University of Miskolc Faculty of Economics Institute of World- and Regional Economics 1 Regional disparities of the transport infrastructure in Northern

University of Miskolc Faculty of Economics Institute of World- and Institute of World- and Regional EconomicsRegional Economics

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Regional disparities of the transport infrastructure in Northern Hungary

Ildikó Győrffy

University of Miskolc Institute of World and Regional Economics

Herlany 02.10.2008


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Main points of the presentation

• Fields of research

• Economic effects of the transport infrastructure

• The position of the North-Hungarian region with

Bennett-method

• The availability of the region

• The condition and main problems of the regional road

infrastructure, improving options

• Availability of settlements with public transport services

Ildikó Győrffy – University of Miskolc


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Main fields of my research

• The roles of the networks in the economic and social life

• Infrastructural position of the Hungarian traffic system,

options of its improvement

• The effects of the present conditions on the regional growth

• Transport strategy, financing transport infrastructure

• Coherence between availability and competitiveness

Ildikó Győrffy – University of Miskolc


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Transport infrastructure and its economic effects

Transport infrastructure

Generalized transport

costs

Productivity of firms and

households

Movement of freight and passengers

Accessibility of locations

Environmental impacts

Growth: GDP, employment, volume and location of firms and

households

Reference: K. Button, D. Hensher


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Coherence between the economy and transport investments

Open and dynamic economical system of terms

AVAILABILITY with low quality level

AVAILABILITY with high quality level

1. Strong economic self-sufficiency and environment protection.

Infrastructural investments have encouraging effects.

2. International and national markets with

development potentials.

The well-developed infrastructure supports the development processes, but not as an

inevitable term.

Closed and static economical system of terms

The inadequate infrastructural terms conductive to the lagging behind, but only the infrastructural developments are not able to result economic boom.

Lagged behind, isolated, static territories. 3.

In spite of the favourable conditions the further investments have low effects because

of the lack of adequate economic terms.

Lagged behind territories, exceptional zones near the junctions.

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Reference: Tóth Géza, 2005.


Density of public roads divided by

Rate of expressways

Rate of roads with solid pavement

Rate of roads in

bad condition

territory population

∑of which:

main roads∑

km/100 km2km/10.000

person% % %

Central Hungary 37,7 10,1 9,2 6,1 96,5 35,5

Central Transdanubia

35,4 9,5 35,4 3,8 99,0 50,5

Western Transdanubia

43,2 9,7 49,4 1,9 94,8 71,1

Southern Trasdanubia

30,8 7,2 44,7 1,2 96,6 42,2

Northern Hungary

35,7 7,2 37,7 3,9 98,3 55,9

Northern Great Plain

28,0 6,6 32,2 0,4 98,4 58,7

Southern Great Plain

27,4 6,2 37,1 1,2 82,6 57,9

Hungary 32,9 7,7 30,3 2,2 94,9 53,7

Main characteristics of the road infrastructure I. (2005)


Main characteristics of the road infrastructure II. (2005)

Number of

Rankpassenger

cars commercial

vehicle autobuses petrol stations

per 1000 person per 10 000 person

Central Hungary 342 44,9 18,8 1,8 2.

Central Transdanubia 278 36,7 22,2 2,4 1.

Western Transdanubia 291 37,6 16,1 2,3 3.

Southern Trasdanubia 267 35,8 18,4 2,3 5.

Northern Hungary 226 29,0 18,0 1,9 4.

Northern Great Plain 229 31,3 13,7 2,0 6.

Southern Great Plain 263 38,2 13,6 2,8 7.

Hungary 280 37,4 17,3 2,2 -

Reference: Data of Hungarian Central Statistical Office


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Availability of settlements inside the region

Reference: Regional plan of Northern Hungary


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Ratio of population of settlements

that are available from the county capitalthat are available

from other cities from the zone only with

changeonly with change within 1 hour

% % %

Borsod-A.-Z. 26,8 51,3 12,0

Heves 34,8 28,2 8,4

Nógrád 37,4 42,5 3,3

Reference: Erdősi F., 2005

Availability of settlements with public transport services


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Highway density/100sqkm

Passenger cars/1000 person

Reference: SPSS


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Relation between GDP/person and passenger car/1000 person


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Relation between GDP/person and enterprises/1000 person


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Relation between enterprises/1000 person and highways/100 sqkm


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University of Miskolc Faculty of Economics Institute of World- and Regional Economics 1 Regional disparities of the transport infrastructure in Northern