THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION WITHIN PETROSANI DEPRESSION
The paper synthesizes the multiple consequences induced by the restructuring process of mining industry within Petroşani Depression. The analysed area is an underdeveloped one because of its mono-industrial character resulting from the importance of the mining sector for the economy of the area. Aft...
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| description | The paper synthesizes the multiple consequences induced by the restructuring process of mining industry within Petroşani Depression. The analysed area is an underdeveloped one because of its mono-industrial character resulting from the importance of the mining sector for the economy of the area. After 1990, coal exploitation was unprofitable and it was necessary to apply the industrial restructuring process that has left its marks not only on the economic sector (low income level, some mines were closed), but also socially (unemployment, family abandonment), environmentally (land degradation, land use change, floods, and pollution), demographically (decrease of birth rate, regression of evolution number of the population, decrease of active population rate, regressive migration). Even nowadays there is a dependence of the labour force on the mining industry (40 percent of the active population work in mining industry). Although it was necessary, the process has not been applied properly, causing the economic decline of the Jiu Valley. The environmental impact can only be diminished by ecological reconstruction and by implementing new production technologies. In this new stage of development, so called postindustrial, when the importance of industrial activity is decreasing, the settlements within Petroşani Depression must be considered beyond their industrial dimension, as cultural centres which have varied tourist resources that can attract many types of visitors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74598d91dcf944d78a86e31024ab924a2022-12-22T02:38:44ZengEditura Universitaria CraiovaAnalele Universității din Craiova. Seria Geografie1224-41122069-61912007-01-01X127135THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION WITHIN PETROSANI DEPRESSIONFlorentina-Cristina IANCUThe paper synthesizes the multiple consequences induced by the restructuring process of mining industry within Petroşani Depression. The analysed area is an underdeveloped one because of its mono-industrial character resulting from the importance of the mining sector for the economy of the area. After 1990, coal exploitation was unprofitable and it was necessary to apply the industrial restructuring process that has left its marks not only on the economic sector (low income level, some mines were closed), but also socially (unemployment, family abandonment), environmentally (land degradation, land use change, floods, and pollution), demographically (decrease of birth rate, regression of evolution number of the population, decrease of active population rate, regressive migration). Even nowadays there is a dependence of the labour force on the mining industry (40 percent of the active population work in mining industry). Although it was necessary, the process has not been applied properly, causing the economic decline of the Jiu Valley. The environmental impact can only be diminished by ecological reconstruction and by implementing new production technologies. In this new stage of development, so called postindustrial, when the importance of industrial activity is decreasing, the settlements within Petroşani Depression must be considered beyond their industrial dimension, as cultural centres which have varied tourist resources that can attract many types of visitors.http://analegeo.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Articolul-13-Iancu-Cristina.pdfeconomic restructuringunderdeveloped areaunemploymenteconomic structure of populationactive populationpopulation by age group and sexsocialeconomicdemographical and environmental impact |
| spellingShingle | Florentina-Cristina IANCU THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION WITHIN PETROSANI DEPRESSION Analele Universității din Craiova. Seria Geografie economic restructuring underdeveloped area unemployment economic structure of population active population population by age group and sex social economic demographical and environmental impact |
| title | THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION WITHIN PETROSANI DEPRESSION |
| title_full | THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION WITHIN PETROSANI DEPRESSION |
| title_fullStr | THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION WITHIN PETROSANI DEPRESSION |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION WITHIN PETROSANI DEPRESSION |
| title_short | THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION WITHIN PETROSANI DEPRESSION |
| title_sort | economic social demographic and environmental effects of the economic reorganization within petrosani depression |
| topic | economic restructuring underdeveloped area unemployment economic structure of population active population population by age group and sex social economic demographical and environmental impact |
| url | http://analegeo.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Articolul-13-Iancu-Cristina.pdf |
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