Discussion Papers 2007.
Regionality and/or Locality
East-Central European Regional Seminar
Budapest–Győr–Kecskemét, 4–8 October, 2006.
CENTRE FOR REGIONAL STUDIES
OF HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
DISCUSSION PAPERS
Special
Regionality and/or Locality
East-Central European Regional Seminar
Budapest–Gyır–Kecskemét, 4–8 October, 2006
Editor
András Donát Kovács
Series editor
Zoltán Gál
Pécs
2007
Discussion Papers 2007.
Regionality and/or Locality
East-Central European Regional Seminar
Budapest–Győr–Kecskemét, 4–8 October, 2006.
ISSN 0238–2008
ISBN 978 963 9052 83 3
2007 by Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Technical editor: Ilona Csapó
Printed in Hungary by Sümegi Nyomdaipari, Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Ltd., Pécs
Discussion Papers 2007.
Regionality and/or Locality
East-Central European Regional Seminar
Budapest–Győr–Kecskemét, 4–8 October, 2006.
CONTENTS
Preface ................................................................................................................................... 5
Foreword .............................................................................................................................. 7
PROCESSES, CHANGES AND CONFLICTS
The dilemmas of creating regions in Eastern and Central Europe
Gyula Horváth .............................................................................................................. 13
The development of rural areas in Central Europe – an identification of new processes
Jerzy Bański .................................................................................................................. 29
Regional distribution of some demographic and land-use parameters in Bulgaria
Boris Kolev – Maria Grozeva ....................................................................................... 38
The demographic crisis in Bulgaria – geographical dimensions
Chavdar Mladenov ....................................................................................................... 44
Regional governance in Central European Region: the Centrope case
Daniela Coimbra de Souza ........................................................................................... 53
REGIONAL PERSPECTIEVES
Environmental conditions as a driving force of regional development in Poland
Marek Degórski ............................................................................................................ 67
Reflections on approaches to (regional) economic development of Slovakia
Vladimír Székely ........................................................................................................... 81
External border of the European Union – permeability, co-operation, perspectives
Tomasz Komornicki ...................................................................................................... 89
Polish enterprises in transition between state intervention, foreign direct investments
and domestic capital
Giancarlo Cotella ....................................................................................................... 104
Carpathian Euroregion as an instrument of Ukraine’s eurointegration strategy
Svitlana Mytryayeva ................................................................................................... 122
Ukrainian minority in Central and Eastern European countries: ethnic, national
or European identity?
Anzhelika Klazyner ..................................................................................................... 137
Discussion Papers 2007.
Regionality and/or Locality
East-Central European Regional Seminar
Budapest–Győr–Kecskemét, 4–8 October, 2006.
LOCAL COURSES
Traditional industrial areas of large cities in the post-socialist era the case of Budapest
and Warsaw
Éva Edit Kiss .............................................................................................................. 143
City after transformation in Poland
Karolina Rumińska ..................................................................................................... 156
Technical infrastructure in the dwellings in Poland and Hungary at the beginning
of the 21st century
Konrad Czapiewski ..................................................................................................... 161
Social and economic changes in Blagoevgrad in connection with the integration
of Bulgaria’s to EU
Aleksandra Ravnachka ............................................................................................... 169
The impact of technical infrastructure on entrepreneurship activity – example of rural
areas in Poland
Dariusz Świątek .......................................................................................................... 178
Regional problems of scattered farms in the Homokhátság area in Hungary
András Donát Kovács ................................................................................................. 187
Country visions in East Central Europe
Bálint Csatári ............................................................................................................. 194