DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE URBAN SPACE OF APUSENI MOUNTAINS

Abstract

The study aims to analyze demographic changes in the urban space of the Apuseni Mountains in the post-communist period (1992-2011). In order to observe the demographic changes, demographic evolution, natural dynamics and migratory dynamics were analyzed. Statistical data has been obtained from the website of the National Institute of Statistics. Numeric data has been processed resulting in a series of tables and graphs have been generated in parallel. It was found that during the studied period there were changes in the values of all the analyzed indicators. The most significant changes were mortality and immigration, whose values were increase. Higher mortality and immigration rates set negative demographic changes. The urban area of the Apuseni Mountains is confronted with demographic risk phenomena such as depopulation.

Keywords

• Apuseni Mountains
• demographic changes
• urban space
• demographic risk phenomena
• post-communist period