Discussion Papers 1987. No. 4.
Investigations of Social Infrastructure in Rural Settlements of Borsod County
CENTRE FOR REGIONAL STUDIES
OF HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
DISCUSSION PAPERS
No .4
INVESTIGATIONS OF SOCIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL
SETTLEMENTS OF BORSOD COUNTY
by
SIKOS T., Tamers
Series editor: HRUBI, Laszlo
Pecs
1987
Discussion Papers 1987. No. 4.
Investigations of Social Infrastructure in Rural Settlements of Borsod County
Translation by Agnes Spollar, Centre for Regional
Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1251
Budapest 11. P.O.Box 48.
Revision by Prof. Keith Grime, University of Salford,
Department of Geography, Salford M5 4WT, England, and
Prof. William H. BLrentsen, University of Connecticut,
Department of Geography, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs,
Ct. 06268, U.S.A.
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Investigations of Social Infrastructure in Rural Settlements of Borsod County
Contents
Introduction
Description of tasks of research and compilation
5
of the data bank
The results and the interpretation of the contents
of factor analysis
1 1
Types of social infrastructure in rural settlements
20
of Borsod County
38
Conclusion
40
Bibliography
45
Appendix
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Introduction
In the 40 years since World War II the nation-
al economy of Hungary has undergone a significant
aocio-economic transformation r3sulting from the
building of socialism. In the recent phase of devel-
opment, the main task of society and social policy
has been to reveal the disproportions in the devel-
opment of individual regions; and to highlight the
variations in the living standards between the urban
and rural populations. Current regional policy pays
special attention to the development of infrastruc-
ture and settlement network. The inadequate develop-
ment of social infrastructure and communication net-
works in rural settlements leads to undesirable phe-
nomena such as outmigration ; distortion of the de-
mographic structure of rural settlements; shortage in
the supply of agricultural labour; and the emergence
of depressed regions. All these facts inspired the
present author to examine the social infrastructure
in rural settlements.
The basic aim of research was to investigate
the differences among regional levels of social in-
frastructure in rural settlements of Borsod-Abadj-
Zemplen County (North-Hungary) that has been chosen
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for the following purposes. Between 1979 and 1981,
the typology of rural settlements of Hungary was
elaborated by BELUSZKY, Pal and SIKOS, T. Lamas. The
results of these researches indicated that almost all
types of rural settlements which exist in the country
as a whole can be found in Borsod County, too. Since
social infrastructure is one of the most important
elements of rural settlement development, this typo-
logy seems proper to be worked out for Borsod County.
The research was conducted along the following
lines:
1. A typology of rural settlements for Borsod County
was prepared using a new methodological approach which
differed from earlier ones both in the composition of
indices and in the mathematical-statistical methods
which were adopted.
2. A typology was developed using factor- and cluster
analyses.
3. An information data bank including information on
the social infrastructure of rural settlements of
Borsod County was established.
4. Functional connections which exist between rural
settlements and those indices relating to the develop-
ment of certain elements of social infrastructure were
explored.
5. On the basis of factor analysis the elements and
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the extent of their contribution to shaping social
infrastructure in rural settlements of Borsod
County were distinguished.
6. Applying cluster analysis, the typology of social
infrastructure in rural settlements of Borsod
County was prepared.
A great number of studies by Hungarian re-
searchers have been published recently investigat-
ing primarily public administration and economic
problems, and the stratification and migration of
population in rural settlements. In these studies
attention has been given to the differentiation in
regional development levels and the typology of ru-
ral settlements of Hungary, but a complex economic
and economic-geographical research into the typo-
logy of social infrastructure of rural settlements
has not yet been carried out.
The statistical data base for 1980 as well
as data collected by the Council of Borsod-Abatij-
Zemplen County contributed largely to the present
investigation.
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Description of tasks of research and compilation of
the data bank
Tasks of research:
1. Determination of scope of elements as well
as that of the extent to which they shape the devel-
opment of social infrastructure of rural settlements.
2. Elaboration of the typology of social infra-
structure of rural settlements.
The various stages and characteristics of this
work can be traced in Figure 1.
In the analysis, 26
indices were applied to 352 rural settlements of
Borsod County. The 26 indices of the investigation
were classified, to a certain extent conditionally,
into S groups (A, B, C, D, and E) each presenting a
definite aspect of social infrastructure investiga-
tions. The scope and list of indices applied in the
analyses is presented below (subgequently, county
mean values and standard deviations are put into
brackets).
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A. The basic institutions and their level in rural
settlements
2
2
1. Size of retail trade shops in 1979, m
(364 m
;
2
631 m
);
2. The value of consumer goods' turnover in retail
trade in 1979 per capita (3,001 Ft; 4,584 Ft);
3.
Instituti_on network of basic services in 1980
(12.1 scores; 8.0 scores);
4. The number of small scale industrial workers in
1979 (11.3 persons; 15.9 persons);
5.
