Opportunities of New Towns – the Effects of Gaining Town Status on the Settlement – System in Northen Hungary

<p>The paper discuses an important process related to urbanization – the granting of town status for village-type communities from Northern Hungary and assesses the implication of this process for local economic development. The paper presents several mini case studies of different communities...

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Main Author: Marianna ZSEBE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babes Bolyai University 2010-02-01
Series:Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
Online Access:https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/110
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spelling doaj-ce2435dfd46543e28eecc8b05026f0d32021-06-30T05:52:02ZengBabes Bolyai UniversityTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences1842-28452010-02-01629178187126Opportunities of New Towns – the Effects of Gaining Town Status on the Settlement – System in Northen HungaryMarianna ZSEBE0Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary<p>The paper discuses an important process related to urbanization – the granting of town status for village-type communities from Northern Hungary and assesses the implication of this process for local economic development. The paper presents several mini case studies of different communities which have applied for town status and discusses the steps taken by those communities. The conclusion of the study is that despite nonquestionable benefits for those communities and the entire region which is under-urbanized, the situation is far from simple. The entire process is highly political and future developments are not completely predictable.</p>https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/110
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Opportunities of New Towns – the Effects of Gaining Town Status on the Settlement – System in Northen Hungary
Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
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title Opportunities of New Towns – the Effects of Gaining Town Status on the Settlement – System in Northen Hungary
title_short Opportunities of New Towns – the Effects of Gaining Town Status on the Settlement – System in Northen Hungary
title_full Opportunities of New Towns – the Effects of Gaining Town Status on the Settlement – System in Northen Hungary
title_fullStr Opportunities of New Towns – the Effects of Gaining Town Status on the Settlement – System in Northen Hungary
title_full_unstemmed Opportunities of New Towns – the Effects of Gaining Town Status on the Settlement – System in Northen Hungary
title_sort opportunities of new towns – the effects of gaining town status on the settlement – system in northen hungary
publisher Babes Bolyai University
series Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
issn 1842-2845
publishDate 2010-02-01
description <p>The paper discuses an important process related to urbanization – the granting of town status for village-type communities from Northern Hungary and assesses the implication of this process for local economic development. The paper presents several mini case studies of different communities which have applied for town status and discusses the steps taken by those communities. The conclusion of the study is that despite nonquestionable benefits for those communities and the entire region which is under-urbanized, the situation is far from simple. The entire process is highly political and future developments are not completely predictable.</p>
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