Two faces of peripherality: labour markets, poverty, and population dynamics in Hungary and Czechia

Tagai, Gergely; Bernard, Josef; Šimon, Martin; Koós, Bálint

doi:10.15196/rs080204

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“…Tóth, 2006, Lőcsei andSzalkai, 2008;Kiss, 2012) and areas that are socially and economically underdeveloped (Nagy et al, 2012). These aspects interrelate with each other in the case of Hungary, causing socioeconomic problems aggravated by the risk of transport-related exclusion (Tagai et al, 2018).…”

Section: The Concept Of a Core-periphery Relation And The Types Of Peripheriesmentioning

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Peripheral areas and their distinctive characteristics: The case of Hungary

Pénzes

Demeter

2021

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The delimitation and classification of peripheral settlements using multivariate statistical methods is presented in this article, with a case study of Hungary. A combination of four different methods provided the basis for the delimitation of settlements defined as peripheral. As significant overlapping was detected between the results of the different methods, peripheries – more than one-fifth of the Hungarian settlements – were identified in a common set of the results. The independence of the results from the applied methods points to the fact that peripherisation is multi-faceted, and the peripheries of Hungary are stable and well-discernible from other regions. After the identification of peripheral areas, we classified these settlements into groups based on their specific features. Multiple steps specifying the relevant variables resulted in selecting the most appropriate 10 indicators and these served as the basis for a hierarchical cluster analysis, through which 7 clusters (types of peripheries) were identified. Five of them comprised enough cases to detect the most important dimensions and specific features of the backwardness of these groups. These clusters demonstrated a spatial pattern and their socioeconomic and infrastructural features highlighted considerable disparities. These differences should be taken into consideration when development policies are applied at regional levels or below.

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Section: The Concept Of a Core-periphery Relation And The Types Of Peripheriesmentioning

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Peripheral areas and their distinctive characteristics: The case of Hungary

Pénzes

Demeter

2021

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“…As it results from research, there is a structural similarity in the development of peripheral areas in the Czech Republic and Hungary. However, the Hungarian case corresponds, to a degree much higher than the Czech case, to the concept of periphery defined as interrelated processes of economic problems, accumulation of poverty, social exclusion, and shrinking of population, which concern particularly remote rural settlements (Tagai et al, 2018). Sirovátka and Mareš (2006) emphasize that the poverty index in the Czech Republic is one of the lowest in Europe.…”

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Poverty and Social Exclusion: Is this a Problem in Rural Areas in the Visegrad Group Countries?

Piwowar¹,

Dzikuć²

2020

ERSJ

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Purpose: The aim is to reveal and determine the current state of poverty in rural areas in the regions of the Visegrád Group. By comparing the basic features used for measuring poverty, it has been pointed out that there are spatial differences between the regions analyzed. Design/Methodology/Approach: The basic indicators used in this area include the income measure, the relative poverty indicator (at-risk poverty rate-ARPR) and the aggregate indicator (at-risk-of-poverty and social exclusion-AROPE). Findings: In many households in rural areas, as in Poland and Hungary, there is a problem consisting in the fact that financial resources are insufficient to cover the basic needs. As it results from the analyses (especially from at-risk-of-poverty indicator after deducting housing costs), the level of satisfying the remaining needs in rural areas is very low. Practical Implications: This issue is important not only in theoretical term, but also for application purposes. Many households in the Visegrád Group area experience poverty. According to the analyses, the problem of the risk of poverty concerns especially rural residents in Poland and Hungary. It is necessary to take measures in the sphere of social policy that would limit the threat of social exclusion. Originality/Value: Social exclusion and poverty are alarming problems for modern societies they are obstacles in achieving sustainable social development. The paper discusses important and current issues related to poverty and social exclusion in rural areas in the Visegrád Group countries.

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“…Challenges associated with the peripherization of areas often lead to economic recession in the concerned regions and locations, an increase in and consistently high level of unemployment, and increasingly poor access to and availability of services (Kühn, 2015;Mihály, 2018b;Tagai et al, 2018;ESPON 2020). The literature reveals that these trends are closely related to the demographic problems of the peripheries, i.e.…”

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“…The mechanisms through which spatial and social peripheries evolve can be also exemplified by the Tamási case: the isolated and depleting settlements, some of the small villages and the former manorial dwelling places attract social strata with a low social status because it is here that they find affordable housing (Kovács et al, 2020;Mihály, 2018a;Tagai et al, 2018). Such islands of social segregation evolve in both cities and isolated rural areas of similar kind in Hungary (Kovács et al, 2020).…”

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Shrinking Rural Areas: demographic and broader interconnections of population decline in Hungary

Kovács¹,

Tagai²

2021

TERRA

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Resumen: este artículo explora la dinámica de la población en Hungría durante las últimas tres décadas a nivel de distrito. La cartografía de los distritos en crecimiento, estancamiento y contracción desde diversas perspectivas indica patrones previstos, como los polos de crecimiento de la población en la zona suburbana alrededor de la capital, las ciudades más grandes y a lo largo de las fronteras con Austria y Eslovaquia en el sur. El hecho de que la contracción de grado significativo o dramático sea más frecuente en los distritos rurales que en sus homólogos urbanos y suburbanos, caracterizando a casi la mitad de las unidades rurales de nivel LAU-1, también se encuentra entre los resultados esperados de la investigación. El crecimiento o el estancamiento de las zonas rurales, especialmente en las regiones más atrasadas, representa un patrón imprevisto de dinámica demográfica para el que una interpretación secundaria de dos estudios de caso proporciona antecedentes socioeconómicos, espaciales e históricos. Palabras clave: periferización, marginación, dinámica demográfica, regiones atrasadas. Abstract: this article explores population dynamics in Hungary over the last three decades at the district level. Mapping of growing, stagnating and shrinking districts from a variety of perspectives indicates anticipated patterns such as population growth poles in the suburbanised area around the capital city, larger cities and along the Austrian and Southern Slovakian borderlines. The fact that shrinking of significant or dramatic degree is more prevalent across rural districts than in their urban and suburban counterparts characterising almost half of rural LAU-1 level units is also among the expected research results. Growing or stagnating rural areas especially in lagging regions represent an unforeseen pattern of population dynamics for which a secondary interpretation of two case studies provides socio-economic, spatial and historical background. Key words: peripherization, marginalisation, population dynamics, lagging regions.

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Two faces of peripherality: labour markets, poverty, and population dynamics in Hungary and Czechia

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Peripheral areas and their distinctive characteristics: The case of Hungary

Peripheral areas and their distinctive characteristics: The case of Hungary

Poverty and Social Exclusion: Is this a Problem in Rural Areas in the Visegrad Group Countries?

Shrinking Rural Areas: demographic and broader interconnections of population decline in Hungary

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