HABITAT RECONSTRUCTION FROM THE VILLAGES OF APUSENI MOUNTAINS IN ROMANIA HELENA MARIA SABO Babeş – Bolyai University of Cluj- Napoca Faculty of Psychology and Science of Education Cluj-napoca, Romania helena-maria.sabo@gmx.net DANIELA JEDER Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava The Teacher Training Department Suceava, Romania danielajeder@yahoo.com EŞI MARIUS-COSTEL Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava The Teacher Training Department Suceava, Romania mariusesi@yahhoo.com Abstract— The concept of rural location or rural habitat supposes the presence and interrelationship of social and territorial components, which define the rural system or complex. A central part of my research, in the area of rural geography, being owned by the role and the place held by the rural households in the entirety of socio-economic activities in the saddle of the Apuseni Mountains. In addition, my research was also motivate by the manner in which the rural households established and still establishes in the present, as a basic core of rural development phenomena. Keywords: rural habitat, sustainable development, village, peasant household. I. INTRODUCTION The study of depressions areas from the Apuseni Mountains is a personal passion and scientific concern. This particular area of the Apuseni Mountains has fascinated me since childhood, with its rural households and all socio- economic activities specific to depressions in the Apuseni Mountains. The rural household it has development core of the so- called “rural phenomenon. In my turn, I have roots in a village and I think without exaggeration that the village is marked valences of progress in all areas of everyday life. I will stop on the types of rural households from this area, I will try to highlight trends in sustainable development, the most popular and valuable part of the Romanian village "peasant household"![3]. II. MATERIALS AND METHODS A. Overview of the rural domain from Apuseni Mountains The concept of rural settlement requires the presence and interaction of social and territorial components, defining complex areas respectively. The fundamental components of the areas are the village, the estate population. The contemporary science defines the nature as a succession of inter-conditioned systems, it appears as a based hierarchy on complexity of the organization and functioning, factors that influence its dynamics. The geographical concept of rural settlement cannot be considered only in relation to all environmental elements. The village is the basic of life. It is the geographical landscape of Romanian human continuity, as old as the organization and housing of the Carpatho-Danubian-Ponto space. The village is located in space and time which blends harmoniously side very social, natural, economic and technical. [4]. Figure 1. Hierarchy, organization, functionality and features of the space and countryside. At the core of any rural settlements, specific to the Apuseni mountain area to, it was found always all the benefits they provide and the certain allowance and most efficient use by humans. The relationship with the natural environment, human settlements are in close contact with the environment, forming what we call frame or position of a settlement. That position on certain channels of communication or the natural environment as a whole. Such sociological influences are also very important, especially economic. Includes: agricultural production, trade, traffic, livestock, industry ... etc... Also in this category is social organization in different historical periods, cultural and religious influences. We can say that the village is an ancient form of organization, which by its functions: agricultural, pastoral, craft, has kept most authentic characteristics of material and spiritual culture of our people. 91 2011 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology and Food Science IPCBEE vol.7 (2011) © (2011) IACSIT Press, Singapore