Discussion Papers 1988. Spatial Organization and Regional Development 
Papers of the 6 th Polish-Hungarian Geographical Seminar
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION 
AND REGJONAL DEVELOPMENT 
Papers 
th 
of the 6
Polish- 
-Hungarian Geographical 
Seminar 
(Stare Pole, 
15-20 Sept. 1986) 
Edited by 
Eva Orosz 
with the assisstance of Darrick R. Danta 
Centre for Regional Studies 
1988 

Discussion Papers 1988. Spatial Organization and Regional Development 
Papers of the 6 th Polish-Hungarian Geographical Seminar
English text revised by Darrick R. Danta 
tYping by Elza Beretzky 
ISSN 0238 
2008 

Centre for Regional Studies 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences 
P6cs, 1988 
A sokszorosftas keszOlt: TEMPORG - Pecs- 88-1747 
Felelos vezeto: Dr. Kallai Sandor 

Discussion Papers 1988. Spatial Organization and Regional Development 
Papers of the 6 th Polish-Hungarian Geographical Seminar
CONTENTS 
CONTRIBUTORS 
PREFACE 
The administrative division and the 
settlement system in Poland 
- Andrzej Stasiak 
Supracommunal service centers in Poland 
16 
- Krzysztof Miros 
Reforms of administrative division in 
Hungary 1950-1984 
36 
- Zoltan Hajdu 
Economic growth and regional development; 
the case of Poland 
54 
- Andrzej Wr6bel 
Cycles of changes in industrial organiza-
tion from the 1960s to the present. Re- 
gional aspects of organizational changes 
70 
- GyOrgyi Barta 
Concentration and decentralization proces- 
ses in Polish industry 
102 
- Marek Potrykowski 
Spatial diffusion of innovations in 
Hungarian Agriculture 
123 
- Gyorgy Enyedi 
Spatial differences in the level of educa- 
tion of Poland's agricultural population 
148 
- Bozena Galczynska 

Discussion Papers 1988. Spatial Organization and Regional Development 
Papers of the 6 th Polish-Hungarian Geographical Seminar
Services rendered within the functional 
macroregion of Warsaw 
L62 
- Andrzej Werwicki 
Regional structure and major spatial 
processes of public health care in Hungary 
ISO 
- Eva Orosz 
Spatial organization of the health care 
system in Poland 
207 
- Ludwik Mazurkiewicz 
Transformation of the settlement system 
of the Great Hungarian Plain 
220 
- jozsef Toth 
Spatial connections of rural settlements. 
Investigations in Szolnok County 
2 37 
-
Csatari 
Characterization of natural-hydrological 
conditions within the Vistula delta 
/Zulawy region/ 
251 
- Arkadiusz Rybak 
The needs, sources, and conditions for 
the study of the Eastern communes of 
Bialystok voivodship 
277 
- Ryszard Horodenski Miroslaw Serwin 
Regional differentiation of tourism 
assets in Poland 
29 7 
- Teofil Lijewski 
LIST OF FIGURES 
316 
LIST OF TABLES 
320 

Discussion Papers 1988. Spatial Organization and Regional Development 
Papers of the 6 th Polish-Hungarian Geographical Seminar
CONTRIBUTORS 
Gyorgyi Barta 
Regional Science Department, 
Centre for Regional Studies, 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences 
/H.A.S./ 
BAlint Csat6ri 
Settlement Research Unit, 
Centre for Regional Studies, 
H.A.S. 
Gyorgy Enyedi 
Centre for Regional Studies, 
H.A.S. 
Bozena Galczynska 
Institute of Geography and 
Spatial Organization, Polish 
Academy of Sciences /P.A.S./ 
ZoltAn Hajdu 
Centre for Regional Studies, 
H.A.S. 
Ryszard Horodenski 
Warsaw University, Bialystok 
Branch 
Teofil Lijewski 
Institute of Geography and 
Spatial Organization, P.A.S. 
Ludwik Mazurkiewicz 
Institute of Geography and 
Spatial Organization, P.A.S. 
Krzysztof Miros 
Institute of Geography and 
Spatial Organization, P.A.S. 
Eva Orosz 
Regional Science Department, 
Centre for Regional Studies, 
H.A.S. 
Marek Potrykowski 
Institute of Geography and 
Spatial Organization, P.A.S. 
Arkadiusz Rybak 
Voivodship Center of Agri—
cultural Advancement in Stare 
Pole 
Miroslaw Serwin 
Scientific Research Center, 
Bialystok 
Andrzej Stasiak 
Institute of Geography and 
Spatial Organization, P.A.S. 
JOzsef Toth 
Centre for Regional Studies, 
H.A.S. 

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Andrzej Werwicki 
Institute of Geography and 
Spatial Organization, P.A.S. 
Andrzej WrObel 
Institute of Geography and 
Spatial Organization, P.A.S. 
Institute of Geography and 
Centre for Regional 
Spatial Organization 
Studies 
Polish Academy of Sciences 
Hungarian Academy of 
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