摘要：Post-industrial landscape evolution in Hunedoara. The development of
steel industry in Hunedoara (1882-1989) had social and economic consequences,
generating structural and functional changes in the geographical landscape in
Hunedoara, with local, regional and national repercussions. The industrial landscape in
Hunedoara took shape around the steel industry, a platform that supported the entire
local community (by employment) and galvanized the economic relations with other
cities in the county of Hunedoara (Deva, Călan, Haţeg, Petroșani, Brad, Orăștie), and
also with cities in the neighboring counties (Timisoara, Reșița, Sebeș, Alba Iulia, Tg.
Jiu, Craiova, Sibiu). The changes that occurred in the economic policy in Romania,
after 1989, have resulted in major structural changes in the landscape of Hunedoara.
The process of de-industrialization left a significant mark in the physiography of the
landscape in Hunedoara and its functionality. The dismantling and demolition of the
industrial platform (a pennant of industrial development in socialist Romania) led to
the abandonment of a steelworker lifestyle, to retraining, to migration of specialized
workforce and especially young people, to other destinations. The city today is looking
for a new identity, embracing the steel industry tradition and tourist resources of the
area.
