DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):4-14 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.019 
The first part of the article outlines the unique development path of Central and Eastern European countries after their market economic transition, and its changing geo-economic framework conditions referred to as “externally-driven capitalism” or “dependent market economy”. The failure of regional policy to promote the settlement of new industries and sectors is explained by the fact that most regions in the countries under study belong to the most disadvantaged and lagging regions of the EU. The second part provides a brief summary of the articles included in the thematic issue that focus on the territorial disparities and...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):15-33 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.020
In the years following the regime change of 1989-90, Hungary faced numerous economic and political challenges. Apart from the dominance of privatisation, the ‘90s can definitely be described as a decade of transition. The performance of the Hungarian economy had reached the pre-transition level by the turn of the millennium, while the labour market and the structure of economic sectors had undergone substantial changes. In the present paper, we investigate how stable the developed sectoral structure proved to be in the two decades that followed and what territorial specificities the changes were characterised by. Our main question is how further...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):34-64 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.021
Our comparative research examines the changes in the economic position of two rural regional centres, Cluj-Napoca and Pécs, in the post-crisis period. The focus of our interest is the sectoral structure of the local economies in the light of the concept of ‘foundational economy’. Our empirical research covers data from the largest local firms in each of the two cities, as well as regionally aggregated data, analysed from a labour productivity perspective with exploratory statistical methods. The source of our data is the Orbis Europe enterprise database, supplemented by EuroStat data at regional level. Our results suggest that due to the...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):65-83 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.022
The aim of regional development and planning, as defined in the 1996 Spatial Development Law, is to promote social and economic growth and reduce significant economic and infrastructure disparities. Its role is to support community initiatives to this end, with a particular emphasis on promoting the catching up of lagging regions, reducing unemployment and supporting the regeneration of industrial and agricultural businesses. This legislation enabled the creation of the Free Enterprise Zones in Hungary in 2013. The list, which has been extended twice since then, currently includes 1202 municipalities. Municipalities belonging to the zones create a...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):84-102 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.023
Our paper gives an analytical evaluation of customer and retail responses to today’s market- and non-market-related challenges. In the first part of the study, we deal with the classification of crises and review the international literature on the relationship between crises and consumption. We then focus on analyzing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine on trade and consumption. In the third main part of the study, we review the effects of the already mentioned crises on domestic trade and shopping behaviors. Finally, we examine the effects and new challenges of today's crises on retail strategies and...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):103-128 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.024
The aim of the paper is to reflect on the role of social justice orientated university community engagement (UCE) (Hazelkorn, 2016a, 2016b) in contributing to social justice and environmental sustainability transformations. We build on the social justice perspective to UCE (Hazelkorn, 2016a, 2016b); the transformative approaches to social justice and sustainability (Hopwood et al., 2005); and UCE models that deal with the transformative potential of UCE partnerships (e.g. Himmelman, 2001) as theoretical frameworks. We apply autoethnography to reconstruct and critically reflect on the transformative potential of a social justice orientated UCE process...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):129-143 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.025
Autonomous vehicles can be seen as a radical innovation that develop innovative aspects in the mobility system, which can affect every part of our lives. Numerous studies have examined the attitudes of consumers toward autonomous vehicles with different models. It is striking that several models used questionnaires, and the empirical investigation of the social aspects of the issue of self-driving cars is complicated by the fact that people have little or no direct experience in Hungary. Research has demonstrated that there are certain groups that are more critical of technology. The aim of the research is to examine the attitudes of Hungarian people...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):144-161 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.026
This study is a retrospect on the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Regional Science Association. Our aim is to provide a brief but comprehensive overview of these two decades in the light of quantifiable facts and results. We use document analysis and statistical descriptive methods in order to present a compact picture of the history of the Association's development. The results of our analysis confirm the impression that the Association, after a consistent building process, is characterised by stability, and it offers a wide range of perspectives for professional cooperation between the representatives of regional science.
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):162-170 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.027
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2022, 14(3):171-175 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2022.028