Estimating the Impact of Human Activities on the Environment in Moldova Region (HI Index)

• Main Authors: Ursu Adrian, Jitariu Vasile, Ciutea Alexandru
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, Iasi, Romania 2017-10-01
• Series: Present Environment and Sustainable Development
• Subjects: anthropogenic impact; Human Impact Index; GIS; Moldova region
• Online Access: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pesd.2017.11.issue-2/pesd-2017-0031/pesd-2017-0031.xml?format=INT

This paper work tries to spatialize the effects of the anthropic activity on the environment, as the human society continuous development requires space, food, energy and resources and that has a significant impact. Trying to evidentiate this kind of pressure over the environment by cartographic materials, that combines all effects is an impossible endeavor, but highlighting affected areas in an irreversible manner by an increased degree of artificiality is a necessity for the future environmental policy, so, starting from this point we were able to apply a methodology on the studied area and we obtained a seth of conclusing results.