5. The capacity of nurseries per 100 children of
0-3 years in 1980 (1.3 persons; 5.9 persons);
6. The capacity of kindergartens per 100 children of
3-6 years in 1980 (33.5 persons; 44.0 persons);
7. The number of consulting hours in 1979 (0.9 hrs.;
3.9 hrs.);
B. Amenities of flats and basic services in rural
settlements
8. Proportion of flats built after 1945 as a propor-
tion of all flats in 1980 (52.5 per cent; 15.9
per cent);
9. Proportion of flats built between 1970 and 1979
as a proportion of all flats in 1980 (13.9 per
cent; 8.5 per cent);
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10. Proportion of one-room flats to all flats in
1980 (26.5 per cent; 10.2 per cent);
11. Proportion of residential buildings having more
than one storey to all residential buildings
in 1980 (0.3 per cent; 1.7 per cent);
12. Number of flats with bathrooms or lavatories per
100 flats in 1980 (26.4 per cent; 15.3 per cent);
C. Provision of rural communities with public util-
ities
13. Proportion of flats supplied with electricity
to all flats in 1980 (96.9 per cent; 2.9 p.c.);
14. Proportion of flats with water to all flats in
1980 (21.7 per cent; 14.9 per cent);
15. Proportion of flats supplied with gas to all
flats in 1980 (53.3 per cent; 14.8 per cent);
16. Proportion of flats connected to a sewage system
to all flats in 1980 (23.9 per cent; 15.4 p.c.);
17. Electricity consumption per capita in 1980
(kw-hrs.) (805.8 kw-hrs.; 281.2 kw-hrs.);
D. Transport characteristics of rural communities
18. Transport network in 1980 (4.5 scores; 2.5 scores);
19. Accessibility (in minutes) to nearest town or vil-
lage (district seat) by most rapid means of trans-
port in 1980 (40.3 min.; 27.4 minutes);
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20.
Frequency of means of transport leaving for towns
in 1980 (81.2/week; 89.2/week);
E. Educational and cultural characteristics of
rural communities
21.
Number of school rooms in elementary schools in
1979 (4.8 school rooms; 6.1 school rooms);
22.
Number of pupils in elementary schools in 1979
(153 pupils; 228 pupils).;
23. Number of students in secondary schools in 1979
(13 students; 147 students);
24.
Proportion of those 15 years or older finishing
8 years of elementary school in 1980 (52.0 per
cent; 8.9 per cent);
25.
Proportion of those 18 years or older finishing
secondary school in 1980 (9.6 per cent; 4.3 per
cent);
26.
Number of libraries in 1979 (3,968.4 libraries;
6,784.2 libraries).
During the compilation of indices, it was most
difficult to determine the values of synthetic indices.
A similar problem occurred in the determination of
the value of index 3 (which gives a complex evaluation
of the development level of social infrastructure
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in rural settlements). As is well-known, in similar
cases the methods of scoring are frequently used.
The application of the latter method requires two
questions to be answered:
1. the precise delimitation of tne range of scoring
elements;
2.
the determination of scores.
The scores and basic elements of service that
provide the complex evaluation of the development
level of social infrastructure are presented below.
The number of basic elements is 21. These elements
were allotted the next scores: retail trade shops
selling consumer goods:2; depots selling building
material and fuel:1; market-place:1; restaurant:1;
postoffice:1; bank:1; ambulance station:2; consult-
ing room:1; dentist's room:1; kindergarten:1; nur-
sery:1; cultural centre, club:1; home for elderly
people:1; social care nurse:1; drug-store:1; cinema:
1; village library:1; elementary school (with
classes for 1-4 years):1; elementary school (with
classes for 5-8 years):2; number of small scale in-
dustrial workers: 4-10 people:1; 11-20:2; 21 or
more:3.
As is clearly shown, the majority of the basic
elements of the service sector were score11. It fol-
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lows from incomparable elements as post-office, drug-
store, library, market-place, etc. that are unable
to reconcile. In principle, the existence of each
element would be of primary importance in rural set-
tlements. Scoring is based on a double system:
1 - indicates the presence, while
0 - indicates the absence of a given element
of basic service. The higher the level of service
of a rural settlement, the higher are the scores of
complex indices of social infrastructure. It should
be noted that similar scores of social infrastructural
development may have a widely differring structure
of basic elements. There are naturally a few basic
elements which are only provided in larger centres
and are not worth operating in all settlements e.g.
secondary schools, grammar schools, retail trade
shops selling consumer goods, or ambulance stations.
This group of basic elements was scored 2.
The complex evaluation of the development level
of social infrastructure in rural settlements--as
was presented--included also the scores referring
to the administrative division of settlements: centre
of a district: 5; large village with council: 3; vil-
lage with council: 2; village without council: 0;
headquarters of agricultural state farms: 3; centre
of a cooperative ("AFESZ"): 2.
