Functional Structure of Deeply Disadvantaged Areas in Gorj County

Abstract

General contemporary economic and social developmen t, but also the industrialization forward policy be fore 1990, led to some territorial imbalances. The alleviation of thee imbalances should mean an important object for central, local and district administrations, on a general national reg ional development background. Identification and analysis of territorial disparit ies were made on four type basis: demographical one , economic level, the infrastructure and life standard, each category is considered as equally involved in developing. Functional structuring of deeply disadvantaged area s means the result of political and economic change s after 1990, when Gorj district suffer great basic economic chan ges, which had a major impact on territorial and fu nctional structure of the settlements and, implicitly, on dynamics, struc turing and quality life.

Keywords

• disadvantaged areals
• territorial dynamics
• develo pment