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Alexandru Bănică and Ionel Muntele – Resilience and Territory, 248 pp., Terra Nostra, Iaşi, 2015, ISBN 978-606-623-056-8
No full textThe article is a review of the book “Resilience and territory. Conceptual operating and methodological perspectives”, by Alexandru Bănică and Ionel Muntele, placed within the framework of placing resilience at the core of research
La dépression de Hangu – dynamique territoriale
No full textPar Ionel Muntele, professeur, département de géographie, université Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iași, chercheur, académie roumaine, filiale de Iași ; Adrian Grozavu , professeur, département de géographie, université Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iași ; Sandu Alexandra, doctorante, école doctorale de chimie, sciences de la vie et de la terre, université Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iași Résumé L’étude proposée veut déchiffrer les transformations supportées au long des deux derniers siècles par la petite dépression ..
SPATIAL PATTERNS AND DRIVERS IN THE EVOLUTION OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ROMANIA (MARCH 2020-JUNE 2021)
Get PDFThe manifestation of the Covid-19 pandemic raised great interest due to the speed with which it spread globally and by outlining specific diffusion patterns. Romania faced off early on the rise in the number of infections, initially, as in other European countries, extremely localized but later expanded nationwide. The analysis of the available information regarding the evolution of the number of infections and deaths caused, over a sufficiently extended period (March 2020-June 2021) allowed the identification of several spatial patterns. Their regional coherence indicates a series of correlations with socio-economic factors, validated by PCA (principal component analysis). The importance of economic development, in connection with the degree of urbanization, employment and labour mobility or population density thus explains the incidence of the number of cases at a level higher than the national average. In the case of death caused by Covid-19, the quality of the health infrastructure played an important role, the counties with a higher level of endowment being less affected. At the same time, the share of the elderly population, in association with the less populated rural area, was not positively correlated with the number of cases or deaths. Lower population interaction, weaker exposure to international mobility has created the premises for a specific pattern of evolution in these areas
THE EVOLUTION OF THE STRUCTURE BY AGE GROUPS AND THE AGEING OF THE POPULATION IN ROMANIA BETWEEN 1992-2021
Get PDFThe ageing of the population has become a problem of maximum interest,
in the context of the completion of the demographic transition, especially in
European states. Romania, like all of Eastern Europe, is facing the acceleration of
this process, against the background of a strong demographic decline after 1990,
generated by the drastic decrease in fertility and the massive migration of labor force
abroad. The present study proposes a diachronic analysis of the evolution of the age
group structure and, implicitly, of the ageing process, based on the four censuses
carried out after 1990. The main objective is to detect territorial disparities, on
various levels, with the hypothesis of the differentiated action of of factors that can
stimulate or inhibit demographic aging. The double analysis (descriptive,
respectively factorial) highlighted a series of regional models of evolution that
express various ways of adapting to the socio-economic and political transition. The
faster expansion of the process studied in cities is an observation that can be the
basis of specific studies. On the other hand, the relative rejuvenation of the
population in the metropolitan areas expresses a population transfer generated by the
change in lifestyle, the relocation of economic activities and the increase in mobility.
At the same time, the isolation, the predominance of agricultural activities and the
decline in the exploitation of some resources constitute the motive of an ageing
without precedent, illustrating certain trends of depopulation of vast areas
Urban transitions and resilience of Eastern European Union cities
No full textUrban resilience is related to the capacity of cities to recover from disruptions, to maintain their functions and thrive after a sudden shock or a long-term stress, from economic crisis, from natural and technological disasters or climate change. The present study refers to former communist countries in Eastern Europe which are now integrated in the European Union (including Greece, by reasons of spatial coherence), namely the cities and agglomerations that have more than 500,000 inhabitants. The analysis focuses on the post-communist transitions of these cities reflected in certain socio-demographic, morphological and functional urban transformations, highlighted by indicators obtained by integrating data from different evaluations already carried out at the EU level. The results of multi-criterial statistical analysis reveal the identity of the analysed urban areas and the diffusion processes in resilience approaches from Western EU to Eastern countries and cities by adaptation practices implemented at different rhythms and to different degrees
Sustainability of Local Public Finances from the Perspective of Territorial Disparities in the Rural Areas of Romania
No full textThe sustainability of local public finances is of general interest in the context of the socio-economic transformations of recent decades. In former communist countries such as Romania, where there has been no real reform of local government, this interest is heightened by the strong disparities between administrative units that have adapted to the new context and those that, for various reasons, have become dependent on government subsidies to be able to function. Using information derived from the budget execution for 2019–2023 at the level of the administrative units in rural areas, this study analyzes the structure of income and expenditure budgets. The territorial disparities are demonstrated by typological analyses showing strong regionalization, with a well-defined income or expenditure structure profile. In the same sense, multivariate analysis which uses a series of illustrative demographic and socio-economic profiles as explanatory variables shows significant correlations with the structure of local budgets. It is thus possible to distinguish certain regional patterns, depending on the level of development, geographical position, or quality of infrastructure. The study results demonstrate the need for genuine administrative reform to reduce the dependence of local budgets on subsidies and increase their self-sustainability, especially in rural areas
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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