Bianca Mitrică
Biographic Data
| ID | 272795 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bianca Mitrică |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bianca |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitrică |
| SIGNATURE | MITRICĂ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Romanian Academy |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7282-1885 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Tourists' perception of cultural tourism in the Carpathian and Subcarpathian mountains (Buzău, Romania)
Cultural tourism highlights the lifestyle of the inhabitants, including, along with cultural creations and culinary heritage, value systems, beliefs and traditions. The paper aims to emphasize the cultural tourists’ motivation to visit the Buzău Carpathians and Subcarpathians. The study is based on a survey applied in 22 LAUs which provides information on the profile of tourists (country of origin, age, education, occupation, income, number of ho…
The vulnerability of socially vulnerable groups to extreme weather events associated with climate change. Evidence from Romania
The present study approaches socially vulnerable groups (SVG) from the perspective of territorial differentiations of their vulnerability to possible extreme weather events associated with climate change. By capitalizing on the data sources provided by the National Institute of Statistics, as well as other official sources, variables and statistical indicators that meet criteria were selected, such as: credibility, the possibility of capturing te…
The tourism sector's vulnerability to climate change-related phenomena. Case study
The attractiveness of an area for tourist activities depends significantly on the local weather and climate. Thus, the tourism industry is considered highly vulnerable to climate change. This study relies on the statistical data available at the lowest level of administrative territorial units (LAU or NUTS5) provided by the National Institute of Statistics, and on the climatic data provided by the National Meteorological Administration. The paper…
Ukrainian refugees in Romania
Millions of people from Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes to seek safety, protection, and assistance owing to armed conflict. This study aims to draw a parallel between the meaning and importance of the initial impact of Russian military aggression in February 2022 and the recent plight of Ukrainian refugees on Romania's territory. It is based on the results of a dedicated thematic survey of Ukrainian refugees as part of fieldwork carr…
An indicator-based approach to assess and compare the environmental and socio-economic consequences of photovoltaic parks in Romania's development regions
Long-term changes of agricultural land over the last century in Romania. The showcase of Romanian plain
The current paper is a space-time analysis of agricultural land transitions in the Romanian Plain, which has been significantly impacted during the past century by the fundamental structural and functional transformations. Five maps, derived from historical cartographic materials and the recent CORINE Land Cover databases, were spatially analysed using a transition matrix procedure. The aim was to identify and measure the magnitude of the main la…
Economic Resilience in the Centre Development Region, Romania. A Methodological Approach to the 2009–2011 Economic Crisis and Post-crisis
Economic resilience consists of the decisions taken by firms in order to face decreasing demand (during an economic crisis) while maintaining a functional economic structure so that they may then return to business as usual after the crisis has passed. In addition, it refers to how the population acts in order to stay in the labour market and maintain their standard of living. The educational structure must fit the needs of firms. This study reli…
Out-migration and social and technological marginalization in Romania. Regional disparities
Shepherding at Mărginimea Sibiului (Romania); Past, Present and Future
This article aims to highlight the impact on local development of traditional economic activities. The case study that the authors consider concerns an area in the Romanian Carpathians developed through transhumant grazing and forestry activities: Mărginimea Sibiului. As shepherding kept developing, forest-cutting intensified to make room for pastures and hayfields, thus stimulating activities connected with the processing of wood. As trade on th…
The resilience of sub-urban small farming in Bucharest Metropolitan Area in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Human Health Vulnerability to Summer Heat Extremes in Romanian-Bulgarian Cross-Border Area
Human health vulnerability (HHV) to different climate change-related phenomena, that is, summer heat extremes, is related to the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of the affected entities. The current research is an empirical regional assessment of the human health effects of summer heat extremes in the Romania-Bulgarian Danube floodplain Calafat-Vidin–Turnu Măgurele-Nikopol (CV-TMN) sector. The external biophysical and socioeconomic f…
The Chinese minority in Bucharest
