Transformations of the Economic Structure in Small and Medium-Sized Cities (on the Example of the Cities of Zărnești-Romania and Strășeni-Rep. Moldova): Adaptation to the Market Economy

Abstract

Small and medium-sized cities, regardless of their demographic size or their area of influence, have different territorial relationships that ensure their existence and that can define their area of urban influence. Any city has its area of influence over adjacent localities, it is characterized by its own structure that gives it certain types of relationships with them. Depending on certain particularities such as the level of development of the countries to which it belongs, the geographical position and location in the terrain, the density of urban centers and the size of the city, the coverage area of the area of influence of the respective city can be established. The geographical location of the two cities, represented by their location in the terrain in adjacent areas of major cities for example (Brașov, in the case of the city of Zărnești) and Chișinău (in the case of the city of Strășeni), has largely influenced the direction of their development, having many common features both in terms of achievements and outlook. Respectively, it follows a series of transformations in the economic structures of small and medium-sized cities (respectively the city of Zărnești in Romania and Strașeni in the Republic of Moldova and the study of these researches to adapt to the market economy. Through classical geographical methods, the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the economy of these cities will be carried out on the one hand, this research). UDC: [711.4:332.1]:330.34(478+498); JEL: R.R1, O.O13, Î1