Asociația Geomorfologilor din România

Dr. Gabriela IOANA-TOROIMAC
Assistant professor at University of Bucharest

Phone: +40720 061 807
Email: gabriela_toroimac@yahoo.com

Postal adress:
Facultatea de Geografie, 1 N. Bălcescu, 010041, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania

Research Interest

Fluvial Geomorphology, River Hydrology, Management of Riparian Environment

• dynamics and typology of natural river channels
• channel adjustments to human interventions
• floods: from responsible factors to risk management
• protection and conservation of fluvial wetlands

Research Projects (2005-2012)

• La biodiversité en réseaux : de la décision aux outils ou comment mailler le territoire ?, beneficiary Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité (France), 2009-2010 – member
• Riscul la inundaţie pe valea Prahovei, proiect PN-II-TD, beneficiary Consiliul Naţional al Cercetării Ştiinţifice din Învăţământul Superior (Romania), 2007-2008 – director
• Prévenir le risque inondation : du recueil d’information à la hierarchisation des PPR Cat-Nat dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Reflexion sur la dé-prescription des PPRI, beneficiary Ministere de l’Ecologie et du Developpement Durable (France), Program Risque, decision, territoire: quel appui scientifique apporter aux acteurs locaux pour gerer les risques naturels et industriels ?, 2007 – member
• Dinamica fluvială a râurilor din Carpaţii şi Subcarpaţii de Curbură, proiect A, beneficiary Consiliul Naţional al Cercetării Ştiinţifice din Învăţământul Superior (Romania), 2005-2006 – member

 Publications (selection)

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Zaharia L., Grecu F., Ioana-Toroimac G., Neculau G., 2011, Sediment transport and river channel dynamics in Romania – variability and control factors, in Manning A.J. (ed.), Sediment transport in aquatic environments, INTECH, Rijeka, p. 293-316, available at http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/20922/InTech-Sediment_transport_and_river_channel_dynamics_in_romania_variability_and_control_factors.pdf, ISBN978-953-307-586-0.Carbonnois J., Jacob-Rousseau N., Delahaye D., Alber A., Arnaud-Fassetta-G., Astrade L., Beck T., Castanet C., Delorme-Laurent V., Douvinet J., El Ghachi M., Garlatti F., Ioana-Toroimac G., Kane C., Masson E., Raccasi G., Rollet A.-J., Thénard L., 2009, La recherche sur le thème de la dynamique fluviale: processus, aléa, aménagement, in Laganier R., Arnaud-Fasseta G. (eds.), Les géographies de l’eau : processus, dynamique et gestion de l’hydrosystème, Editura Harmattan, Paris, p. 229-262, available at http://gilles-arnaud-fassetta.org/Gilles_Arnaud-Fassetta_-_Publications_%5BPDF%5D/Gilles_Arnaud-Fassetta_-_Publications_[PDF]_files/2009%20Corbonnois%20et%20al.%20Harmattan%20Hydrosystemes%20FRENCH.pdf, ISBN 978-2-296-10502-7.

ARTICLES

• Ioana-Toroimac G., Zaharia L., Minea G., Zarea R., Borcan M., 2012, Channel typology based on stability criteria. Case study: Ialomiţa and Buzău Watershed (Romania), Procedia Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 14, p. 177-187, available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2012.03.017, ISSN: 1878-0296.
• Zaharia L., Ioana-Toroimac G., Catană S., Minea G., Delporte C., 2012, River lateral dynamics and floods in relation to human communities. Case study: Moara Domnească Village (on Lower Teleajen River), Aerul si apa: componente ale mediului, p. 119-126, available at http://aerapa.conference.ubbcluj.ro/2012/pdf/15%20Zaharia_et_al.pdf, ISSN 2067743X.
• Minea G., Ioana-Toroimac G., Zaharia L., Zarea R., Borcan M., 2011, Spatial variation of stream power in the Buzău and Ialomiţa River catchments (Romania), Aerul si apa : componente ale mediului, p. 283-291, available at http://aerapa.conference.ubbcluj.ro/2011/PDF/GMinea.pdf, ISSN 2067743X.
• Ioana-Toroimac G., Dobre R., Grecu F., Zaharia L., 2010, Evolution 2D de la bande active de la Haute Prahova (Roumanie) durant les 150 dernières années. Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement, n°3, p. 275-286, available at http://geomorphologie.revues.org/7984, ISSN 1957-777X.
• Zaharia L., Ioana-Toroimac G., 2009, Erosion dynamics – precipitation relationship in the Carpathian’s Curvature Region (Romania), Geografia fisica e dinamica quaternaria, vol. 32, p. 95-102, ISSN 1724-4757.
• Zaharia L., Catană S., Crăciun E., Ioana-Toroimac G., 2008, Flood vulnerability of Tecuci City: the role of natural and socio-economic factors, in Sorocovschi V. (ed.), Riscuri şi catastrofe, vol. VII, nr. 5, p. 130-140, available at http://riscurisicatastrofe.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/Volume/VII_Nr_5_2008/PDF/LZaharia_SCatana_ECraciun.pdf, ISSN 1584-5273.
• Ioana-Toroimac G., 2007, Détermination du style fluvial. Etude de cas : la rivière Prahova, Revista de Geomorfologie, vol. 9, p. 87-94, available at http://www.geomorfo.ro/volum9/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20revista%20Geomorfo%2098.pdf, ISSN 1453-5068.
• Ioana-Toroimac G., Vergne V., 2007, Historique de la politique de conservation des zones humides en Roumanie et enjeux actuels pour les principaux sites, Aestuaria, coll. Histoire et terres humides : Les productions des espaces humides, nr. 9, p. 475-488, available at http://ghzh.free.fr/pdf/Actes_GHZH/2007b_Actes_ZH_europeennes_GHZH_complet.pdf, ISBN 978-2-9528512-0-6.