Since 1990, many Chinese immigrants have come to Romania. These Chinese persons are full time involved in the profitable wholesale and retail trade activities; they have families and children, cared for by Romanian nannies. The study is focused on the particularities of an intercultural dialogue, unique and recenlty highlighted in the Romanian society: between the Romanian nannies and Chinese children, located in a representative urban area for t…
Centralized Industrialization in the Memory of Places. Case Studies of Romanian Cities
The paper highlights the impact of excessive industrialization during the centralized economy era on urban spatial identity, as well as the disruption of this identity through political-administrative decisions, a phenomenon characteristic of the Central and Eastern European region during the era of centralized economies. The tendency to rebalance urban territorial systems is achieved through deindustrialization, together with reindustrialization…
Communism and Anti-Communist Dissent in Romania as Reflected in Contemporary Textbooks
The structural changes brought about by the collapse of the communist system also included the reconfiguration of social memory, so that future generations have a more objective imagining of the impact of the communist period on the societies from Central and Eastern Europe. In this view, the depoliticization of recent history is a top priority. The present study aims to highlight the way in which the schoolbooks in Romania bring into the memory …
Territorial competitiveness, cohesion and sustainability in Romania’s urban border areas
Following the expansion of NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007, Romania has become the Eastern frontier of these structures, which lends Romanian borders a strategic role. The territorial development of a border area is influenced by the political, economic, socio-cultural, demographic characteristics of the neighbouring countries sharing the same border. The border areas of Romania include 898 Local Administrative Units (LAU), of which 88 are urban.…
Social Development and Regional Disparities in the Rural Areas of Romania
Education and health care provision in the Romanian Danube Valley
The Romanian Danube Valley is an integral part of the Danube Region. According to the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), a healthy and well‐educated population is the key issue for sustainable and coherent development of this territory. This paper aims to explore, at micro‐scale level (Local Administrative Units 2 – LAU2), the population's responsivity to health care and education provision according to the demographic characteristics. By…
The quality of dwellings in the Romanian Danube valley
The quality of dwelling, one of the main components of the urban and rural living conditions, is the result of political, legislative, economic, demographic contexts. The present paper approaches the complex issues of dwelling quality in the Romanian Danube Valley, based on the territorial disparities (LAU2 level) of three types of statistical indicators: dwelling stock (% of nished dwellings, % of nished dwellings out of the total number of dwel…
Socio-Economic Disparities in the Development of the Romania's Border Areas
Post-communist land use changes related to urban sprawl in the Romanian metropolitan areas
The landscape pattern of the Romanian urban system has experienced significant transformations as a result of the rapid and irreversible changes undertaken after the fall of the communism. In Romania almost 34% of its total population are living in metropolitan areas. The paper is aiming to analyse the landscape-related challenges land-use/land-cover changes in the Romanian metropolitan areas in relation with the main factors involved in the patt…
Social Development and Regional Disparities in the Rural Areas of Romania
Socio-Economic Disparities in the Development of the Romania's Border Areas
Post-communist land use changes related to urban sprawl in the Romanian metropolitan areas
The landscape pattern of the Romanian urban system has experienced significant transformations as a result of the rapid and irreversible changes undertaken after the fall of the communism. In Romania almost 34% of its total population are living in metropolitan areas. The paper is aiming to analyse the landscape-related challenges land-use/land-cover changes in the Romanian metropolitan areas in relation with the main factors involved in the patt…
Centralized Industrialization in the Memory of Places. Case Studies of Romanian Cities
The paper highlights the impact of excessive industrialization during the centralized economy era on urban spatial identity, as well as the disruption of this identity through political-administrative decisions, a phenomenon characteristic of the Central and Eastern European region during the era of centralized economies. The tendency to rebalance urban territorial systems is achieved through deindustrialization, together with reindustrialization…
Shepherding at Mărginimea Sibiului (Romania); Past, Present and Future
This article aims to highlight the impact on local development of traditional economic activities. The case study that the authors consider concerns an area in the Romanian Carpathians developed through transhumant grazing and forestry activities: Mărginimea Sibiului. As shepherding kept developing, forest-cutting intensified to make room for pastures and hayfields, thus stimulating activities connected with the processing of wood. As trade on th…
