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The aims of this chapter “Cultural sector and development regions: resources, infrastructre and cultural consumption” is to identify the dimensions of infrastructure and cultural consumption, in relation with the regional development units. This analysis offers relevant data both for interregional dissimilarities and for temporarily evolution. It present data about cultural consumption at the regional level for 2005-2009 period and cultural tourism potential for all Romania municipalities, towns and cities. Chapter contribution: Cultural sector and development regions: resources, infrastructure and cultural consumption Authors: Anda Becuț, Liviu Chelcea, Lucian Dobraca, Marius Lazăr, Radu Mălureanu, Gabriel Simion Published by Polirom, Iasi [RO]. ISBN: 978-973-46-1845-3.

Deindustrialization is not a just an economic transformation process. It would superficial to understand it from the perspective of the “social problems”. Deindustrialization and post-industrial sites have different meaning for different social groups. For those directly affected deindustrialization is like a big sigh meaning “these fool have crippled the industry”. For the urban developer, deindustrialization means business “opportunities”, even though some of the building they have in mind belong to the national patrimony. For the former employees or the fringe social groups that used to gravitate around these factories, deindustrialization is a source of immediate short-term income coming from selling …

Agriculture and rural development have been sensitive issues in the process of Romania’s accession to the European Union (EU). The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform in 2003 and 2004 introduced great changes that will significantly affect the production structures, land management methods, employment, etc. Focusing on an actual theme, the present paper intends to propose less-favoured areas (LFA) in Romania identified according to the current EU regulations as well as to design certain scenarios having in view the support to these areas after accession. In Romania’s case, this approach represents a new challenge, under the conditions in which neither the …

Agriculture is by far one of the most important economic activities. It uses one-third of the total land surface and nearly half the world’s population works in agriculture. However, the study of agriculture has a less attention to geographers, who are more concerned with the study of the processing industry and the problems of urban geography. Most of the less favoured regions represent former mining areas or mono-industrial towns, which as a result of economic restructuring have performance characteristics under national or regional media. Although their name is of less-favoured areas, the complexity of the problems of agriculture differs from …