Discussion Papers 2007.
Social Inequalities in Urban Areas
and Globalization The Case of Central Europe
CENTRE FOR REGIONAL STUDIES
OF HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
DISCUSSION PAPERS
Special
Social Inequalities in Urban Areas
and Globalization
The Case of Central Europe
Based on the results of the project “Urban Areas, Socio-spatial Inequalities
and Conflicts – The Socio-spatial Factors of European Competitiveness”
Edited by
Viktória Szirmai
Series editor
Zoltán Gál
Pécs
2007
Discussion Papers 2007.
Social Inequalities in Urban Areas
and Globalization The Case of Central Europe
ISSN 0238–2008
ISBN 978 963 9052 86 4
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.
Social Inequalities in Urban Areas
and Globalization The Case of Central Europe
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Viktória Szirmai............................................................................................................ 5
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN URBAN AREAS AND GLOBALISATION
– AN INTRODUCTION
Viktória Szirmai............................................................................................................ 7
The strategic importance of big cities........................................................................... 7
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND: GLOBALISATION AND SOCIO-SPATIAL
STRUCTURE
Viktória Szirmai.......................................................................................................... 11
International trends..................................................................................................... 11
CASE STUDIES: THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF URBAN AREAS:
KEY FACTORS AND CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES............................................. 18
The social structure of Hungarian urban areas: key factors and characteristic features
Balázs Molnár – Ákos Szépvölgyi – Viktória Szirmai................................................ 18
The impacts of globalization on urban areas in Hungary ........................................... 18
The characteristic features of the infrastructural and institutional provision
of urban areas in Hungary and their changes in time ................................................. 20
The social structure of metropolitan areas: the changing
core-periphery model ................................................................................................. 40
The Austrian case study – Social Inequalities in the Vienna Metropolitan Region
Heinz Fassamann – Gerhard Hatz ............................................................................. 51
Preface........................................................................................................................ 51
Theoretical background.............................................................................................. 52
Relevant indicators..................................................................................................... 54
Dimensions of social inequality ................................................................................. 70
Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 75
The Czech case study – Social Inequalities in Urban Areas and Their Relationships
with Competitiveness in the Czech Republic
Ludek Sýkora .............................................................................................................. 77
Metropolitan areas, cities and their economic and urban development...................... 77
Conditions of urban development .............................................................................. 82
Urban spatial reorganization and associated urban social problems........................... 87
Socio-spatial inequalities in metropolises .................................................................. 91
Metropolitan inequalities and competitiveness ........................................................ 101
CONCLUSIONS: THE SOCIO-SPATIAL INEQUALITIES OF EUROPEAN
AND HUNGARIAN URBAN AREAS AND THEIR SPECIAL FEATURES
IN CENTRAL EUROPE
Viktória Szirmai........................................................................................................ 105
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 109
ANNEX ......................................................................................................................... 114