SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
                        OF THE ROMANIAN RURAL AREAS

                                 Vasile Burja, Professor PhD
                          “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia
                                  vasile_burja@yahoo.com

                                    Carmen Morariu, Eng.
                  County Office for Rural Development and Fishing Payments

                                      Otilia Rusu, Eng.
                  County Office for Rural Development and Fishing Payments


ABSTRACT: The problem of the sustainable development of the rural areas constitutes a high
priority for Romania in the quality of European Union’s member state. This supposes
adopting of a coherent strategy that can realize a balance between the preservation demand
of the economic, ecologic and socio-cultural area on one hand, and the tendency of life
country modernization, on the other side. In the paper are evidenced some aspects, projects
and action directions concerning the sustainable development of the Romanian rural space.

Key words: rural area, sustainable development, strategies, sustainable agriculture

JEL Codes: R0, Q18