THE QUESTION OF TERRITORIAL COHESION -- SPATIAL INCOME INEQUALITIES IN TWO DIFFERENT REGIONS OF HUNGARY.

The development of spatial income inequalities in the investigated Northern Great Plain region and in the Western Transdanubia region represents characteristics that can be fitted into general theories. The economic recession after the political transition caused a significant rise in spatial disparities, but developed regions faced only a moderate increase in income inequalities. The trends of income inequalities reflect the successful economic transition of Western Transdanubia, while the long-term economic decay is the most important factor concerning the high-level and stagnating inequality tendencies of the Eastern regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]