Fenntarthatóság Erdély vidéki térségeiben. Beszterce-Naszód megyei esettanulmány: Árpástó község vizsgálata
Sustainability in Rural Areas of Transylvania. Case Study from Commune Branistea, Bistrita-Nasaud County

Summary/Abstract: Treatment of sustainability topics in Romanian literature is rather limited on theoretical ideas, on references on international documents and less on specific aspects, however its importance and opportunity becomes more and more pronounced, especially regarding the rural areas and the European Union’s agricultural policy reform after 2013. The study presents some results of the author’s research realized in the period between September of 2010 and February of 2011. Introductive part of the study provides a theoretical and methodological synthesis on sustainability approaches, and thereinafter on this basis a case study is presented, which investigates whether the components of the sustainability can be found on the level of the analyzed Transylvanian commune, and whether the current development actions provide indeed the future sustainability. The case study presented analyzes elements of sustainable development through quantitative and qualitative criteria in Brăniştea commune from Bistriţa-Năsăud. Statistical data collected and processed, as well as the interviews effectuated with the personnel of the mayor’s office, with the leaders of the farmer associations and with other people participating in commune’s life or knowing the situation of the commune allowed authors to formulate some conclusions regarding different components of the sustainability of development in Brăniştea commune. Authors’ contributions are the followings: on one hand they propose a methodology for analyzing sustainable development in a commune, and on the other hand they present situation of commune Brăniştea from sustainability point of view.

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