Romania's Apuseni Mountains: Safeguarding a cultural heritage |
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| Authors: | Vasile Surd David Turnock |
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| Institution: | (1) Geography Faculty, Babes-Bolyai University, Str.Clinicilor 5–7, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;(2) Geography Department, The University, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK |
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| Abstract: | The Apuseni Mountains are unusual on account of the extreme fragmentation of the settlement pattern particularly in the upper
Aries valley. Not only is hamlet settlement very much the rule, but these small units of settlement may be quite widely separated
from each other by distance and altitude. Such networks have evolved through clearance of the high surfaces which cannot be
efficiently farmed from the valleys in which modern infrastructure has been concentrated over the last century. Important
questions therefore arise with regard to the survival capacity of communities which are critical elements in a cultural landscape
that constitutes a valuable resource for both Romania and Europe. In other parts of the region dispersal is not so extreme,
but there are still depopulation tendencies which are potentially damaging for the cultural landscape. The paper examines
the lifestyles associated with outlying settlements and the extent to which centralising tendencies have been resisted in
recent times. In the context of the present transition it considers the actions being considered to safeguard fragile mountain
communities in a vulnerable area exposed to growing commercial penetration associated with cross-border cooperation on the
Hungarian- Romanian frontier.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | accessibility conservation cultural landscape demography light industry rural planning rural settlement tourism |
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