PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 19, Issue no.1/ 2025

Authors :

Ana-Maria ANASTASIEI 1* , Lilian NIACSU 1 , Sergiu LOGHIN 2

1 Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Geology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

2 Department of Geology, Faculty of Geography and Geology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania *

E-mail : * Corresponding author: anastasiei.anamaria@yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2025191001

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