Natural Environment Protection Instruments as Stimulators of Positive Changes in the Natural Environment and Landscape in Poland

The article presents a systematic set of instruments for environment protection as the background to describe major achievements Poland can boast of in the field of environment protection. In the presented group of instr...

Regional Disparities and Social Cohesion Policies. The Case of the Metropolitan Area of Bari (Italy)

The role of Regions appears reconfigured by the "reshaping" of national States. Besides, under a sub-regional scale, forms of governance have been launched, redefining a new territoriality. In Italy, the role of the Regi...

CRISTIAN NICOLAE BOŢAN - Ţara Moţilor. Studiu de geografie regională [The Land of the Moţi. Study of Regional Geography]

Demographic Vulnerability of Rural Settlements in the Someş Plateau

The different geographical characteristics allowed the differentiation of multiple subunits in the Someş Plateau. From the 219 identified rural settlements, 16% are commune centers and the remaining 84% are related villa...

Levels of Biological Diversity: a Spatial Approach to Assessment Methods

Biological diversity, interpreted as a variety of natural and man-dominated biological and ecological systems, plays an important role in assuring their stability and can be interpreted at different spatial scales, based...