Metropolitan region building and territorial development in Budapest: the role of national policies

Figures & data

Figure 1. Per capita GDP in Budapest and the least developed Hungarian county.

Source: CSO Hungary (1994–2014).

Table 1. Indicators on the relative position of Budapest in the national context.

Index	2000	2010	Change 2000/2010 (%)
Population of Budapest (thousand)	1811	1.740	−4.0
Population of the agglomeration zone (thousand)	640	826	+21.8
Weight of Budapest in GDP as a percentage of national average	34.6%	37.9%	+3.3
Weight of Budapest in the creative economy according to the number of enterprises	34.7%	35.1%	+0.4
Weight of the metropolitan region in the creative economy according to the number of enterprises	42.1%	45.5%	+3.4
Enterprises with exclusive FDI	9346	14,616	+56.4
Total number of air passangers carried (thousand)	2473	4875	+97.1
Internal net migration	−18,376	7349
Total number of students at tertiary institutions	99,564	158,404	+59.1
International tourist arrivals in public accommodation establishments (thousand)	1578	2398	+52.0

Source: Central Statistical Office, Hungary.

Figure 2. The structure of the metropolitan region of Budapest.

Source: Dövényi and Kovács (2006).

Figure 3. Development poles in the Budapest Metropolitan Region.

Source: Burdack, Dövényi, and Kovács (2004).

Figure 4. The inner and outer urban rings around Budapest according to official policy documents.

Source: National Development and Teritorial Development Concept (2014).

Dövényi, Z., and Z. Kovács. 2006. “Budapest: The Post-socialist Metropolitan Periphery between ‘Catching up’ and Individual Development Path.” European Spatial Research and Policy 13 (2): 23–41.

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