Even though the concept of polycentric urban development has been high on the agenda in the liter... more Even though the concept of polycentric urban development has been high on the agenda in the literature it has rarely come to the fore in academic papers dealing with the postsocialist cities. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the evolving polycentric patt ern of urban development in the metropolitan region of Budapest. For the purpose of study we use commuting data of the 1990, 2001 and 2011 national census. The rapid transformation of Budapest aft er 1989 the re-establishment of market mechanisms, the privatisation of housing, the liberalisation of the property market, and the growing reintegration of the city to the world economy aff ected not only the core city but also the metropolitan periphery. The previously rather homogeneous structure of the metropolitan periphery experienced signifi cant changes in the course of the transformation. The advantages of location, which had been insignifi cant during the state-socialist period, once again became truly benefi cial which resulted in growing disparities in the metropolitan periphery. Since 1990 the functional interplay, cooperation, interdependence as well as physical infrastructural linkages between Budapest and its metropolitan zone have been further intensifi ed. Residential suburbanisation and the suburbanisation of business activities led to new fl ows of commuting within the metropolitan region. Our fi ndings show that the reallocation of urban functions took place in the wider metropolitan zone of Budapest among existing centres, which fi ts to the European version of post-suburbanisation concept rather than the US one.
KULCSSZAVAK: kreativ gazdasag, kreativ osztaly, tudasalapu tarsadalom, varosverseny, budapesti va... more KULCSSZAVAK: kreativ gazdasag, kreativ osztaly, tudasalapu tarsadalom, varosverseny, budapesti varosregio ABSZTRAKT: A 21. szazadban felertekelődott a kreativitas, a tudas es az innovacio szerepe a gazdasagi fejlődesben. A varosok nemzetkozi es hazai versenyeben egyre nagyobb szerepe van annak, hogy milyen tarsadalmi es gazdasagi kornyezetet kepesek kinalni a kreativ gazdasag letelepedesehez. A rendszervaltozas ota bekovetkezett gazdasagi atalakulas soran egyre nyilvanvalobba valt, hogy Magyarorszag az europai gazdasagi versenyben elsősorban a tudasalapu gazdasagi agazatokban veheti fel a versenyt vetelytarsaival. Ennek megfelelően 2000 utan a kreativ es tudasintenziv gazdasagi agazatok fejlesztese egyre jobban a nemzeti, regionalis es helyi gazdasagi strategiak kozeppontjaba kerult. Tanulmanyunkban attekintő kepet adunk a kreativ gazdasag magyarorszagi helyzeteről, a kreativ es tudasintenziv agazatok teruleti kulonbsegeiről, kulonos tekintettel a hazai varoshalozatra. Az aktualis t...
Impact of the housing policy on spatial structure of Budapest in the 1960’s and 1970’s An analysi... more Impact of the housing policy on spatial structure of Budapest in the 1960’s and 1970’s An analysis is presented on the transformation of the spatial structure in Budapest during the period indicated above. Aft er the revolution of 1956 the authority of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party had become consolidated, and a socialist-type medium-term and long-term planning in the city as part of command economy was practised including the housing sector. The elaboration and implementation of these plans are outlined, the mechanisms of decision-making for housing revealed and the transformed spatial structure of the Hungarian capital described. For this purpose the contemporary manuscripts produced by sociologists having investigated the social processes of Budapest in 1960’s and 1970’s and stored in Hungarian archives were involved extensively. The development and housing planning was not auspicious for Budapest. The downtown areas were largely neglected, and almost all of the developm...
The article aims to analyse the renovation of housing estates in postsocialist cities. Two cities... more The article aims to analyse the renovation of housing estates in postsocialist cities. Two cities with different share of housing estates and public support system, Vilnius and Budapest are in the focus of the analysis. The renovation of housing estates is a new process in both of them; it started only in the 2000s and its outcome is far from spectacular. The most important and most common type of renovation activities is the insulation of blocks of flats because it significantly decreases the utility costs. The article investigates whether and how the social and physical characteristics of housing estates influence their renovation. The size, age, type, spatial location all have some impact on the renovation level. The authors point out that the necessity of renovation and its costs depend on the physical characteristics of the buildings but the opportunity for renovation derives from the ability to finance it. Consequently, the social status of the inhabitants and the availability...