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La the opinion of the author of the paper, those
settlements having administrative-management, and
productive-trade- and distribution functions should
have a car repair station, sewage purification
plant, telephone centre, and other public utility
institutions. Information in the data bank enabled
a preliminary examination of the rural service sec-
tor to be-made. The results of this investigation
provided the basis for factor analysis. In the
paper, a few draft maps of the area and the trans-
port network of Borsod County will be presented
which may contribute to the understanding of the
other parts of the material (Figures 2 and 3).
The results and the interpretation of the
contents of factor analysis
The 26 indices mentioned earlier were used
in the procedure of factor analysis. In the course
of investigations, principal-components analysis
was accomplished using different eigenvalues (0.6,
0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0). Out of the variables, that of
0.8 eigenvalue represents best the factors of
basic differences; therefore, further analyses
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were based on it. The variable of 0.8 eigenvalue
contains 8 factors accounting for 78.26 per cent of
the original information. It is worth mentioning
that the first 4 factors account for 64.05 per cent
of the deviation square. The contents of these fac-
tors can be'interpreted as follows:
F l = development level of basic elements
of service;
F
= rate of house building and amenities
2
of flats;
F
= transport characteristics;
3
F 4 = unfavourable conditions of provision
of rural communities with public util-
ities.
Based on eigenvalue 11.2, factor F
accounts
1
for 43.13 per cent of the deviation square.
Indices that comprise factor F 1
factorweights
22. Number of pupils in elementary
schools
0.901
2
1. Size of retail trade shops, m
0.886
21. Number of school rooms in
elementary schools
0.878
4. Number of small scale industrial
workers
0.859
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26. Number of libraries
0.838
3. Institution network of basic
services
0.751
7. Number of consulting hours -
0.665
2. Value of consumer goods' turn-
over in retail trade per capita
0.605
18. Transport network
0.478
Among the indices of factor F 1 , there is a
real connectionship which is clear logically and
can be measured by means of mathematics. The strong-
est correlation (0.9) can be observed between indic-
es 22 and 21, while the weakest correlation exists
between indices 7 and 18; the existing connections
do not require special explanations. There is a
similarly trivial connection between index 3 and the
remaining indices. The strong correlation between
indices 1 and 21, 1 and 22, 1 and 26, 1 and 7, as
well as 21 and 26 prove that rural settlements of
the county possess with a number of basic elements
of service such as shops, elementary schools, libra-
ries, consulting rooms etc. Nevertheless, a mean
correlation of indices 1 and 2 indicates that most
shops cannot offer a great choice of consumer goods,
so necessary items have to be purchased mainly in
towns or rural centres of medium-level. Index 18
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(transport network) correlates with indices 22, 1,
2t, 26, and 2 at an average level, while it is weak-
ly connected to indices 2 and 7.
Regional distribution of factor scores shows
that rural settlements that are allotted high scores
(8.818-2.781 and 2.780-1.001) are dispersed settle-
ments in the county; they constitute a contiguous
belt only in the valley of Saj6, Badva, and Hern6d
rivers. Low faCtor scores are characteristic of
Hegykoz, Cserehat, Nort Borsod Karst and Mts. of
Zemplen.
Factor F
accounts for 11.78 per cent of the
2
deviation square using 3.6 eigenvalue.
Indices that comprise factor F 2
factorweights
12. Number of flats with bathrooms
or lavatories per 100 flats
0.868
16. Proportion of flats connected to
a sewage system to all flats
0.839
14. Proportion of flats with water
to all flats
0.821
17. Electricity consumption per
capita (kw-hrs.)
0.784
9. Proportion of flats built between
1970-1979 as a proportion to all
flats
0.760
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24. Proportion of those 15 years or older
finishing 8 years of elementary
school
0.754
8. Proportion of flats built after
1945 as a proportion of all flats
0.684
25. Proportion of those 18 years or
older finishing secondary school
0.681
18. Transport network
0.435
Evidently, the highest correlation exists be-
tween indices 12 (number of flats with bathrooms or
lavatories per 100 flats), 14 (proportion of flats
with water to all flats), and 16 (proportion of
flats connected to a sewage system). The above men-
tioned three indices show strong correlation (0.7)
with index 17 (electricity consumption per capita).
Because indices 12, 14, and 17 characterize the tech-
nical level and amenities of flats, it is evident
that index 25 (proportion of those 18 years or
older finishing secondary school) correlates strong-
ly (0.7) with indices 12, 14, and 16, while index 24
(proportion of those 15 years or older finishing
8 years of elementary school) shows an average cor-
relation (0.6) with indices 12, 14, 16, and 17. All
in all, the facts described above strengthen the
a priori hypothesis that correlation may exist be-
tween the dynamism of housing and the amenities of
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flats; moreover, between people finishing 8 years
of elementary school or having medium-level qualifi-
cations and flats supplied with bathroom, water,
electricity etc.
