Costache_Popescu

GIS TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING THE LINK BETWEEN HUMAN ACCESSIBILITY AND TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION IN HUNEDOARA COUNTY

R. COSTACHE1, C. POPESCU2, A. ȘTEFAN3
1 Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest; email: romuluscostache2000@yahoo.com
2 Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest; email: pop3scucriatian@yahoo.com
3 Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest; email: andrei.stefan29@yahoo.com


ABSTRACT. – GIS Techniques for Assessing the Link between Human Accessibility and Territorial Distribution of the Population in Hunedoara County. The accessibility of an area has a very important role in the territorial distribution of the population in an area. In the present study, in order to determine the human accessibility index, some
physical-geographical factors were taken into account. A link between accessibility and population density was established, based on data and maps obtained using GIS techniques. These links match or differentiate, depending on the area of analysis.


Keywords: Hunedoara, accessibility, territorial-administrative units, population, road.

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