Regional and social cleavages in the Slovak elections after the change of the regime The article ... more Regional and social cleavages in the Slovak elections after the change of the regime The article gives an overview on the regional features of voting behaviour in post-socialist Slovakia. The aim of this study is to identify the main cleavages in the Slovak society through the analysis of the spatially solid voter base of the parties. It presents how enduring and strong are the traditional cleavages and those connected to the change of regime. Post-socialist Slovakia's elections show that some of the regional and social cleavages (re)emerged immediately after the change of regime and have remained stable in the last twenty years. Due to the characteristics of the electoral system the election results clearly reflect the spatial embeddedness of the parties. A significant change of the party structure of Slovakia has undergone since 1992. It still does not fit the Western European patterns. The classic cleavages have proved to be durable in this period. The party preferences indicate that the division and stratifica-tion of the Slovak society are still determined by the classic cultural (ethnic and religious) and centre-periphery (urban-rural and West-East) cleavages. Along these cleav-ages five or six main, geographically identified, seemingly solid political blocks can be defined.
Even though the concept of polycentric urban development has been high on the agenda in the liter... more Even though the concept of polycentric urban development has been high on the agenda in the literature it has rarely come to the fore in academic papers dealing with the postsocialist cities. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the evolving polycentric pattern of urban development in the metropolitan region of Budapest. For the purpose of study we use commuting data of the 1990, 2001 and 2011 national census. The rapid transformation of Budapest after 1989 the re-establishment of market mechanisms, the privatisation of housing, the liberalisation of the property market, and the growing re-integration of the city to the world economy affected not only the core city but also the metropolitan periphery. The previously rather homogeneous structure of the metropolitan periphery experienced signifi cant changes in the course of the transformation. The advantages of location, which had been insignifi cant during the state-socialist period, once again became truly beneficial which resulted in growing disparities in the metropolitan periphery. Since 1990 the functional interplay, cooperation, interdependence as well as physical infrastructural linkages between Budapest and its metropolitan zone have been further intensifi ed. Residential suburbanisation and the suburbanisation of business activities led to new fl ows of commuting within the metropolitan region. Our fi ndings show that the reallocation of urban functions took place in the wider metropolitan zone of Budapest among existing centres, which fits to the European version of post-suburbanisation concept rather than the US one.
An analysis is presented on the transformation of the spatial structure in Budapest during the pe... more An analysis is presented on the transformation of the spatial structure in Budapest during the period indicated above. Aft er the revolution of 1956 the authority of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party had become consolidated, and a socialist-type medium-term and long-term planning in the city as part of command economy was practised including the housing sector. The elaboration and implementation of these plans are outlined, the mechanisms of decision-making for housing revealed and the transformed spatial structure of the Hungarian capital described. For this purpose the contemporary manuscripts produced by sociologists having investigated the social processes of Budapest in 1960's and 1970's and stored in Hungarian archives were involved extensively.
Even though the concept of polycentric urban development has been high on the agenda in the liter... more Even though the concept of polycentric urban development has been high on the agenda in the literature it has rarely come to the fore in academic papers dealing with the postsocialist cities. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the evolving polycentric patt ern of urban development in the metropolitan region of Budapest. For the purpose of study we use commuting data of the 1990, 2001 and 2011 national census. The rapid transformation of Budapest aft er 1989 the re-establishment of market mechanisms, the privatisation of housing, the liberalisation of the property market, and the growing reintegration of the city to the world economy aff ected not only the core city but also the metropolitan periphery. The previously rather homogeneous structure of the metropolitan periphery experienced signifi cant changes in the course of the transformation. The advantages of location, which had been insignifi cant during the state-socialist period, once again became truly benefi cial which resulted in growing disparities in the metropolitan periphery. Since 1990 the functional interplay, cooperation, interdependence as well as physical infrastructural linkages between Budapest and its metropolitan zone have been further intensifi ed. Residential suburbanisation and the suburbanisation of business activities led to new fl ows of commuting within the metropolitan region. Our fi ndings show that the reallocation of urban functions took place in the wider metropolitan zone of Budapest among existing centres, which fi ts to the European version of post-suburbanisation concept rather than the US one.
