Coordinator: Dr. Monica DUMITRAŞCU (interim)
Focus:
• Complex knowledge of regional geomorphology of Romania in Anthropocene;
• Climate change impacts on geomorphic processes;
• Investigation of natural hazards with special reference to landslides, erosion processes, and earthquake-triggered geomorphic processes;
• Identification, mapping and characterisation (by means of quantitative and qualitative indexes) of the territorial units' elementary and complex topoclimates. The results are correlated with the regime of major climatic elements, marked out on various-scale topoclimatic maps and discussed in studies of climate-risk phenomena that have cascading effects on all environmental components;
• Research variables (genetic features, climatic events, durations and intensity) underlie the elaboration of climate maps to facilitate measures for diminishing destructive effects and ensuring sustainable development;
• Geographical studies on water resources; assessing their repatition in various geographical units;
• Biogeographical studies related to the consequences of man-induced pressures on animal's and plant's habitats and their geographical distribution.
Researchers: Daniel CIUPITU; Dr. Mihaela CONSTANTIN; Dr. Cristina DUMITRICĂ ; Dr. Sorin GEACU; Dr. Loredana HAVRIŞ ; Dr. Marta JURCHESCU; Dr. Cătălina MĂRCULEŢ ; Dr. Mihai MICU; Dr. Alexandra-Roxana VRÎNCEANU
Focus:
• Complex knowledge of regional geomorphology of Romania in Anthropocene;
• Climate change impacts on geomorphic processes;
• Investigation of natural hazards with special reference to landslides, erosion processes, and earthquake-triggered geomorphic processes;
• Identification, mapping and characterisation (by means of quantitative and qualitative indexes) of the territorial units' elementary and complex topoclimates. The results are correlated with the regime of major climatic elements, marked out on various-scale topoclimatic maps and discussed in studies of climate-risk phenomena that have cascading effects on all environmental components;
• Research variables (genetic features, climatic events, durations and intensity) underlie the elaboration of climate maps to facilitate measures for diminishing destructive effects and ensuring sustainable development;
• Geographical studies on water resources; assessing their repatition in various geographical units;
• Biogeographical studies related to the consequences of man-induced pressures on animal's and plant's habitats and their geographical distribution.
Researchers: Daniel CIUPITU; Dr. Mihaela CONSTANTIN; Dr. Cristina DUMITRICĂ ; Dr. Sorin GEACU; Dr. Loredana HAVRIŞ ; Dr. Marta JURCHESCU; Dr. Cătălina MĂRCULEŢ ; Dr. Mihai MICU; Dr. Alexandra-Roxana VRÎNCEANU