A városi szétterülés környezeti következményeinek néhány sajátossága a kül-és egyéb belterületeken, 2021.

Urban sprawl is one of the most prominent processes of urban development, of great importance in post-socialist countries, too. Urban space use reshapes the traditional rural landscape, resulting in environmental and social sustainability challenges. The intensive changes are not only reshaping the suburban belt, but also transform the outskirts of our cities. This subprocess is differentiated at micro-scale, and this fragmentation may hide it in certain databases. The study attempts to provide additions regarding this peculiarity. The authors selected three case studies for detailed examination: those of Győr, Kecskemét and Szeged. GIS methods, field examination, surveys and expert interviews have been used to get a detailed picture of the demographic and land cover change processes, as well as the distinctions between the destination areas of the case studies. The comparison of results drawn from different methods reveal that land use changes in the study areas are more widespread than what the land cover datasets indicate. The authors' observations show that Corine Land Cover categories describing mixed land use - especially complex cultivation patterns - are not able to capture the drastic function shift caused by intense suburbanization. Different environmental and social sustainability issues have been identified depending on the economic status of outmigrants. The paper also sheds some light on urban planning considerations regarding this emerging challenge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]