Abstract:
In Romania, in the mountainous area, due to the less favourable life
environment, the man created, in the extent of the possibilities, conditions to
live and livelihoods, radically transforming the region. As study area, we
chose Gârda de Sus commune, where the exploitation of resources maintains
even nowadays traditional techniques. The grasslands, in general, have a
very important part in locals’ life, because they represent the base of animal
growing both during summer time, as well as during the indoor in winter
time, the hay being the only accessible fodder. The pastoral landscape,
especially, and the mountainous one in general, have been studied through
the landscape elements formed as result of human activities in time. The
managing practices of land have created a mosaic landscape dominated by
landscape elements which individualises it. Among these, the following
distinguish themselves: enclosures, rocks piles, isolated trees, lopped
spruces, Fagus with contorted trunk, houses with roof made of spruce and fir
branches, hay stacks, fallowed terraces, enclosed arable land patches, forest
grazing, meadows with plum trees, permanent and seasonal houses
traditionally built, houses built at high altitude etc.
