The analysis of the effects of rurbanization on rural communities in the North-East Development of Romania

This paper highlights the effects of the rurbanization phenomenon on rural communities in theNorth-East Development Region of Romania The paper summarizes the results of field researchconducted in the Jijia – Bahlui Depression who have studied access to services, the rural – urbanmigration flow, the rural infrastructure status in the researched area as well as the influence of the urbancenters proximity. The research has been achieved utilizing the direct inquiry method in threerepresentative rural communities in the researched area, supplemented, in advance, by a research innational and international databases (ex. INS, FAOSTAT, EUROSTAT), as well as the utilization of officialdocuments.