Title: From spatial inequalities to social well-being /
Authors: Váradi, György,; Szirmai, Viktória; Váradi, Györgyre,
Year: 2015
Subjects: Equality Hungary.; Cities and towns Hungary; Cities and towns Growth Social aspects.; City planning Hungary.
Abstract: This book entitled 'From Spatial Inequalities to Social Well-being' was born in the spirit of a new concept saying that development does not merely depend on economic processes but also on social contexts, on people's everyday living conditions, and above all, on their well-being. The Hugarian special characteristics of social well-being are not known yet, so we undertook the task of conducting a survey on them. For our efforts, two large empirical sociological researches provided help: a survey of 5,000 people conducted in nine Hungarian metropolitan regions (Budapest, Debrecen, Győr, Kecskemét, Miskolc, Nyíregyháza, Pécs, Szeged and Székesfehérvár) in 2014, and another survey of 1,600 people conducted in the disadvantaged micro-regions of Sárbogárd, Sarkad, Sásd and Fehérgyarmat. The results revealed the local characterisitcs of social well-being with their determinants including the highly important role of territorial and local living conditions. --
Contents: Foreword -- The History of Researching 'Social Well-being' in Hungary / Viktória Szirmai -- Introduction -- Social Well-being Issues in Europe: the Possibility of a More Competitive Europe / Viktória Szirmai -- International Public Policies on Well-being / Gyöngyvér Hervainé Szabó -- Spatial Inequalities and Social Well-being Issues -- The Socio-Demographic Structure of the Hungarian Metropolitan Regions / Júlia Schuchmann and Zsuzsanna Váradi -- The Spatial Social Characteristics of Hungarian Metropolitan Regions and the Transformation of the Core-Periphery Model / Viktória Szirmai and Zoltán Ferencz -- Social Well-being Characteristics and Spatial-Social Determinations / Márton Berki and Levente Halász -- Well-being Deficits in Disadvantaged Regions / Katalin Kovács, Judit Timár, and Monika Mária Váradi -- Conclusions -- How Can We Get from Spatial Inequalities to Social Well-being? / Viktória Szirmai.