PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 17, Issue no.1/ 2023

Authors :

Vasile JITARIU 1,*, Pavel ICHIM 1, Marina IOSUB 1

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

E-mail : * Corresponding author: vasile.jitariu@uaic.ro

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2023171013

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