Regional disparities of the transport infrastructure in Northern Hungary

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• Regional disparities of the transport
  infrastructure in Northern Hungary
• Ildikó Gyorffy
• 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 Gyorffy 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 Gyorffy University of Miskolc
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Transport infrastructure and its economic effects

Movement of freight and passengers
Transport infrastructure
Environmental impacts

Generalized transport costs
Productivity of firms and households
Growth GDP, employment, volume and location of
firms and households
Accessibility of locations
Reference K. Button, D. Hensher
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Coherence between the economy and transport
investments
Reference Tóth Géza, 2005.
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Main characteristics of the road infrastructure
I. (2005)
Density of public roads divided by Density of public roads divided by Density of public roads divided by Rate of expressways Rate of roads with solid pavement Rate of roads in bad condition
territory territory population Rate of expressways Rate of roads with solid pavement Rate of roads in bad condition
? of which main roads ? Rate of expressways Rate of roads with solid pavement Rate of roads in bad condition
km/100 km2 km/100 km2 km/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

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Main characteristics of the road infrastructure
II. (2005)
Number of Number of Number of Number of Rank
passenger cars commercial vehicle autobuses petrol stations Rank
per 1000 person per 1000 person per 10 000 person per 10 000 person Rank
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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Availability of settlements with public transport
services
Ratio of population of settlements Ratio of population of settlements Ratio of population of settlements
that are available from the county capital that are available from the county capital that are available from other cities from the zone only with change
only with change within 1 hour that are available from other cities from the zone only with change

Borsod-A.-Z. 26,8 51,3 12,0
Heves 34,8 28,2 8,4
Nógrád 37,4 42,5 3,3
Reference Erdosi F., 2005
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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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Thank you for Your attention!
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