The study is based on the assertion that any inhabitable space carries in itself a cultural vocation, i.e. the favorability for a specific cultural product, and spirituality is one of its major dimensions, sometimes associated up to synonymy to culture. Among the range of cultural, artistic,...

Written under the sign of homage of Saints Constantine and Helen, this article proposes a sui generis analysis of monastic settlements placed under the protection of these saints. Worship places classification after their patron is more than a simple quantitative analysis, the results allowing a...

The presentation structured in two parts aims to reveal a short diagnosis of the Romanian rural planning system. The first part is centred upon general aspects regarding features of the rural settlements system, according with national and regional peculiarities. A short view is given to a...

Written under the sign of homage of Saints Constantine and Helen, this article proposes a sui generis analysis of monastic settlements placed under the protection of these saints. Worship places classification after their patron is more than a simple quantitative analysis, the results allowing a...

The presentation structured in two parts aims to reveal a short diagnosis of the Romanian rural planning system. The first part is centred upon general aspects regarding features of the rural settlements system, according with national and regional peculiarities. A short view is given to a...

Planning is an old concept, but its employment under various guises is one of the social mechanisms of the last century. Related to the population’s numeric evolution and its structural complexity, planning manifests itself in two dominant directions – individual (familial) and collective...

The geographic water routes have always played an important role in the geostrategic decisions of the great powers. Today, this aspect is actively integrated in a variety of policies, from those on cross-border cooperation and good neighbourhood to the sectoral ones for the development of...

Face aux changements climatiques qui modifient le climat à l’échelle planétaire, on observe une hausse de la température, associée à des mutations du régime des précipitations. Il est important, à ce titre, de s’interroger sur les effets que pourraient avoir ces mutations sur la...

L’article ci-dessous concerne trois directions d’analyse, en fonction desquelles on structure l’approche géographique du patrimoine culturel: la typologie du patrimoine et les aspects comparatifs infrarégionaux, le potentiel touristique et l’attractivité différentiée du patrimoine,...

Article proposes a brief analysis of the two facets of the phenomenon of suburban applied to the Galati city. Apparently confused, suburban and periurban can be considered both two stages of evolution of a territorial body and two modes of manifestation, not always mutually exclusive. For the...