The examination of major economic coherences in the Hungarian least-developed micro-regions

Abstract

The examination of disadvantaged areas has a long history, which is greatly influenced by the continuous
change of the natural, economic and human resources. Therefore, while investigating the disadvantaged
regions, new and new coherences occur. Today’s regional policy needs to face the issue whether the past
years’ regional funds have been efficient enough and whether the land-use of such areas influence the
competitiveness of the given region. These issues are raised every day while examining the efficiency of the
regional policy of the last 20 years. The topic is very actual, since there are inequalities existing in the world,
and also in the member states of the European Union. There are significant imbalances between the urban
and rural areas. The focus of our research was on the economic and social dimensions of the territorial
imbalances in the micro-regions, with special focus on the complex relationships among them.