Peculiarities in the process of urbanization on the Great Hungarian Plain in Geographical essays in Hungary.
The main characteristics of urbanization on the Great Plain are due to the relative backwardness and belated development of the region. It is not only a matter of temporal lag, however, as the Great Plain does not follow the course of progress found
in other regions and this bears on its future urbanization too. (DLO).
Az urbanizacios folyamat néhany elméleti kérdése külonos tekintettel az Alfold Helyzetére. (Some theoretical problems of the progress of urbanization with special regard to the Great Hungarian Plain situation)
The main attributes of urbanization are summarized: an uninterrupted all-embracing process which involves the restratification of population and its regional concentration and alters their life-styles and levels and structures of requirements
The Great Plain is the only microregion of Hungary with a practically stagnant population between 1949 and 1980, the period investigated. While rural population has still been steadily decreasing, the ratio of urban population has grown considerably.
After clarifying the terms of settlement, environment, and urbanization, the author proceeds to characterize generally and specifically /for Hungary/ the interrelationship between the settlement network and the environment which operates between two