THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CBIS IN THE FIELD OF SUSTAINABILITY IN ROMANIA
Authors
Carmen Nastase
'Stefan cel Mare' University of Suceava
Carmen Emilia Chașovschi
'Stefan cel Mare' University of Suceava
Mihaela State
'Stefan cel Mare' University of Suceava
Mihai Popescu
'Stefan cel Mare' University of Suceava
Abstract
Community-based organizations can mobilize citizens to adoption behaviors to ensure the transition to a sustainable economy.This paper evaluates social and economic impacts of community based initiatives in Romania, in two different domains: transport and waste.The sample for this paper includes two community-initiatives, one from the transport domain and the other one from the waste domain. It was analyzed 12 interviewsfive interviews with members and one interview with a stakeholder for each of the two initiatives, which was conducted during January -May 2015.