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Spatio- Temporal Analysis Of Romania's Rural Population Access To Sanitation Services In The Context Of Eu Accession, Florin C. Mihai, Liviu Apostol, Andreea Lamasanu, Andreea Ghiurca
Spatio- Temporal Analysis Of Romania's Rural Population Access To Sanitation Services In The Context Of Eu Accession, Florin C. Mihai, Liviu Apostol, Andreea Lamasanu, Andreea Ghiurca
Florin C MIHAI
This paper analysis the disparities between Romanian Counties regarding the spatio temporal evolution of rural population acces to sanitation services for pre-accession period (2003-2006) and the first two years since Romania is part of the EU-27 (2007-2008) highlighting positive or negative changes occurred in this period. Romanian counties were mapped and divided into five typological classes,using multivariate analysis such as hierarchical cluster analysis method.Each class has different values of rural population served by waste collection services related to the Romania average (expressed in standard deviations).Limited access to sanitation services from rural areas leads to uncontrolled waste disposal.Despite improvement of public …