The evolution of Bucharest during the last 40 years showed spectacular changes, as a result of the socialist urban policy. The paper investigates the leading transformation of the urban structures, comparing declassified CORONA KH 4 intelligence imagery from 1966 (the beginning of changes) and IKONOS imagery from 2004 (the present-day situation). Data automatic classification (object-oriented, fuzzy logic hierarchy) was tested on the both imagery

The Iezer Mountains are part of the Southern Carpathians in Romania; the elevation range spans over 1800 m, with the highest peak at 2470 m. In recent years, the vegetation in this montane landscape has undergone various changes. The aim of the present analysis is to test whether the evolution of vegetation zones can be modeled using remote sensing data and official forestry cadastre data, in correlation with climatic data for the same period. Our