Elemente de infrastructură edilitară și condiții de locuire în România, în intervalul 2008–2016 Some Elements of Edilitar Infrastructure and Housing Conditions in Romania, During 2008–2016 Section Studies

Abstract

The quality of housing is still a topic of great interest among the Romanian population because there is much to be done in this chapter in order to talk about real welfare at the level of the majority. Our study is centered on the analyzing of the main indicators regarding the critical points of having a house in our country and the results of the rehabilitation actions carried out on a large scale during the last decade. There are also presented some indicators regarding the latest developments in urban/rural areas and housing conditions in Romania, between 2008 and 2016 (during the first decade after Romania’s integration into the European Union). Statistical data come from national institutions (NIS, TEMPO database), or from international ones (Eurostat). The article discusses some aspects of public policies with impact on the endowment with technical infrastructure, of urban and rural settlements in our country, knowing that by the presence and quality of some public utility supply networks, depend the living conditions of the population, the development of public services, and last but not least the improvement of environmental conditions. Also, even the presence/absence of some public elements of infrastructure can decisively influence the maintaining public health, hygiene and comfort of the housing, as well as that of the community life as a whole. Access to such utilities may be the subject of indicators of the quality of housing, the quality of life of the population, but also of general development at community level. As a result, such a type of access generates a distinct field of interest for the current development of the policies at regional and national level.