A characteristic feature of regional distri-
bution of the factor scores in factor F
is that ex-
2
tremely high values can be found in the settlements
of the Miskolc agglomeration, those of the industrial
axis of Ozd and LeninvAros, and in the environs of
HollOhiza and Pilhaza in the Hegykoz. The develop-
ment level of technological infrastructure is close-
ly connected to the spatial location of the industry
of the county. Lower scores are allotted the agri-
cultural regions in Bodrogk8z, Mts. of Zemplen,
"negyalja, CserehAt (excluding settlements laying at
the fringe of the valley of SajO and HernAd rivers),
in the Borsod Highplains which is traditionally a
good agrarian region; only settlements that are ad-
jacent to the Sajo river can reach the average level
where, however, industry makes its influence felt.
There are also lower factor scores than the average
in the majority of settlements of Harangod and the
North Borsod Karst.
The area of Ozd Highlands can be considered
an averagely developed region having flats supplied
with bathroom, water, electricity, etc. built in the
1950s and 1960s. The majority of settlements are
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dormitary settlements of Ozd with good transport
facilities. Only settlements of valley of Sajd river
have higher scores than the average.
Factor F
accounts for 4.71 per cent of the
3
deviation square using 1.22 eigenvalue.
Indices that comprise factor F
factorweights
3
18. Transport network
0.814
19. Accessibility to nearest town or
village (district seat) by most
rapid means of transport
-0.569
20. Frequency of means of transport
leaving for towns
-0.436
It is beyond question that factor F 3
is that
of transport facilities. Weak and medium-level cor-
relation is characteristic of the inner correlations
of the factor. The regional distribution of scores
of factor F
shows that settlements with favourable
3
transport facilities are situated next to or not far
from the main roads, i.e. along the traditional
radial major transport routes /Mez6kovesd-Miskolc-
Tornyosnemeti; Miskolc-Szerencs-Sitoraljadjhely;
Miskolc-Kazincbarcika-Binreve-Ozd; Miskolc-Nyeklid-
hiza-Leninviros; Miskolc-Nyekladhaza-Mezocsit). Set-
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tlements having unfavourable transport facilities
are mostly hamlets situated in the hilly and mountain-
ous regions or in long distances from transport
corridors.
It should be outlined that index 18 compris-
sing factor F
contributes also to factors F and
3
1
F 2 . Consequently, transport characteristics have a
decisive role in the formation of differences among
regional levels of settlement infrastructure. Re-
search has led to the conclusion that a medium-level
correlation exists between factors F
and F 2, as
1
well as F
and F 3, while factors F
and F
correlate
2
1
3
substantially.
High scores of factors F 1
F
and F
are char-
,
2
3
acteristic of rural settlements tending to become
urban and industrial, as well as of settlements in
the industrial axis of valley of Sajd river, and
Miskolc agglomeration, of district seats, and of
settlements having favourable transport character-
istics (Figure 4).
Highest scores of factors F 1 ,
F
and F
are characteristic of social infrastruc-
2
3
ture of Miskolc district. A similarly high level of
social infrastructure is represented by settlements
of districts of Mezeikovesd and Szerencs. Subsequent-
ly, settlements of district of MezOcsat possess the
less favourable facilities while districts of Sator-
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aljadjhely, Encs, and Edeleny are said to have the
most unfavourable transport facilities.
Factor F
accounts for 4.43 per cent of the
4
deviation square using 1.14 eigenvalue.
Indices that comprise factor F 4
factorweights
10. Proportion of one—room flats - to
all flats
0.800
15. Proportion of flats supplied
with gas to all flats
—0.574
13. Proportion of flats supplied
with electricity to all flats
—0.557
Factor F
characterizes the unfavourable
4
conditions of housing and communality. Regional
distribution of factor scores points out that the
lowest scores are given by 14.4 per cent of rural
settlements of the county. These settlements are
situated mainly in the Mts. of Blikk, North Borsod
Karst, Cserehit, Mts. of Zempin, Hegykoz, and Bor-
sod Highplains. Settlements having high scores lie
in Bodrogk8z, Harangod, Taktakoz, the Miskolc agg-
lomeration, the surroundings of Leninvdros, and in
the valley of the Saja, Hof:Iva and Hernid rivers.
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Types of social infrastructure in rural settlements
of Borsod County
Types of social infrastructure in rural set-
tlements of Borsod County were determined by the
application of cluster analysis (using MacQueen al-
gorithm), and the results of factor analysis were
also taken into account. In the course of calcula-
tions, multivariate analyses were completed. Final-
ly, a variable having 13 clusters was selected to
constitute the basis for further investigations.
This decision was made by giving priority to the
purposes of the investigation (the desirable level
of analysis), the practical aspects of application,
the comparison of partial results of examination,
the empirical experience, and cluster analysis.
All in all, a variable including 13 clusters
was divided into I-V. main types and 9 subtypes which
are presented in detail below and illustrated by
Figure 5.