KULCSSZAVAK: kreativ gazdasag, kreativ osztaly, tudasalapu tarsadalom, varosverseny, budapesti va... more KULCSSZAVAK: kreativ gazdasag, kreativ osztaly, tudasalapu tarsadalom, varosverseny, budapesti varosregio ABSZTRAKT: A 21. szazadban felertekelődott a kreativitas, a tudas es az innovacio szerepe a gazdasagi fejlődesben. A varosok nemzetkozi es hazai versenyeben egyre nagyobb szerepe van annak, hogy milyen tarsadalmi es gazdasagi kornyezetet kepesek kinalni a kreativ gazdasag letelepedesehez. A rendszervaltozas ota bekovetkezett gazdasagi atalakulas soran egyre nyilvanvalobba valt, hogy Magyarorszag az europai gazdasagi versenyben elsősorban a tudasalapu gazdasagi agazatokban veheti fel a versenyt vetelytarsaival. Ennek megfelelően 2000 utan a kreativ es tudasintenziv gazdasagi agazatok fejlesztese egyre jobban a nemzeti, regionalis es helyi gazdasagi strategiak kozeppontjaba kerult. Tanulmanyunkban attekintő kepet adunk a kreativ gazdasag magyarorszagi helyzeteről, a kreativ es tudasintenziv agazatok teruleti kulonbsegeiről, kulonos tekintettel a hazai varoshalozatra. Az aktualis t...
Impact of the housing policy on spatial structure of Budapest in the 1960’s and 1970’s An analysi... more Impact of the housing policy on spatial structure of Budapest in the 1960’s and 1970’s An analysis is presented on the transformation of the spatial structure in Budapest during the period indicated above. Aft er the revolution of 1956 the authority of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party had become consolidated, and a socialist-type medium-term and long-term planning in the city as part of command economy was practised including the housing sector. The elaboration and implementation of these plans are outlined, the mechanisms of decision-making for housing revealed and the transformed spatial structure of the Hungarian capital described. For this purpose the contemporary manuscripts produced by sociologists having investigated the social processes of Budapest in 1960’s and 1970’s and stored in Hungarian archives were involved extensively. The development and housing planning was not auspicious for Budapest. The downtown areas were largely neglected, and almost all of the developm...
The article aims to analyse the renovation of housing estates in postsocialist cities. Two cities... more The article aims to analyse the renovation of housing estates in postsocialist cities. Two cities with different share of housing estates and public support system, Vilnius and Budapest are in the focus of the analysis. The renovation of housing estates is a new process in both of them; it started only in the 2000s and its outcome is far from spectacular. The most important and most common type of renovation activities is the insulation of blocks of flats because it significantly decreases the utility costs. The article investigates whether and how the social and physical characteristics of housing estates influence their renovation. The size, age, type, spatial location all have some impact on the renovation level. The authors point out that the necessity of renovation and its costs depend on the physical characteristics of the buildings but the opportunity for renovation derives from the ability to finance it. Consequently, the social status of the inhabitants and the availability...
Regional and social cleavages in the Slovak elections after the change of the regime The article ... more Regional and social cleavages in the Slovak elections after the change of the regime The article gives an overview on the regional features of voting behaviour in post-socialist Slovakia. The aim of this study is to identify the main cleavages in the Slovak society through the analysis of the spatially solid voter base of the parties. It presents how enduring and strong are the traditional cleavages and those connected to the change of regime. Post-socialist Slovakia's elections show that some of the regional and social cleavages (re)emerged immediately after the change of regime and have remained stable in the last twenty years. Due to the characteristics of the electoral system the election results clearly reflect the spatial embeddedness of the parties. A significant change of the party structure of Slovakia has undergone since 1992. It still does not fit the Western European patterns. The classic cleavages have proved to be durable in this period. The party preferences indicate that the division and stratifica-tion of the Slovak society are still determined by the classic cultural (ethnic and religious) and centre-periphery (urban-rural and West-East) cleavages. Along these cleav-ages five or six main, geographically identified, seemingly solid political blocks can be defined.
