Dr. Raularian RUSU -

Dr. Raularian RUSU

Associate Professor

Executive Director

Web of Science ResearcherID: ABF-7674-2020

0000-0003-3851-4296

Areas of professional interest:
Geographical Space Organisation; Territorial Planning; Cross-border Regions; Regional Geography; Historical Geography; Geography of Settlements; Integrated Spatial Planning; Urban Geography; Regional and Local Development Policies and Strategies; Tourism Planning; Territorial Infrastructures; Regional Geography of Romania

Specialist attested by the Romanian Register of Urban Planners, authorized to sign and seal urban and spatial planning documents (symbols B C C₁ F₁ F₃ F₅)

e-mail: raularian.rusu@ubbcluj.ro

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Recent publications (selected titles):

Books

Ionescu-Heroiu M., Neagu Marina, Burduja S., Sandu D., Moldovan C., Man T., Rusu R. (2013), Growth Poles. The Next Phase, Romania. Regional Development Program. The World Bank, 224 pag.
Ionescu-Heroiu M., Burduja S., Sandu D., Cojocaru Șt., Blankespoor B., Iorga Elena, Moretti E., Moldovan C., Man T., Rusu R., Van der Weide R. (2013), Competitive Cities. Reshaping the Economic Geography of Romania, Regional Development Program. The World Bank, 247 pag.
Ionescu-Heroiu M., Burduja S., Cristea M., Moldovan C., Rusu R., Man T., China Andreea, Czapski R., Nunez A., Făgărășan Adina, Sandu D., Todor C., Tulea M., Vințan Adina, Manea Maria-Magdalena, Călin Alexandra, Moț Manuela, Pintilii Silvia, Irimia Ioana, Franț Oana, Ghimbaș Izabela-Georgiana, Mijloc Loredana, Stan A. (2015), Ghid de investiții pentru proiecte de apă și apă uzată. Investment Guide for Water and Wastewater Projects, The World Bank, Romania, Regional Development Program 2, World Bank Group, 639 pag. (vol. 1 + vol. 2).
Ionescu-Heroiu M., Burduja S., Cristea M., Moldovan C., Rusu R., Man T., China Andreea, Czapski R., Nunez A. (2015), Ghid de investiții pentru proiecte locale: Drumuri comunale și infrastructură socială. Investment Guide for Local Projects: Communal Roads and Social Infrastructure, The World Bank, Romania, Regional Development Program 2, World Bank Group, 763 pag. (vol 1 + vol. 2).
Ionescu-Heroiu M., Burduja S., Cristea M., Moldovan C., Man T., Rusu R., China Andreea, Sandu D., Ciobanu S. M., Czapski R., Nunez A., Vințan Adina, Moț Manuela, Manea Maria-Magdalena (2015), Ghid de investiții: drumuri județene. Investment guide: County Roads, The World Bank, Romania, Regional Development Program 2, World Bank Group, 501 pag. (vol 1 + vol. 2).
Racoviceanu Sorina, Cristea M., China Andreea, Sandu D., Croitoru Adina, Moldovan C., Man T., Rusu R., Iamandi Cătălina, Ciobanu S., Ciucanu Ioana, Ionescu-Heroiu M., Burduja S., Vințan Adina, Cosma F., Herbel Ioana, Rus I. (2016), Strategia integrată de dezvoltare urbană pentru Polul de Creștere Ploiești 2014-2020, The World Bank, Romania, Regional Development Program 2, World Bank Group, 464 pag.

Chapters in books

Rusu R. (2016), Place-name changes in the Romanian Banat and in the Arad region during the 20^th century, în P. Jordan, P. Woodman (eds.) Place-Name Changes. Proceedings of the Symposium in Rome, 17-18 November 2014, Name & Place – Contributions to Toponymic Literature and Research, Band 5, Verlag Dr. Kovač, Hamburg, pp. 393-405, ISBN 978-3-8300-8423-5.
Rusu R. (2016), Rețeaua de localități, în J. Benedek, T. Man (coord.) Analiza geografică a structurilor teritoriale din perspectiva planificării spațiale. Județul Mureș, Edit. Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 163-248, ISBN: 978-973-595-965-4.
Schreiber W. E., Rusu R., Man T. (2017), National Minorities in Romania. Their Present Demographic and Political Situation, în P. Jordan (ed.) 10 Years of EU Eastern Enlargement. The Geographical Balance of a Courageous Step. Proceedings of the Symposium in Vienna, 3-4 December 2014, ISR-Forschungsbericht Heft 42, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, ISBN 978-3-7001-8100-2, DOI: 10.1553/ISR_FB042.
Bodocan V., Benedek J., Rusu R. (2018), Twenty-first-century cities, în M. Solarz (ed.) New Geographies of the Globalized World, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London

