During recent years, Romania has experienced many floods, causing huge material damage and many losses of life. The paper presents in detail some of the main factors enhancing Nature's “protest against global warming”: poor sewage within the towns, illegal deforestation of hills or mountains slopes, dirty river banks, lack of citizens' education and responsibility, slow communication between different authorities, absence of specialized equipment, and in some cases, political or economical interests. Romanian authorities, having in mind the floods of 2005 and 2006, try to prevent these disasters or to mitigate their effects, but up to now there has been a big gap between theory and practice, mainly because of the complexity of the actions to be taken, which require time and money.
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Constantin-Horia, B., Simona, S., Gabriela, P., Adrian, S. (2009). Human Factors in the Floods of Romania. In: Jones, J.A.A., Vardanian, T.G., Hakopian, C. (eds) Threats to Global Water Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2344-5_20
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