MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURE IN A RURAL SPACE. CASE STUDY: ARGEȘ COUNTY

Abstract

This analysis has the intention to highlight the territorial differentiation of the agricultural development's vulnerabilities in the agricultural areas from Argeș County. Thereby a determinant and eliminatory factor in agriculture is given by the average slopes greater than 20% and altitudes greater than 700 m. By consequences, 16 villages have been excluded. The study has emphasized an increasing of territorial vulnerabilities, which tend to intensify in the rural areas. The analysis of the agricultural development's growth is based on four main criteria: the use of agricultural land; the fragmentation of agricultural land; the viability of agricultural companies and the types of agricultural exploitation. Therefore, through the variety of the indicators that have been used, the analysis offers an image of the spatial layout of the agricultural development in the 95 settlements under discussion. Moreover, the degree of development for an industrial branch is observed through this problem, so common in the emerging economies.

Keywords

• Argeș County
• the Hull indicator
• agricultural development
• rural areas