Publications in Web of Science

Rusu Raularian, Schreiber Wilfried (2013), Despite Romania’s EU Membership: Economic and Political Crises, Spatial Disparities, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, 155, 91-104, ISSN 0029-9138. DOI: 10.1553/moegg155s91.
Dezsi Șt., Rusu R., Ilieș M., Ilieș Gabriela, Bădărău Al. S., Roşian Gh. (2014), The Role of Rural Tourism in the Social and Economic Revitalisation of Lăpuș Land (Maramureș County, Romania), 14^th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference SGEM on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation, Conference Proceedings, volume II: Ecology & Environmental Protection, STEF92 Technology, Sofia, pp. 783-790, ISBN 978-619-7105-18-6, ISSN 1314-2704, DOI: 10.5593/sgem2014B52.
Rusu R., Roşian Gh., Dezsi Șt., Bădărău Al. S. (2014), The Impact of the Landslides on Land Use and Living Standards in Târnava Mică Hills, 14^th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference SGEM on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation, Conference Proceedings, volume III: Environmental Economics, Education & Accreditation, Environmental Legislation, Multilateral Relations and Funding Opportunities, STEF92 Technology, Sofia, pp. 463-470, ISBN 978-619-7105-19-3, ISSN 1314-2704, DOI: 10.5593/sgem2014B53.
Dezsi Șt., Nistor M. M., Man T. C., Rusu R. (2015), The GIS Assessment of a Winter Sports Resort Location. Case Study: Beliș District, Western Carpathians, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, volume 10, no. 1, North University of Baia Mare, pp. 223-230, ISSN 1842-4090.
Dezsi Șt., Ciangă N., Oprea M. G., Rusu R. (2015), Traditions, Adaptability and Trends. A Review of Higher Education and Research Tendencies in Tourism Geography in Romania, Transylvanian Review, volume XXIV, Supplement no. 1/2015, Romanian Academy, Center for Transylvanian Studies, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 307-318, ISSN 2067-1016.
Rusu Raularian, Bodocan Voicu, Man Titus (2020), Urban Sprawl and Its Impact on Urban Tourism in Romania, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 22(4), 521-533. DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2020.1775403.

Other articles published in journals indexed in international databases and in conference volumes

Rusu R., Man T. C., Moldovan C. (2013), The Road Connectivity Index Applied to the Settlements of Banat Using GIS, Romanian Review of Regional Studies. Journal of the Centre for Regional Geography, volume IX, no. 1, Edit. Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 117-124, ISSN 1841-1576.
Rusu R., Man T. C., Moldovan C. (2013), The GIS-Based Road Distance and Time Connectivity Index of the Settlements within the West Region of Romania, Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, series Geographia, anul LVIII, nr. 1/2013, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 141-150, ISSN 1221-079X.
Roşian Gh., Rusu R., Muntean O.-L., Măcicășan V., Horváth Cs., Arghiuș V., Baciu N., Dobrei G. (2014), The Confluence Ratio of the Transylvanian Basin Rivers, Aerul și apa. Componente ale mediului. Air and Water. Components of the Environment, 21-22 martie 2014, Cluj-Napoca, Edit. Casa Cărții de Știință, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 299-306, ISSN 2067-743X.
Rusu R., Man T. (2014), Comunitatea evanghelică lutherană din Banat și Arad de la începuturile reformei și până astăzi, Un capitol nou al Școlii Geografice Clujene. Eckart Wilfried Schreiber la 70 de ani de viață, Edit. Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 193-245, ISBN 978-973-595-729-2.
Pop Gr. P., Rusu R. (2014), The National Structure of the Romanian Population at the 20^th of October 2011 Census, Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, series Geographia, anul LIX, nr. 1/2014, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 5-26, ISSN 1221-079X.
Man T., Rusu R., Moldovan C., Ionescu-Heroiu M., Moldovan Nona-Sonia, Hărănguș Iulia (2015), Spatial Impact of the Road Infrastructure Development in Romania. An Accessibility Approach, Romanian Review of Regional Studies. Journal of the Centre for Regional Geography, volume XI, no. 1, Edit. Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 101-112, ISSN 1841-1576.
Rusu R., Man T., Moldovan C. (2015), Marginal Areas of the Romanian Banat, Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, series Geographia, anul LX, nr. 2/2015, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 153-162, ISSN 1221-079X.
Moldovan C., Dezsi Șt., Rusu R., Man T., Dolean E. B. (2017), The Natural Environment and Tourism Potential of Iara-Hășdate Basin, Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, series Geographia, anul LXII, nr. 1/2017, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 105-124, ISSN 1221-079X.