, the unemployment share within the occupied population, the occupied population share in agriculture and other economic activities, the level of education of the active population. The results of this research pointed out some significant differences between the urban and the rural areas of Dolj county, but also between the male and female population.
Keywords: Dolj county, male/female population, structural changes, unemployment, active population, Romania
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2014.169.dDates:
Received: 14-09-2014 Accepted: 01-11-2014 Printed: 30-12-2014 Online: 20-03-2015
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Volume XIII | Issue 2
The Romanian urban system – an overview of the post-communist period
Abstract: The Romanian urban system reveals both the influence of the central-based inter-settlement relations and the influence of the historical conditions (persistence of regional influence centres inside the historical provinces). Its 12 urban sub-systems are formed of towns that gravitate towards the Capital city – Bucharest and the second and third-rank cities. The Romanian urban network appears to be insufficiently developed in terms of number of towns versus the total population and surface. In 2012, there were 320 towns, when 400–450 were expected to be as referred to the overall surface of the country. This proves an excessive polarisation area/town ratio compared to other West and Central European countries. Under the socioeconomic transformation determined by the fall of the communist regime, profound changes in terms of intensive spatial development (urban/suburban sprawl, metropolisation etc) were experienced, similar to other post-communist urban systems. Subsequently, the EU accession opened the former socialist cities to new challenges related to urban phenomena, turning them into points of connection at European level by promoting cohesion and competitiveness for a polycentric metropolitan development. The paper attempts to summarise the urban development in Romania and the particularities of the Romanian urban system in relation to the legislative and political context of the post-communist period and the EU accession.
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2014.179.dDates:
Received: 16-06-2014 Accepted: 25-11-2014 Printed: 30-12-2014 Online: 20-03-2015
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- 1 Human Geography and Regional Development Department, Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, Romania
- 2 Dimitrie Racoviţă Str., no. 12, sector 2, Bucharest, Romania
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Volume XIII | Issue 2
Present and perspectives for health tourism – spa services in Romania
Abstract: The current paper aims at assessing the extent to which spa tourism developed in Romania after the fall of the communism, and to investigate the typology of Romanian spas in order to identify the drawbacks and opportunities of this sector from the supply perspective. The wellness offer (day spas, destination spas, medical spas, mineral spring spas and hotel spas) and the territorial distribution of spa centres within the country are analysed. The current trend is to diversify the offer, with numerous projects for day spas and destination spas within towns, and even resorts offering accommodation, sport and entertainment facilities, as well as spa facilities and programmes. Most of the spas in Romania are focusing only on wellness, less than 10% of them offering advice regarding nutrition, and only few meditation. The balneary spas, capitalizing the mineral and thermal spings, have failed to meet the demands and standards of the international market, thus loosing the fame they enjoyed before 1990.
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2014.186.dDates:
Received: 21-08-2014 Accepted: 25-11-2014 Printed: 30-12-2014 Online: 20-03-2015
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