General characteristics of the rural space in the Republic of Moldova – essential factor for the purpose of performance registration by the management of the local public administration

Abstract

The knowledge, research and continuous development of the rural space is of increased interest for the academic environment in a country with imposing dimensions of the countryside such as the Republic of Moldova, dimensions marked both by the areas belonging to the rural environment and by the share of the population from villages. Despite a rapid urbanization, caused by the unprecedented industrialization of the second half of the 20th century, which generated not only a reduction in the share of the population employed in agriculture, forestry, fish farming, but also significantly decreased the share of income collected from agricultural activities in GDP , the importance of the rural space does not decrease, it is imposing itself more and more, including through the global trend of protecting the environment and capitalizing on the picturesque places available to the countryside. Humanity has set as its objective the greening of social and economic life, and the rural environment is of crucial importance in achieving it.