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INDIVIDUALISATION OF DEPRIVED AREAS IN ROMANIA’S SOUTH WEST REGION
INDIVIDUALISATION OF DEPRIVED AREAS IN ROMANIA’S SOUTH WEST REGION

Author(s): Radu-Matei Cocheci
Subject(s): Agriculture, Regional Geography, Demography and human biology, Rural and urban sociology, Environmental interactions, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Editura Universitară
Keywords: territorial disparities; Principal Component Analysis; territorial cohesion; environmental quality; less-favoured areas;

Summary/Abstract: Measuring territorial disparities is the first step in studies aiming to improve territorial cohesion. As intraregional disparities are often higher than inter-regional ones, an analysis of development at local level is needed in order to define areas of intervention for specific targeted policies. The aim of this study is to individualise deprived areas in Romania’s South West region through the use of the Principal Component Analysis run on 15 social, economic, demographic and physical indicators defined at local level (LAU 2 units). By computing a global index of deprived areas, 13 areas were individualised at regional level, with the results being compared with other studies on deprived areas (Romania’s poverty map, Social Development Index and Less-favoured areas). The final output showcased the differences in defining deprived areas according to the used methodology, with a need to standardise such methods for policy targeting in the future while also considering environmental quality factors.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 161-176
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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