DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2014, 6(2):64-76 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2014.012 
Cities today play strategic roles in modernization processes as well as in the organization and operation of global economy. Big cities are the places where the conditions of modernisation, economic and social development, the operating conditions of global economy, the educated and qualified middle-class, members of the economic, political and cultural elite are concentrated. Meanwhile modern urban spaces are rather controversial. A variety of social problems, the traditional and new structures of local social inequalities, the historical and present day poverty, traditional and modern crime, environmental problems are all present.Various urban...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2014, 6(2):77-93 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2014.013
The lack of unified legal regulation of the cross-border cooperation originates from the diversity of the legal systems was absent from the legislation of the European Union for a long time. The aim of the study is to examine the Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on EGTC, which is a response to the lack of legal and institutional instruments, and ensures common cooperation facilities with legal personality for the local and regional authorities and member states. The study summarizes the advantages of EGTC, how to response a new alternative to increase the efficiency, legitimacy and transparency of the activities of territorial cooperation, and at the same...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2014, 6(2):94-107 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2014.014
In Hungary, geothermal energy has proved to be an economical source of energy for direct use. It highlights the pros and cons of including renewable energy in the power generation mix of Hungary, and the pros and cons of local application. This paper looks at the operation of Szigetvár Spa from both economic and social aspects. In this study, qualitative analysis is used for the basic economic and social introduction of the Spa, and then real options, based on quantitative methods, are described to identify the long-term financial consequences of the project.In 1966, thermal water was found in Szigetvár. In 1997, this thermal water was certified...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2014, 6(2):108-120 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2014.015
This paper is based on the lectures held at the conference of the Hungarian Society of Regional Science (2013, Kaposvár, Section: "The knowledge of EU regional policy in higher education") on the one hand, and on the other hand it is based on studies and data of the education of regional policy experts. The aim of this paper is to give information about some current general and local specifics of the education of regional policy experts in Hungary.
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2014, 6(2):121-130 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2014.016
The examination of cities' innovational potential has been in the focus of attention for regional studies, however, there are only a few researches that carried out a complex examination that would embrace the entire Hungarian city-network. The exploratory examination of cities' success is determinative, since in the competitive situations characteristic of today's world, strategies well-developed for results could serve to better their position, although it is not only science seeking for answers but politics as well, for the strengthening of their position is an important task. The basis for our study is an examination carried out in 2005, whose...
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DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2014, 6(2):7-24 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2014.009
The aim of the paper is to discuss the situation of the municipal enterpreneurship in some EU member countries (namely Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Scandinavian countries) with regards to the process of privatization running out since later 1970s and the subsequent outsourcing of contracting the municipal service provision by private companies. This situation was related to the shortage within public budgets as well to the influence of the so called New Public Management ideas. The findings are compared with the situation in the Czech Republic. The fully privatized sector of municipal services did not show to be the best way of how to...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2014, 6(2):46-63 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2014.011
The past two decades have brought basic changes in the whole Balkan Peninsula, where spatial structures and settlement network were not devoid of changes either. Due to the change of the economic, political and social regime and the new borders spatial structures became differentiated along new factors. Cooperation programs of the Euro-Atlantic integration hold many new challenges and opportunities. Historical and political literature studying the single countries' transformation is large and far reaching, however, a settlement network and spatial structure focused overview has been, so far, missing from the range of researches. The aim of this study...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2014, 6(2):26-45 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2014.010
The radical geopolitical restructuring after the First World War resulted in new states and state borders in Central Europe. As a result of the bargaining of great powers, the newly developed national states became the main barrier to the extension of interregional relations in Central Europe and mainly in Hungary. The hostile relations and mistrust coming from the new situation was not favourable for the relationship of Hungary with its neighbours. In addition to the new borders set by the Treaty of Trianon (1920) which drastically re-shaped the map of the Carpathian basin, as well as the unprecedented loss of territory and population, socio-economically,...