Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

PREFACEThis paper has been prepared for the presentation of the research results of the project titled 'Urban Areas, Socio-spatial hiequalities and Conflicts - The Socio-spatial Factors of European Competitiveness'. The project was performed between 2004 and 2007 and funded by the Hungarian...

1 Regional patterns of transformation A constant concomitant and determining factor of the development of modem economies is an ever fluctuating presence of differences in the economic development of different regions. The volume and spatial extent of obvious inequalities in the income relations...