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I. Social infrastructure in the initial stage of
development
This type of social infrastructure involves
3 clusters: 11, 6, and 12, and approximately 40 % of
rural settlements of Borsod County. Most settlements
are situated in the North Borsod Karst, the Highlands
of Cserehat and Zempldn, and Bodrogkoz; however,
they happen to occur also in other, isolated, regions
of the county. Table I registers a permanent decrease
of the population in this group of settlements. The
dominance of an aging population (o;rer 60 years)
is characteristic of all the three subtypes of this
main type consistently exceeding county mean values.
Table I
Major characteristics of clusters
11, 6, and 12
county
c lusters
Variables
mean
11
6
12
values
Number of settlements
36
48
59
Average population of
settlements in 1980
1263
389
632
697
Number of small scale
industrial workers
in 1979
11
2
5
5
Value of consumer goods'
turnover in retail
trade in 1979 per
capita (Fts)
3001
1477
2175
1637
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Scores of basic institution
network
12.1
5.4
7.9
9.1
Capacity of kindergartens for
100 children of 3-6 years
in 1979
33.5
19.3
14.6
3.7
Proportion of those engaged
in agriculture and fo-
restry in 1980
41.8
52.0
57.0
54.0
Proportion of daily em-
ployment in 1980
59.7
63.0
53.6
61.8
Proportion of flats built
after 1945 to all flats
in 1980
52.5
36.2
47.4
45.4
Proportion of flats built
between 1970 and 1979
to all flats in 1980
13.9
40.4
22.7.
23.4
Proportion of flats with
water to all flats in 1980
26.5
8.5
12.0
13.2
Proportion of flats with
bathrooms or lavatories
to all flats in 1980
21.7
12.2
17.5
16.9
Proportion of flats sup-
r
ied with electricity
to all flats in 1980
96.6
91.5
96.8
97.8
Proportion of flats sup-
plied with gas to all
flats in 1980
53.5
32.6
49.6
59.0
Accessibility (in minutes)
to nearest town (district
seat) in f980
40.3
57
81
33
Frequency of means of trans-
port leaving for towns in
1980 (departures/week)
81.2
39.7
38.6
66.7
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Change in population number
between 1949 and 1980
-9.0
-36.3
-26.6
-24.0
Differences in migration
between 1949 and 1980
-13.2
-21.1
-19.1
-17.7
Proportion of 60 years old
people or older in 1980
19.5
25.8
22.6
21.3
Social infrastructure in the initial stage
of development consists of only the major elements
of services, incl. services for housing, communality,
trade, transport, public health, and elementary
schooling. Many of these elements such as shops,
consulting rooms, kindergartens, nurseries, elemen-
tary schools, are provided not by one settlement,
but by adjacent groups of settlements. This type of
infrastructure represents a low pace of housing, a
high proportion of one-room flats, a low proportion
of flats supplied with gas and water, a low value
of consumer goods' turnover in retail trade, unfa-
vourable transport characteristics (long distances
from transport network), poor communication, lack
of nurseries, and insufficient capacity of kinder-
gartens. The devolution of social infrastructure
has a great effect on the decrease of population,
the distortion of demographic structure, exodus,
and hence, on the decreasing incomes from agri-
cultural production.
Three subtypes (clusters 11, 6, 12) of social
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infrastructure in the initial stage of development
can be distinguished which is based on the existing
differences in the basic institutions.
First subtype (cluster 11) involves hamlets situated
in the hilly and mountainous regions of the county
which are characteristic of the accumulation of back-
ward conditions; underdevelopment of the basic insti-
tution network; low level of technical infrastructure;
unfavourable transport facilities and a low level of
amenities in the flats.
Second
subtype
(cluster 6) consists mostly of hamlets
and small villages of a definite agrarian nature lying
in hilly and mountainous regions providing unfavour-
able living conditions, an insufficient and unbalanced
network of institutions, underdeveloped technical
infrastructure, negative transport characteristics,
and long distances from towns. These are the settle-
ments of the North Borsod Karst, Cserehat, Mts. of
Zemplen, Hegyktiz, Bodrogkoz, and Taktakoz.
Third subtype (cluster 12) is comprised of small vil-
lages and hamlets with insufficient basic institution
network, underdeveloped technical infrastructure, but
more favourable transport facilities than in the pre-
vious subtypes. These rural settlements are situated
in every part of the county in smaller numbers; they
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constitute a contiguous ring only north of Encs in
a region closed by Mts. of Cserehat and Zemplen,
and in Bodrogkoz.
II. Poorly developed social infrastructure with
communication networks of medium-level
This type of social infrastructure includes
clusters 10, 13, and 7 which generate two subtypes.
Almost 40 percent of rural settlements in Borsod
County belong to this type; the majority of them can
be found in the housing zones of large villages and
more developed settlements. In general, the second
main type is characterised by good transport facil-
ities and indices for public utilities and basic ser-
vices which are at least up to county mean values.
Between these two subtypes there are significant
differences in the development level of basic elements
of services (as is illustrated by Table II).