Even though the concept of polycentric urban development has been high on the agenda in the liter... more Even though the concept of polycentric urban development has been high on the agenda in the literature it has rarely come to the fore in academic papers dealing with the postsocialist cities. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the evolving polycentric pattern of urban development in the metropolitan region of Budapest. For the purpose of study we use commuting data of the 1990, 2001 and 2011 national census. The rapid transformation of Budapest after 1989 the re-establishment of market mechanisms, the privatisation of housing, the liberalisation of the property market, and the growing re-integration of the city to the world economy affected not only the core city but also the metropolitan periphery. The previously rather homogeneous structure of the metropolitan periphery experienced signifi cant changes in the course of the transformation. The advantages of location, which had been insignifi cant during the state-socialist period, once again became truly beneficial which resulted in growing disparities in the metropolitan periphery. Since 1990 the functional interplay, cooperation, interdependence as well as physical infrastructural linkages between Budapest and its metropolitan zone have been further intensifi ed. Residential suburbanisation and the suburbanisation of business activities led to new fl ows of commuting within the metropolitan region. Our fi ndings show that the reallocation of urban functions took place in the wider metropolitan zone of Budapest among existing centres, which fits to the European version of post-suburbanisation concept rather than the US one.
An analysis is presented on the transformation of the spatial structure in Budapest during the pe... more An analysis is presented on the transformation of the spatial structure in Budapest during the period indicated above. Aft er the revolution of 1956 the authority of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party had become consolidated, and a socialist-type medium-term and long-term planning in the city as part of command economy was practised including the housing sector. The elaboration and implementation of these plans are outlined, the mechanisms of decision-making for housing revealed and the transformed spatial structure of the Hungarian capital described. For this purpose the contemporary manuscripts produced by sociologists having investigated the social processes of Budapest in 1960's and 1970's and stored in Hungarian archives were involved extensively.
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use commuting data of the 1990, 2001 and 2011 national census. The rapid transformation of Budapest after 1989 the re-establishment of market mechanisms, the privatisation of
housing, the liberalisation of the property market, and the growing re-integration of the city to the world economy affected not only the core city but also the metropolitan periphery. The previously rather homogeneous structure of the metropolitan periphery experienced signifi cant changes in the course of the transformation. The advantages of location, which
had been insignifi cant during the state-socialist period, once again became truly beneficial which resulted in growing disparities in the metropolitan periphery. Since 1990 the functional interplay, cooperation, interdependence as well as physical infrastructural linkages between Budapest and its metropolitan zone have been further intensifi ed. Residential suburbanisation and the suburbanisation of business activities led to new fl ows of commuting within the metropolitan region. Our fi ndings show that the reallocation of urban functions took place in the wider metropolitan zone of Budapest among existing centres, which fits to the European version of post-suburbanisation concept rather than the US one.
use commuting data of the 1990, 2001 and 2011 national census. The rapid transformation of Budapest after 1989 the re-establishment of market mechanisms, the privatisation of
housing, the liberalisation of the property market, and the growing re-integration of the city to the world economy affected not only the core city but also the metropolitan periphery. The previously rather homogeneous structure of the metropolitan periphery experienced signifi cant changes in the course of the transformation. The advantages of location, which
had been insignifi cant during the state-socialist period, once again became truly beneficial which resulted in growing disparities in the metropolitan periphery. Since 1990 the functional interplay, cooperation, interdependence as well as physical infrastructural linkages between Budapest and its metropolitan zone have been further intensifi ed. Residential suburbanisation and the suburbanisation of business activities led to new fl ows of commuting within the metropolitan region. Our fi ndings show that the reallocation of urban functions took place in the wider metropolitan zone of Budapest among existing centres, which fits to the European version of post-suburbanisation concept rather than the US one.