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The legislation of new metropolitan areas in
Romania follows the complicated and confusing experience
of previous metropolitan areas, instilling a sense of excessive
caution among both public authorities and researchers. A
review of the literature demonstrates the prevalence of
theoretical, methodological, and sectoral approaches when
dealing with this functional frame of territorial delineation.
Our research proposes an exploratory analysis of the major
metropolitan areas developed around county seats, in order
to understand the medium and long‐term dynamics affect‐
ing the development of these territorial structures that are
contingent on the local governance. By using a methodology
based on the harmonisation of statistical series according to
the current administrative structure, as well as on the carto‐
graphic analysis of demographic trends between 1992 and
2021, the study demonstrates the uneven development
trends of major metropolitan areas, increasing the risk of
widening territorial gaps.

Malgré la violente politique pro nataliste des régimes communistes, les systèmes démographiques nationaux de l'Europe Centre-orientale n'ont pas cessé de faiblir. Les régions les plus orientales, affectées plus tard par la modernisation des comportements démographiques, sont actuellement touchées de plein fouet par les dynamiques en cours : émigration interne, émigration externe, crise de la famille. La Moldova roumaine en est un exemple symptomatique.

The article explores the spatial dimensions of the brand image building of the
cities / regional metropolises, with an application on Iaşi as a study case. The starting point
is represented by the results of the researches in FP7 project EuroBroadMap. Visions of
the Europe in the World, which shows that the city of Iaşi has an unfavorable position
among the preferences of the Romanian student's questioned, which raises some
questions about its role as a regional metropolis. In order to improve its position, the city
could appeal to the territorial marketing strategies. In this direction, using the results of
some field surveys, the article studies the opportunities for structuring a brand image
depending on the spatial structure of the symbolic characteristics of Iaşi.

This paper, issued from the final report of the work package 3 (migrants and borders), presents Europe's representations among different types of Moldovian migrants. While some plan to migrate, some are asylum claimers, and other ones already live in Romania. Based on qualitative interviews realised in the framework of the EuroBroadMap project, this paper demonstrates that Romania became an important access point to European Union for migrants but that, most of the time, it is also considered as a first step rather than as a final destination.