Table II
Major characteristics of
clusters 10, 7, and 13
cluster s
Variables
10
7
13
Number of settlements
78
3
58
Average population number of
settlements in 1980
718
1507
1592
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Number of small scale industrial
workers in 1979
5
15
14
Value of consumer goods' turnover
in retail trade in 1979 per
capita (Fts)
1913
3741
4154
Scores of basic institution
network
7.9
20.6
18.3
Capacity of kindergartens for
100 children of 3-6 years
in 1979
6.7
87.0
71.0
Capacity of nurseries for 100
children of 0-3 years in 1979
0.2
0.1
38.9
Proportion of those engaged in
industry in 1980
47.3
29.4
39.3
Proportion of daily employmeht
in 1980
72.5
52.5
47.5
Proportion of flats built after
1945 to all flats in 1980
55.2
57.6
51.7
Proportion of flats built be-
tween 1970 and 1979 to all
flats in 1980
27.0
26.8
29.0
Proportion of flats with water
to all flats in 1980
20.5
29.1
24.1
Proportion of flats with bath-
rooms or lavatories to all
flats in 1980
25.5
31.0
29.3
Proportion of flats supplied with
electricity to all flats VI 1980
96.2
96.9
97.9
Proportion of flats supplied with
gas to all flats in 1980
49.0
62.2
58.0
Accessibility (in minutes) to
nearest town (district seat)
in 1980
22
30
26
Frequency of means of transport
leaving for towns in 1980
(departures/week)
82.2
52.3
77.4
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Change in population number be-
tween 1949 and 1980
-5.5
-6.1
-14.3
Differences in migration between
1949 and 1980
-11.5
-8.7
-12.3
Proportion of 60 years old people
or older in 1980
18.0
18.2
19.3
The value of index 3, which is - the complex
index of basic services, amounts to 10 scores in
cluster 10 while these values in clusters 13 and 7
amount to 18 and 20 scores accordingly exceeding
considerably the county mean values.
The first subtype
(cluster 10) includes small hous-
ing settlements having a decreasing population, in-
sufficient institution network, poorer than average
technical infrastructure, and an industrial-agrarian
occupational structure. These settlements constitute
contiguous, territorially homogeneous groups on
•
the southwestern hillside of the North Borsod Karst,
at the southern fringe of the Cserehat, and in the
valley of Hernad river, in the northern part of Bor-
sod Highplins in the environs of Leninvaros, in
the Hegykoz, and in other, smaller, isolated parts
of the county.
The second
subtype
(clusters 13 and 7) is formed by
small and medium-size settlements with a partly
existing institution network, having housing and
agrarian functions, and providing their inhabitants
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with facilities at an average level. They are
situated in the Highlands of Ozd, Mts. of Buick, in
the southern part of Borsod Highplains, in Hegyalja,
in the southeastern periphery of Mts. of Zemplen,
as well as in other smaller areas of the county.
This subtype forms a homogeneous group regarding the
development level of social infrastructure; however,
these settlements showed disintegration in the
course of investigations of types of rural settle-
ments of Hungary (BELUSZKY, P.-SIKOS, T.T. 1982,
1984).
III. Social infrastructure at an average development
level
This type of social infrastructure (clusters
8 and 9) covers about 14 per cent of rural settle-
ments of Borsod County. They are dispersed settle-
ments situated in the hilly and mountainous regions
as well as in the industrialised valley of Sajd river
and in the Miskolc agglomeration. Majos character-
istics of the occupation structure of the 49 settle-
ments of this type are: high proportion (about 50 %)
of workers engaged in industry; 30 per cent in agri-
culture; and 20 per cent in the tertiary sector.
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In general, this type presented a rapid rate of
house building between 1945 and 1980; it can be
characterised by an average level of services of
housing and public utilities (see Table III.).
Table III
Major characteristics of clusters
,
9 and 8
Variab]es
c lusters
9
8
Number of settlements
28
21
Average population number
of settlements in 1980
2675
1041
Number of small scale in-
dustrial workers in 1979
26
12
Value of consumer goods' turn-
over in retail trade in 1979
per capita (Fts)
3031
3102
Scores of basic institution
network
18.6
13.6
Capacity of kindergartens per
100 children of 3-6 years
in 1979
43.0
67.8
Capacity of nurseries per 100
children of 0-3 years in 1979
0.0
0.0
Proportion of those engaged in
industry in 1980
52.0
49.7
Proportion of those engaged in
agriculture in 1980
28.3
31.6
Proportion of daily employment
in 1980
65.5
58.9
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Proportion of rooms for tourists
to all flats in 1980
2.2
45.1
Proportion of flats built after
1945 to all flats in 1980
69.6
67.8
Proportion of flats built be-
tween 1970 and 1979 to all
flats in 1980
23.6
21.7
Proportion of one-room flats to
all flats in 1980
19.9
21.7
Proportion of flats with water
to all flats in 1980
40.7
39.7
Proportion of flats with bath-
rooms or lavatories to all
flats in 1980
43.3
49.4
Proportion of flats supplied
with electricity to all flats
in 1980
98.6
97.7
Proportion of flats supplied
with gas to all flats in 1980
63.6
57.0
Accessibility (in minutes) to
nearest town (or district
seat) in 1980
20.7
60.0
Frequency of means of transport
leaving for towns in 1980
(departuresiweek)
235
77.7
Change in population number
between 1945 and 1980
39.1
8.9
Differences in migration be-
tween 1970 and 1980
-4.8
-3.5
Proportion of 60 years old•
people or older in 1980
13.4
16.6
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The two subtypes of clusters 8 and 9 differ first
of all in the development level of transport faci-
lities, tourist services and basic services.
