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CONTRIBUTORS 
Artobolevskiy, Sergey Head of the Research Department, Institute of Geogra-
phy, Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow, Russia 
Borsa, Maciej Director, Centre for Strategical Studies, Katowice, Poland 
Brejc, Miha University Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 
Brizova, Michaela Counsellor, Ministry of Regional Development, Prague, 
Czech Republic 
Erdosi, Ferenc Scientific Consultant, Centre for Regional Studies, Transdanu-
bain Research Institute, Pecs, Hungary 
Farago, Laszlo Research Fellow, Centre for Regional Studies, Transdanubain 
Research Institute, Pecs, Hungary 
Geshev, Gesho t Director, Institute of Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sci-
ences, Sofia, Bulgaria 
Hajdu, Zoltan Vice Director, Centre for Regional Studies, Transdanubain Re-
search Institute, Pecs, Hungary 
Horvath, Gyula Director General, Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian 
Academy of Sciences, Pecs, Hungary 
Hrubi, Laszlo Research Fellow, Centre for Regional Studies, Transdanubain 
Research Institute, Pecs, Hungary 
files, Ivan Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Regional Studies, Transdanubain 
Research Institute, Pecs, Hungary 
Maksimenko, Serhiy Executive Director, East-West Institute, Kyiv Centre, 
Kijev, Ukraine 
Paine Kovacs, Ilona Director, Centre for Regional Studies, Transdanubain Re-
search Institute, Pecs, Hungary 
Pascariu, Simona Project Manager, URBANPROIECT, Bucharest, Romania 
Scott, James W. Research Fellow, Institute for Regional Development, Berlin, 
Germany—USA 
Triitzschler v. Falkenstein, Eugenie Reserach Fellow, University of Erfurt, Er-
furt, Germany 
Vlaj, Stane Assistant Lecturer, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 
Voogd, Henk Head of the Institute, Professor, University of Groningen, The 
Netherlands 

Discussion Papers 2001. 
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Discussion Papers 2001. 
Role of the Regions in the Enlarging European Union
Papers published in the Discussion Papers series 
No. 1 
OROSZ, Eva (1986): Critical Issues in the Development of Hungarian 
Public Health with Special Regard to Spatial Differences 
No. 2 
ENYEDI, Gyorgy — ZEINTAI, Viola (1986): Environmental Policy in 
Hungary 
No. 3 
HAJDU, Zoltan (1987): Administrative Division and Administrative 
Geography in Hungary 
No. 4 
SIKOS T., Tam& (1987): Investigations of Social Infrastructure in Rural 
Settlements of Borsod County 
No. 5 
HORVATH, Gyula (1987): Development of the Regional Management 
of the Economy in East-Central Europe 
No. 6 
PALNE KOVACS, Ilona (1988): Chance of Local Independence in 
Hungary 
No. 7 
FARAGO, Laszlo — HRUBI, Laszlo (1988): Development Possibilities of 
Backward Areas in Hungary 
No. 8 
SZORENYINE KUKORELLI, hen (1990): Role of the Accessibility in 
Development and Functioning of Settlements 
No. 9 
ENYEDI, Gyorgy (1990): New Basis for Regional and Urban Policies in 
East-Central Europe 
No. 10 RECHNITZER, Janos (1990): Regional Spread of Computer Technology 
in Hungary 
No. 11 SIKOS T., Tamas (1992): Types of Social Infrastructure in Hungary (to 
be not published) 
No. 12 HORVATH, Gyula — HRUBI, Laszlo (1992): Restructuring and Regional 
Policy in Hungary 
No. 13 ERDOSI, Ferenc (1992): Transportation Effects on Spatial Structure of 
Hungary 
No. 14 PALNE KOVACS, Ilona (1992): The Basic Political and Structural 
Problems in the Workings of Local Governments in Hungary 
No. 15 PFEIL, Edit (1992): Local Governments and System Change. The Case 
of a Regional Centre 
No. 16 HORVATH, Gyula (1992): Culture and Urban Development (The Case 
of Pecs) 
No. 17 HAJDU, Zoltan (1993): Settlement Network Development Policy in 
Hungary in the Period of State Socialism (1949-1985) 

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Role of the Regions in the Enlarging European Union
No. 18 KOVACS, Terez (1993): Borderland Situation as It Is Seen by a 
Sociologist 
No. 19 HRUBI, L. — KRAFTNE SOMOGYI, Gabriella (eds.) (1994): Small and 
medium-sized firms and the role of private industry in Hungary 
No. 20 BENKONE Lodner, Dorottya (1995): The Legal-Administrative 
Questions of Environmental Protection in the Republic of Hungary 
No. 21 ENYEDI, Gyorgy (1998): Transformation in Central European 
Postsocialist Cities 
No. 22 HAJDU, Zoltan (1998): Changes in the Politico-Geographical 
Position of Hungary in the 20th Century 
No. 23 HORVATH, Gyula (1998): Regional and Cohesion Policy in Hungary 
No. 24 BUDAY-SANTHA, Attila (1998): Sustainable Agricultural 
Development in the Region of the Lake Balaton 
No. 25 LADOS, Mihaly (1998): Future Perspective for Local Government 
Finance in Hungary 
No. 26 NAGY, Erika (1999): Fall and Revival of City Centre Retailing: 
Planning an Urban Function in Leicester, Britain 
No. 27 BELUSZKY, Pal (1999): The Hungarian Urban Network at the End 
of the Second Millennium 
No. 28 RACZ, Lajos (1999): Climate History of Hungary Since the 16 th 
 Century: Past, Present and Future 
No. 29 RAVE, Simone (1999): Regional Development in Hungary and Its 
Preparation for the Structural Funds 
No. 30 BARTA, Gyorgyi (1999): Industrial Restructuring in the Budapest 
Agglomeration 
No. 31 BARANYI, Bela—BALCSOK, Istvan—DANCS, Laszlo—MEZO, Barna 
(1999): Borderland Situation and Peripherality in the North-Eastern 
Part of the Great Hungarian Plain 
No. 32 RECHNITZER, Janos (2000): The Features of the Transition of 
Hungary's Regional System 
No. 33 MURANYI, Istvan—PETER, Judit—SZARVAK Tibor—SZOBOSZLAI, 
Zsolt (2000): Civil Organisations and Regional Identity in the South 
Hungarian Great Plain 
No. 34 KOVACS, Ter& (2001): Rural Development in Hungary 
No. 35 PALNE KOVACS, Ilona (2001): Regional Development and 
Governance in Hungary