European Challenges and Hungarian Responses in Regional Policy...

This book is a collection of studies dedicated for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of Transdanubian Research Institute. For this occasion an international conference was held on 4-6 November 1993 under the title "European Challenges and Hungarian Responses in Regional Policy". This volume is a collection of papers having been presented on the conference.

Contents

List of Tables / VIII
List of Figures / IX

Introduction

1 From the micro-regionalisation to the research of the co-operation of the European regions
Gyula Horváth / 3


Part One: European integration and inter-regional co-operation

2 Trends and problems in European inter-regional co-operation
Riccardo Cappellin / 21

3 Regional convergence in the European Community
Paolo Pettenati-Giuseppe Canullo / 38

4 The development' of the Finnish-Russian border and its changing role in the social consciousness of the Finns
Anssi Paasi / 49

5 The present socio-economic situation in Central and Eastern Europe
Teréz Kovács / 59

6 The European integration viewed from the Slovenian view point
Anton Gosar-Vladimir Klemencic / 67

7 Influence of structural changes on regional economies in Hungary
Péter Szaló / 79


Part Two: European integration and regional policy

8 Regional policy in Western and Eastern Europe: two approaches
Sergey S. Artobolewskiy / 93

9 Hungary and the European integration
Miklós Losoncz / 101

10 European integration and regional effects in Norway
Arvid Hallén-Knut Halvorsen / 109

11 Regional policies in challenging times-historical and present examples
Gerhard Stiens / 115

12 Regional policy making in Western Europe: the components of regional incentive design
Kevin Allen John Bachtler-Douglas Yuill / 135

13 Structural change and regional policy: the stand of the debate in Switzerland
Angelo Rossi / 151

14 Restructuring and regional policy in the Czech Republic
Jiri Kern / 161


Part Three: Changing regional structures and economies

15 The banking system and regional development in Hungary
Iván Illés / 167

16 Budapest's changing position in Europe and Hungary
Györgyi Barta-Sergio Conti / 173

17 Restructuring in resource communities: explanations in divergent schools of thought
Markku Tykkyläinen / 183

18 The case for decentralised industrial policy
Iain Begg / 193

19 Agriculture and regional development
Attila Sántha / 211

20 Metodological approach to the development of regional programmes for alternative employment in the transition to market economy
Gesho Geshev l 221

21 The possibility and restrictions of the regional development of the Great Hungari an Plain
Bálint Csatári l 227


Part Four: Market-oriented regional policy and planning

22 Regional and urban development in Hungary until 2005
György Enyedi / 239

23 Sustainable development imperative
Richard V. Knight / 255

24 Business services and regional development
Antoni Soy / 273

25 The competitive development concept of the South Transdanubian region
László Faragó / 283

26 Characteristics of market-oriented regional planning
Nenk Tioogd / 289

27 The regional patterns of Polish transformation
Grzegorz Gorzelak / 297


Part Five: Local governments and urban policies

28 Are local autonomy and regional spatial management compatible? Implications of North America and Germany experiences in metropolitan planning for Hungary
James Wesley Scott / 321

29 The transition to market economies and marketing cities
Gregory J. Ashworth / 335

30 Hungarian local government: a permanent reform?
Ilona Kovács Pálné-Zoltán Hajdú / 349

31 Settlement management
Mária László - Pál Golobics / 361

32 The role of public adrministration and universities in regional development in Finland
Kauko Sipponen / 367

33 Urban policy at crossroads: the end of the Swedish model ?
Ahdul Khakee 377

34 Settlement development processes and policies in Hungary
László Lackó / 389

35 Changes in the migratory patterns of Japan in 1955-90 period
Ayse Gedik / 395

36 New approaches to regional development policy in Croatia
Zlatan Fröhlich - Sonja Malekovic / 411

37 Towards regional innovation systems in Central Europe
Hans Van Zon / 421


Part Six: Innovation, technology and environmental policies

38 Spatial development and technological change evaluation of policy instruments
Walter B. Stöhr / 429

39 SMEs in Poland - development during recession
Piotr Dominiak - Franciszek Blawat / 437

40 Environmental policy and regional development in Hungary
Gábor Szabó / 443

41 Data bank for waste management in Hungary
George J. Halasi-Kun / 447

42 Technology strategy as an instrument of regional development
Jaime del Castillo / 453

43 Market oriented real estate policy as a challenge to sustainable development
Marija Bogataj - Samo Drobne - Ludvik Bogataj / 463

44 Modern forms of telecommunication as instruments and supposition for regional development
Karl-Heinz Hottes / 485

45 Information economy, networks and regional theory towards a theoretical model
Sergio Conti - Egidio Dansero / 491

46 Environmental policy in the South Transdanubian region
István Fodor / 507

List of Contributors / 515