The first subtype (cluster 8) involves housing set-
tlements closely connected to the agglomeration of
the Saja river valley. These settlements, situated
in the hilly and mountainous regions of the county,
have an averagely developed institution and trans-
port network, higher than average technical infra-
structure, and an industrial-agrarian occupation
structure. They do not constitute a larger, conti-
guos group except for perhaps a few smaller groups
in the northern part of Mts. Buick and Zemplen, and
other regions of the county.
In the second subtype (cluster 9) there are the set-
tlements of the agglomeration and housing zone in
the Sajci river valley which have a dynamically `in-
creasing population, more favourable than average
institution network and technical infrastructure,
adequate transport facilities, and an industrial
occupation structure. About 75 % of rural settle-
ments of the cluster_are situated along the indus-
trial axis of the Sajci river valley, and about half
of them are the settlements of the Miskolc agglome-
ration. Industrial activity does not have a long
history in these settlements, on the contrary,
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occupational restratification of settlements was
initiated to meet labour force demands of the near-
by towns. Earlier, agricultural activity dominated
in these rural settlements except for a few of them
where extractive industry played an important role.
IV. Social infrastructure at the advanced stage of
development
This type (cluster 4) involves medium-size
rural settlements that have an agrarian-mixed occu-
pation structure, a stagnating or decreasing popu-
lation, an adequate supply of basic facilities and
a more favourable than average infrastructural net-
work. The il settlements of this type do not consti-
tute a contiguous group in the county; they are
.
;
situated in different localities. The value of the
complex index of basic services amounts to 25.5
scores which are twofold higher than county mean
values (Table IV.).
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Table IV
Major characteristics of cluster 4
Variables
Cluster 4
Number of settlements
Average population number of
settlements in 1980
3059
Number of small scale industrial
workers in 1979
32
Value of consumer goods' turn-
over in retail trade in 1979
per capita (Fts)
7092
Scores of basic institution
network
25.5
Capacity of kindergartens per
100 children of 3-6 years
in 1979
61.7
Capacity of nurseries per 100
children of 0-3 years in 1979
18.5
Proportion of those engaged in
industry in 1980
36.3
Proportion of those engaged in
agriculture in 1980
_41.6
Proportion of daily employment
in 1980
45.5
Proportion of flats built after
1945 to all flats in 1980
52.5
Proportion of flats built be-
tween 1970 and 1979 to all
flats in-1980
18.5
Proportion of one-room flats to
all flats in 1980
23.7
Proportion of flats with water
to all flats in 1980
33.6
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Proportion of flats with bathrooms
or lavatories to all flats in 1980
38.0
Proportion of flats supplied with
electricity to all flats in 1980
97.8
Proportion of flats supplied with
gas to all flats in 1980
64.7
Accessibility (in minutes) to nearest
town or district seat in 1980
20.0
Frequency of means of transport
leaving for towns in 1980
(departures/week)
68
Change in population number between
1945 and 1980
—1.8
Differences in migration between
1970 and 1979
—9.3
Proportion of 60 years old people
or older in 1980
16.5
Five out of the 11 settlements of this type
possess the necessary basic institutions while in
six of them the institutional network needs im-
proving. Both the size of retail trade shops and
the value of consumer goods' turnover in retail
trade shops in former small market towns (such as
Abatijszanto, Gonc, Tarcal etc.) are above the
average. There are nurseries, kindergartens, ele-
mentary-schools (having at least 9 class—rooms), and,
of course, libraries in each settlement of this type.
An indicator of the development level of basic supply
can be that in more than 50 % of these rural settle-
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meats there are consulting rooms. The accessibility
(in minutes) to nearby towns and district seats is
easy, however, the frequency of means of transport
is lower than mean values of the county. In short,
social infrastructure of this type provides favour-
able living conditions for the rural population.
V. Social infrastructure characteristics of small
towns
Rural settlements of the two clusters (3 and
2) have an institution network, occupational struc-
ture, the level of industrialization, as well as long-
term demographic processes which can be found in
small towns of Hungary (illustrated by Tablg V.)
