Peripherialisation as a Result and Driving Force of Territorial Mobility in Post-Socialist Romania

Aura Moldovan

doi:10.1515/esrp-2017-0008

Authors

Aura Moldovan Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, 5–7 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/esrp-2017-0008

Keywords:

peripheralisation, core-periphery structure, internal migration, commuting, Romania

Abstract

Over the past two and a half decades, the transition from a centralised to a market economy has affected Romania’s spatial configuration by re-widening the gap between cores and peripheries at a regional scale. Through a statistical analysis carried out for the North-West Region (NUTS 2), my contribution focuses on one of the mechanisms interrelated with peripheralisation, namely territorial mobility. The aim is twofold. First, to show how increasing core-periphery disparities impact mobility flows by offering different levels of structural (dis)advantages. Second, to exemplify how various social groups can influence these (dis)advantages by choosing their place of residence and work.

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