Contemporary Changes in the Role and Spatial Structure of Industrial Production in Hungary

Authors

  • Ágnes Pál University of Szeged “Juhász Gyula” Faculty of Education Institute of Applied Sciences, Department of Geography and Ecotourism
  • Ferenc Győri University of Szeged “Juhász Gyula” Faculty of Education Institute of Physical Education and Sport Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.303.10

Keywords:

Hungarian industry, industrial development, industrial parks, industrial production, spatial structure, territorial structural changes

Abstract

The aim of our paper is to offer a brief survey of the stages of development of industrial productionin Hungary and the transfomation that followed the changing of Hungary’s political system, as well as the maintrends in the contemporary process of re-industrialization. Hungarian industry has long traditions; as early asthe beginning of the 20th century, in certain branches, it was among the leading countries in the world. Afterthe fall of the centrally planned economy of the communist system and following the crisis treatment policiesof the post-communist years, Hungarian industry, today, has to survive in an open economy. The process ofre-industrializaton in Hungary is, basically, an integral part of global industrial change while, at the same time,it is largely dependent on local industrial developments. The volume indices, the value of industrial investmentsand the number of employees in industry, are all indicators of a positive change. The processing industryrepresents a considerable proportion of industrial production in Hungary and, in addition, vehicle manufacturingis the most dynamically developing segment. At the same time, industry in Hungary can still be characterizedby a dual structure; more than two thirds of its production value us produced by large companies.Small- and medium-sized companies have the possibility of being integrated into the production structure assuppliers. Some of Hungary’s traditional industrial branches have deteriorated, while other segments havebeen able to change their structure and become dynamic again. The main focus of industrial production - dueto capital investments by foreigners - has shifted towards the west, and the largest portion of its productionvalue now comes from Hungary’s western and central Transdanubian regions. The process of re-industralizationis beneficial for those regions in which there is an adequate and ready supply of human resources.

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Author Biographies

Ágnes Pál, University of Szeged “Juhász Gyula” Faculty of Education Institute of Applied Sciences, Department of Geography and Ecotourism

Ágnes Pál, dr habil./CSc, College Professor, University of Szeged, “Juhász Gyula” Faculty of Education. Sheacquired degrees in biology and geography from the „József Attila” University of Szeged, Hungary. She wroteher doctoral thesis (1969) in the area of regional industrial geography. Having been a research fellow of theGeographical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1976–79, she acquired a CScdegree in 1980. She has been teaching courses in general and regional physical and human geography at theDepartment of Geography of the University of Szeged, Faculty of Education. Chair of the Department of Geographyfrom 1996–2006. She has been working extensively in the area of regional, industrial and settlementgeography and has been carrying out in-depth research into the social and economic characteristics of borderzones and the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary. In 2004 she chose a topic from this area of studiesfor habilitation. She has published over 100 works, textbooks and research papers, and has participated ina variety of national and international conferences.

Ferenc Győri, University of Szeged “Juhász Gyula” Faculty of Education Institute of Physical Education and Sport Sciences

Ferenc Győri, dr/Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Szeged, “Juhász Gyula” Faculty of Education. Hegraduated in geography and physical education from the University of Szeged and the “Juhász Gyula” TeacherTraining College, Szeged, Hungary. He wrote Ph.D. thesis (2010) in the area of Earth science at Universityof Pécs. He worked as a teacher in public education, a lecturer in higher education and a scientific contributorat Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Great Plain Research Department, Békéscsaba. He has been working broadly in the area of social, economic and cultural geography.He has been working as a thesis topic supervisor at the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, Universityof Szeged. He has been teaching courses in sport tourism and recreation at the Institute of P.E. and SportSciences. Chair of the Institute of P. E. and Sport Sciences (2016) and the Department of Recreation and SportHealth (2012). He has published over 90 research papers and textbooks and participated in a variety of nationaland international conferences.

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Published

2017-01-17

How to Cite

Pál, Ágnes, & Győri, F. (2017). Contemporary Changes in the Role and Spatial Structure of Industrial Production in Hungary. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society, 30(3), 127–146. https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.303.10