Ukrainian refugees in Romania
Millions of people from Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes to seek safety, protection, and assistance owing to armed conflict. This study aims to draw a parallel between the meaning and importance of the initial impact of Russian military aggression in February 2022 and the recent plight of Ukrainian refugees on Romania's territory. It is based on the results of a dedicated thematic survey of Ukrainian refugees as part of fieldwork carr…
The resilience of sub-urban small farming in Bucharest Metropolitan Area in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Territorial competitiveness, cohesion and sustainability in Romania’s urban border areas
Following the expansion of NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007, Romania has become the Eastern frontier of these structures, which lends Romanian borders a strategic role. The territorial development of a border area is influenced by the political, economic, socio-cultural, demographic characteristics of the neighbouring countries sharing the same border. The border areas of Romania include 898 Local Administrative Units (LAU), of which 88 are urban.…
Education and health care provision in the Romanian Danube Valley
The Romanian Danube Valley is an integral part of the Danube Region. According to the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), a healthy and well‐educated population is the key issue for sustainable and coherent development of this territory. This paper aims to explore, at micro‐scale level (Local Administrative Units 2 – LAU2), the population's responsivity to health care and education provision according to the demographic characteristics. By…
Post-communist land use changes related to urban sprawl in the Romanian metropolitan areas
The landscape pattern of the Romanian urban system has experienced significant transformations as a result of the rapid and irreversible changes undertaken after the fall of the communism. In Romania almost 34% of its total population are living in metropolitan areas. The paper is aiming to analyse the landscape-related challenges land-use/land-cover changes in the Romanian metropolitan areas in relation with the main factors involved in the patt…
The quality of dwellings in the Romanian Danube valley
The quality of dwelling, one of the main components of the urban and rural living conditions, is the result of political, legislative, economic, demographic contexts. The present paper approaches the complex issues of dwelling quality in the Romanian Danube Valley, based on the territorial disparities (LAU2 level) of three types of statistical indicators: dwelling stock (% of nished dwellings, % of nished dwellings out of the total number of dwel…
Socio-Economic Disparities in the Development of the Romania's Border Areas
Education and health care provision in the Romanian Danube Valley
The Romanian Danube Valley is an integral part of the Danube Region. According to the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), a healthy and well‐educated population is the key issue for sustainable and coherent development of this territory. This paper aims to explore, at micro‐scale level (Local Administrative Units 2 – LAU2), the population's responsivity to health care and education provision according to the demographic characteristics. By…
Social Development and Regional Disparities in the Rural Areas of Romania
Human Health Vulnerability to Summer Heat Extremes in Romanian-Bulgarian Cross-Border Area
Human health vulnerability (HHV) to different climate change-related phenomena, that is, summer heat extremes, is related to the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of the affected entities. The current research is an empirical regional assessment of the human health effects of summer heat extremes in the Romania-Bulgarian Danube floodplain Calafat-Vidin–Turnu Măgurele-Nikopol (CV-TMN) sector. The external biophysical and socioeconomic f…
The Chinese minority in Bucharest
Since 1990, many Chinese immigrants have come to Romania. These Chinese persons are full time involved in the profitable wholesale and retail trade activities; they have families and children, cared for by Romanian nannies. The study is focused on the particularities of an intercultural dialogue, unique and recenlty highlighted in the Romanian society: between the Romanian nannies and Chinese children, located in a representative urban area for t…
Centralized Industrialization in the Memory of Places. Case Studies of Romanian Cities
The paper highlights the impact of excessive industrialization during the centralized economy era on urban spatial identity, as well as the disruption of this identity through political-administrative decisions, a phenomenon characteristic of the Central and Eastern European region during the era of centralized economies. The tendency to rebalance urban territorial systems is achieved through deindustrialization, together with reindustrialization…
Communism and Anti-Communist Dissent in Romania as Reflected in Contemporary Textbooks
