AbstractThe paper presents an analy

Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of major issues on human settlement sizes evolution in the XIX-th Century and particularly in the
XX-th Century. The starting point is the presentation of population evolution by habitat types, it continues with an analysis of
urbanization process costs and further on of de-ruralisation, while the final part includes a presentation of the programmes meant
to safeguard urban and rural communities.
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