The Socio-Occupational Structure of the Population in the Apuseni Mountains. Case Study: the Land of the Moți

Journal Title: Romanian Review of Regional Studies - Year 2015, Vol 11, Issue 2

Abstract

The aim of our study is to highlight the changes in the socio-occupational structure of the population living in the Apuseni Mountains between 1992 and 2011, through a case study example, namely the Land of the the Moţi, a region in the central part of the mountains. The aim is to highlight any critical status induced by the geodemographic components. These changes do not differ significantly from other regions in Romania and they are expressed by a decreasing share of the population employed in the secondary sector, in parallel with an increase of the same segment of population employed in primary and tertiary sectors. However, due to changes in the Romanian economy in the last two decades, agriculture and forestry have become dominant in the region. Even if an obvious risk situation is not noticeable, as striking as depopulation or ageing, we must sound the alarm about communities in the mountain area. Despite the obvious intensification of the tertiary activities, this area remains weakly developed, dominated by the agricultural sector, less productive and low yield.

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GABRIELA-ALINA MUREŞAN, CRISTIAN-NICOLAE BOŢAN

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GABRIELA-ALINA MUREŞAN, CRISTIAN-NICOLAE BOŢAN (2015). The Socio-Occupational Structure of the Population in the Apuseni Mountains. Case Study: the Land of the Moți. Romanian Review of Regional Studies, 11(2), 49-56. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-144182