The structural changes brought about by the collapse of the communist system also included the reconfiguration of social memory, so that future generations have a more objective imagining of the impact of the communist period on the societies from Central and Eastern Europe. In this view, the depoliticization of recent history is a top priority. The present study aims to highlight the way in which the schoolbooks in Romania bring into the memory …
Territorial competitiveness, cohesion and sustainability in Romania’s urban border areas
Following the expansion of NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007, Romania has become the Eastern frontier of these structures, which lends Romanian borders a strategic role. The territorial development of a border area is influenced by the political, economic, socio-cultural, demographic characteristics of the neighbouring countries sharing the same border. The border areas of Romania include 898 Local Administrative Units (LAU), of which 88 are urban.…
Out-migration and social and technological marginalization in Romania. Regional disparities
Shepherding at Mărginimea Sibiului (Romania); Past, Present and Future
This article aims to highlight the impact on local development of traditional economic activities. The case study that the authors consider concerns an area in the Romanian Carpathians developed through transhumant grazing and forestry activities: Mărginimea Sibiului. As shepherding kept developing, forest-cutting intensified to make room for pastures and hayfields, thus stimulating activities connected with the processing of wood. As trade on th…
The resilience of sub-urban small farming in Bucharest Metropolitan Area in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Economic Resilience in the Centre Development Region, Romania. A Methodological Approach to the 2009–2011 Economic Crisis and Post-crisis
Economic resilience consists of the decisions taken by firms in order to face decreasing demand (during an economic crisis) while maintaining a functional economic structure so that they may then return to business as usual after the crisis has passed. In addition, it refers to how the population acts in order to stay in the labour market and maintain their standard of living. The educational structure must fit the needs of firms. This study reli…
An indicator-based approach to assess and compare the environmental and socio-economic consequences of photovoltaic parks in Romania's development regions
Long-term changes of agricultural land over the last century in Romania. The showcase of Romanian plain
The current paper is a space-time analysis of agricultural land transitions in the Romanian Plain, which has been significantly impacted during the past century by the fundamental structural and functional transformations. Five maps, derived from historical cartographic materials and the recent CORINE Land Cover databases, were spatially analysed using a transition matrix procedure. The aim was to identify and measure the magnitude of the main la…
The tourism sector's vulnerability to climate change-related phenomena. Case study
The attractiveness of an area for tourist activities depends significantly on the local weather and climate. Thus, the tourism industry is considered highly vulnerable to climate change. This study relies on the statistical data available at the lowest level of administrative territorial units (LAU or NUTS5) provided by the National Institute of Statistics, and on the climatic data provided by the National Meteorological Administration. The paper…
Ukrainian refugees in Romania
Millions of people from Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes to seek safety, protection, and assistance owing to armed conflict. This study aims to draw a parallel between the meaning and importance of the initial impact of Russian military aggression in February 2022 and the recent plight of Ukrainian refugees on Romania's territory. It is based on the results of a dedicated thematic survey of Ukrainian refugees as part of fieldwork carr…
Tourists' perception of cultural tourism in the Carpathian and Subcarpathian mountains (Buzău, Romania)
Cultural tourism highlights the lifestyle of the inhabitants, including, along with cultural creations and culinary heritage, value systems, beliefs and traditions. The paper aims to emphasize the cultural tourists’ motivation to visit the Buzău Carpathians and Subcarpathians. The study is based on a survey applied in 22 LAUs which provides information on the profile of tourists (country of origin, age, education, occupation, income, number of ho…
The vulnerability of socially vulnerable groups to extreme weather events associated with climate change. Evidence from Romania
The present study approaches socially vulnerable groups (SVG) from the perspective of territorial differentiations of their vulnerability to possible extreme weather events associated with climate change. By capitalizing on the data sources provided by the National Institute of Statistics, as well as other official sources, variables and statistical indicators that meet criteria were selected, such as: credibility, the possibility of capturing te…
Geography (14 works) · Political science (12 works) · Romanian (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Regional science (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Business (6 works) · Population (6 works)