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- Title
DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF DEVELOPMENTALLY PERIPHERAL AREAS IN HUNGARY.
- Authors
PÉnzes, János; PÁsztor, István Zoltán; TÁtrai, Patrik
- Abstract
The current study investigates the demographic processes and challenges of the Hungarian developmentally peripheral settlements. Demographic challenges can be regarded as important consequences of the social and economic disadvantages in spatial terms. Hovvever, the interrelating negative demographic tendencies cause even more backvvard situation blocking or hindering the development. The objective of the current analysis is to discover the demographic characteristics of the peripheral settlements, to detect the spatial disparities and to point out the correlation between backvvardness and the investigated demographic phenomena with the help of the census databases 1980-2011 and local datasets on Roma population. Using methods of multivariate statistical analysis, seven indicators vvere selected in order to achieve the goals of the paper. Backvvard areas are primarily characterized by population decrease vvith significant disparities, but there vvere grovving communities among them as vvell. Some small villages in Northem and Southvvestern Hungary vvill foreseeably face complete depopulation vvithin fewyears. Primarily small sized villages faced intense decrease in rate of natural change, but dynamic population growth was also detected. Migration loss tends to correlate with the extent of peripherality, as increasing values of migration balance ассотрапу decreasing ratio of peripheral settlements in the area. The ratio of elderly population shows an expressively two-faced character, with the extremely aging and very juvenile settlements. The ratios of Roma population reflect the scale of peripherality. Extended ethnic change could be predicted in Northeastem and Southwestem Hungary and near the Middle Tisza valley. Presented demographic processes will make the backwardness of most of the peripheral settlements stable.
- Subjects
HUNGARY; HUNGARIAN economy; POPULATION; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Stanovništvo, 2015, Vol 53, Issue 2, p87
- ISSN
0038-982X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2298/STNV1502087P