The degree of development of Botoşani county

Abstract

The study aims to identify the socio-economic development of Botosani County and to differentiate the basic administrative units according to their degree of development. In a county, the spaces are differentiated according to their degree of development, so statistical methods are used to standardize the indicators and create aggregate indices in order to obtain the proposed results. The socio-economic development of Botosani County is an important subject for a territory that is often confronted with negative stereotypes and which, through statistical data and complex methods of analysis, must highlight its real status. Botoşani County is a complex area facing demographic problems, existing at European level (demographic aging), and which has a space with a few main lines of development. The degree of development is influenced by natural factors as well as by social, economic or political factors, the study revealing a synthesis of several socio-economic indices and the level of development according to the urban-rural relationship and the accessibility to the main ways of communication.