J o u r n a l h o m e p a g e: http://jssp.reviste.ubbcluj.ro Urban sprawl and population growth are the main triggers of land use reconversion around big cities. Due to the expansion of metropolitan areas, many land use categories (grasslands, arable lands, forests, pastures) have been transformed in living spaces. Determining the built-up area growth rate from satellite images, in correlation with demographics and dwellings data, leads to a better comprehension of sustainable urban development and the negative effects of chaotic urbanization. This study analyses the built-up area expansion growth rate in Cluj Metropolitan Area in 1991-2017 using the normalized difference built-up index and soil-adjusted vegetation index applied on Landsat imagery. Results highlight different spatial patterns within the studied area, based on the correlation between the growth rates of built-up area expansion and demographic data. The land use types most impacted by the urban sprawl are meadows and arable lands near the metropolitan centre and grassland in areas located at the periphery of the metropolitan area.
Geomorphologic Vulnerability of Slopes in the Urban Planning of Târgu Mureș Municipality. The identification of the geomorphologic vulnerability of a territory is a very important stage in the process of urban planning. Târgu Mureș municipality has extended its built-up area in the last few years independently of the restrictions which should be imposed in order to avoid the situation of building in areas with a high probability of landslide occurrence. As a consequence, the present study classified the built-up area of Târgu Mureș in probability classes for landslide occurrence according to the Governmental Order 447/2003 and using GIS technology which facilitates such complex analyses. Specialised data was collected using geomorphologic mapping which captured the active slope processes. These were eventually used for validating the final results.
Feminist and Gender Geography witness a tremendous development since 1975 until 2021, both through the diversification of research topics and international spatial expansion. This paper aims to review and analyse this development worldwide, aiming to provide a new perspective on the matter. A set of 8,376 Web of Science published research is investigated and 32 main topics of study are derived, as well as a spatial extension breakdown. Further analysis highlights three main stages of development of the field based on the emergence of new topics of study: the substantiation stage (1975-1989), the diversification stage (1990-2009) and the ‘boom’ stage (2009-2021). A distinct section is reserved for reviewing Romania’s status, a former communist country, currently lacking substantial feminist geographical research; this section provides a brief assessment of the existing Romanian literature, as well as of the scientific and historical background for the current status. Part of the authors’ PhD thesis, this paper hopes to hearten fellow geographers to approach their research through the lens of feminist philosophy and gender paradigm.
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