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

This paper highlights the effects of the rurbanization phenomenon on rural communities in the North-East Development Region of Romania The paper summarizes the results of field research conducted in the Jijia - Bahlui Depression who have studied access to services, the rural - urban migration flow, the rural infrastructure status in the researched area as well as the influence of the urban centers proximity. The research has been achieved utilizing the direct inquiry method in three representative rural communities in the researched area, supplemented, in advance, by a research in national and international databases (ex. INS, FAOSTAT, EUROSTAT), as well as the utilization of official documents.