DIFFERENTIATED EFFECTS OF THE EU ACCESION TO URBAN AND RURAL SETTLEMENTS

In the life and development of Hungarian cities and villages the accession of the EU brought a significant change. In requiring EU funds quick reaction to new challenges, to changed economical and social conditions is essential. It seems that villages are far behind cities in it. In Hungary there are no such integrated politics, territorial development programmes which handle urban and rural development together. Nowadays territorial planning does not count on urban districts, doesn’t handle suitably the special situation of the cities. A dissection of connection of cities and neighborhood, harmonization of their development plans is needed.