期刊名称：Annals of the University of Bucharest : Geography Series
印刷版ISSN：1013-4115
电子版ISSN：2247-238X
出版年度：2009
出版社：University of Bucharest
摘要：Konstantin Br.tescu was born on 30 September 1882 in Kyshla, Tulchytskiy District, Romania. He had been living and working in Chernivtsi from 1924 until 1939. On 1 September 1924 K. Br.tescu was appointed a professor at the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Sciences, Chernivtsi University, and later became the Dean of Faculty (1930-1932). The Professor's field of scientific interest lays in general in geography, methodology of geography and comparative geo-morphology. K. Br.tescu was also heading the Institute of Geography at the Department of Geography. During his Chernivtsi period of life, K. Br.tescu was distinguished as a valuable lecturer at the Free University of the Society of Rumanian Culture and Literature in Bukovyna. He had become a lover of Bukovyna, recognizing its history, geography and culture. Prof. Bratescu founded a Romanian Geographical Society Branch in Chernivtsi. His major scientific works are as follows: 1. "Poarta de la Cern.u.i". The work deals with the study of the Tsetsyno and the Berda massifs with respect to their evolution, geo-morphological structure and perspectives. 2. "Popula.ia regiunii Carn.u.i": the Chernivtsi region population is studied; differences between mountain and pre-hill population are disclosed; the population common life, customs and traditions, migration causes and density are analyzed. 3. "Cateva capt.ri quarternare .n Bucovina i Pocutia" ¨C describes the hydrological peculiarities of the region, as well as those of the Cheremosh river valley and terrace, and the river on the whole. The author also presents the summative hydrological picture of the region and discloses new problems and reasons that lead to changes
