Research - Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania
The Centre for Regional Geography of Babeş-Bolyai University was founded in 2003 and accredited by the National University Research Council (CNCSIS) in 2004. It was born from the need of institutionalizing a new research direction initiated by Professor Pompei Cocean at the Faculty of Geography in 1997, when an exceptional project was awarded in terms of theoretical, methodological and practical load, namely The Inter-county Spatial Plan. Cluj, Bihor, Bistriţa-Năsăud, Maramureş, Mureş, Satu Mare and Sălaj Inter-county Contact Area. The project was followed, in a logical connection, by other important research projects and grants that led to a real specialization in spatial planning and in the elaboration of development strategies for all known regional taxa – region, county (zone), microregion, commune