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This presentation discusses the economic effects of transport infrastructure in Northern Hungary, including the availability and condition of road infrastructure, improving options, and accessibility of settlements with public transport services.
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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
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
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
Transport infrastructure and its economic effects Movement of freight and passengers Transport infrastructure Environmental impacts Productivity of firms and households Generalized transport costs Growth: GDP, employment, volume and location of firms and households Accessibility of locations Reference: K. Button, D. Hensher
Open and dynamic economical system of terms 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. AVAILABILITY with high quality level AVAILABILITY with low quality level 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. 4. Closed and static economical system of terms Coherence between the economy and transport investments Reference: Tóth Géza, 2005.
Main characteristics of the road infrastructure II. (2005) Reference: Data of Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Availability of settlements inside the region Reference: Regional plan of Northern Hungary
Availability of settlements with public transport services Reference: Erdősi F., 2005
Highway density/100sqkm Passenger cars/1000 person Reference: SPSS
Relation between enterprises/1000 person and highways/100 sqkm
Thank you for Your attention! regindy@uni-miskolc.hu