Discussion Papers 2002. 
Regional Challenges of the Transition in Bulgaria and Hungary 
CENTRE FOR REGIONAL STUDIES 
OF HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
DISCUSSION PAPERS 
Special Issue 
Regional Challenges of the 
Transition in Bulgaria and Hungary 
Edited by 
Gyula HORVATH 
Series editor 
Zoltan GAL 
Pecs 
2002 

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Discussion Papers 2002. 
Regional Challenges of the Transition in Bulgaria and Hungary 
Publishing of this paper is supported by the 
Research and Publishing Fund of the Centre for Regional Studies, HAS, Hungary 
ISSN 0238-2008 
2002 by Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 
Technical editor: Dorottya Frick 
Typeset by Centre for Regional Studies of HAS Printed in Hungary by Stimegi 
Nyomdaipari, Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Ltd., Pecs. 

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Discussion Papers 2002. 
Regional Challenges of the Transition in Bulgaria and Hungary 
CONTENTS 
Gyula Horvath 
The regional effects of transition in two 
countries of different endowments / 7 
Chavdar Mladenov 
Population distribution in Bulgaria /  20 
Pal Beluszky 
The transformation of the Hungarian urban network after 1990 /  27 
Margarita Ilieva 
Transformations in the territorial structure of Bulgarian 
economy in the 1990s /  49 
Laszlo. Hrubi 
Old and new elements in the spatial structure of Hungary 
in the 1990s /  62 
Boris Kolev 
Legal framework of regional development in Bulgaria /  78 
Zoltan Hajda 
Territorial questions of transformation of the Hungarian 
public administration, 1990-2000 /  86 
Istvan Finta 
The evolution and development of the legal regulation of regional 
development in Hungary /  104 
Gyula Horvcith 
The perspectives of Hungarian regional development /  129 

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