Factorial Analysis of Territorial Disparities on the Hungarian-Romanian Border Region

Journal Title: Romanian Review of Regional Studies - Year 2014, Vol 10, Issue 1

Abstract

During the socialist era, a significant developmental slope was settled along the Hungarian-Romanian border region, which separated a relatively more advanced Hungarian side from a backward Romanian one. Using a quantitative methodology, we try to identify the current territorial disparities on a lower spatial scale – namely on the level of communities – in order to highlight the presumably lagging-behind status of a narrower border strip. According to our hypothesis, this peripheral strip has a disadvantageous status mainly because of its increased isolation. The factorial analysis confirmed this fact on the Hungarian side; however, it was disproved on the Romanian side because of the presence of large cities and basic infrastructure networks on the proximity of the border.

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EGON NAGY

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EGON NAGY (2014). Factorial Analysis of Territorial Disparities on the Hungarian-Romanian Border Region. Romanian Review of Regional Studies, 10(1), 7-14. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-105129