Table V
Major characteristics of clusters
3 and 2
Clugters
Variables
3
2
Number of settlements
2
8
Average population number of
settlements in 1980
3703
8158
Number of small scale in-
dustrial workers in 1979
45
78
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Value of consumer goods' turn-
over in retail trade in 1979
(Fts)
17,572
14,531
Scores of basic institution
network
28.5
31.2
Capacity of kindergartens per
100 children of 3-6 years
in 1979
54.9
47.1
Capacity of nurseries per 100
children of 0-3 years in
1979
37.7
6.4
Proportion of those engaged
in industry in 1980
59.7
44.8
Proportion of those engaged in
agriculture in 1980
21.5
27.6
Proportion of daily employment
in 1980
18.9
40.0
Proportion of flats built after
1945 to all flats in 1980
84.0
62.2
Proportion of flats built be-
tween 1970 and 1979 to all
flats in 1980
39.8
23.2
Proportion of one-room flats
to all flats in 1980
70.2
26.2
Proportion of flats with water
to all flats in 1980
70.2
46.1
Proportion of flats with bath-
rooms or lavatories to all
flats in 1980
69.0
48.8
Proportion of flats supplied with
electricity to all flats in 1980
98.5
98.3
Proportion of flats supplied with
gas to all flats in 1980
74.2
59.3
Proportion of flats connected to a
sewage system to all flats in
1980
74.3
49.3
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Accessibility (in minutes) to
nearest town or district seat
12.5
6.7
in 1980
Frequency of means of transport
leaving for towns in 1980
81.5
128.8
(departures/week)
Change in population number be-
212.9
46.8
tween 1945 and 1980
Differences in migration between
18.4
-3.3
1970 and 1979
Proportion of 60 years old people
8.5
13.8
or older in 1980
Ten settlements of the county belong to this
type, incl. 4 district seats (such as Edeleny, Sze-
rencs, MezOcsat and Encs), and 3 former district
seats (as Szikszci, Putnok and Sajoszentpeter). In
each of them there is a nursery, kindergarten, ele-
mentary school, library, and in 6 of them even a
secondary school.
The provision of housing differs from settle-
ment to settlement, which is partly explained by the
significant state housing in addition to the private
constructions in the 1960s and 1970s. State housing
usually takes the form of flats built on estates,
consequently the proportion of residential buildings
having more than one storey has indreased (e.g.
11.9 per cent in Sajobabony; 5.9 per cent in Sajo-
szentpeter; 4.1 per cent in Edelany). The amenities
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of flats are of high level, the proportion of flats
supplied with water and connected to a sewage sys-
tem is well above the county average.
Settlements of this type have good communica-
tion links with their environs; practically, all the
settlements are situated along or next to main
transport routes. All in all, the social infrastruc-
ture which characterises small towns provides favour-
able living conditions for the rural population. In-
deed, these settlements increased their population
by 1.5 times between 1949 and 1980.
It should be noted that two settlements were
not ranged into clusters in the course of determining
types of social infrastructure and they constituted
independent clusters. One of them was Tokaj where
the proportion of those engaged in the tertiary sec-
tor exceeds 40 per cent, and the other settlement
was Ragaly with 27.3 7. of flats having more than one
storey to all flats.
Conclusion
The following conclusion can be drawn as a
result of investigations of social infrastructure
in 352 rural settlements of Borsod-Abadj-Zemplen
County. More than 40 per cent of the settlements
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have a social infrastructure which is in the initial
stage of development; about 40 per cent of them have
a poorly developed social infrastructure and a pub-
lic utility network which is only at a medium level
of development; only 17 per cent of rural settlements
have developed or averagely developed social infra-
structure; and there are only 10 dynamically devel-
oping rural settlements (less than 3 per cent) which
can be characterized by social infrastructure of the
small town type.
Investigations underlined the significant role
of transport in the development of the social infra-
structure of rural settlements. The analysis contri-
buted to determining regions where rural settlements
with poorly developed or underdeveloped social infra-
structure are found in greater numbers. These settle-
, ments are situated first and foremost in the gserehat,
North Borsod Karst, Mts. of Zemplen, Hegykoz, Bodrog-
koz, Mts. of Biikk and Borsod Highplains.
The examination which was carried out in
Borsod County as a mod6l region pointed out that
factor and cluster analyses can be applied in pre-
paring the typology of social infrastructure of
Hungary and other regions.
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APPENDIX
Sikos, T. Tamás: Investigations of Social Infrastructure in Rural Settlements of Borsod Country.
Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 1987. 44 p. Discussion Papers, No. 4.
Block Diagram of Investigations of Social Infrastructure
of Rural Settlements
Determination of tasks of research
Establishment of data bank
1. Selection of observation units
2. Selection of indices
Analysis of differences in
Factor analysis
Cluster analysis
regional development levels
1. Description of
1. Description of
of social infrastructure
factors
clusters
1. Illustration of indices
2. Characterization
2. Illustration of
on maps
--> of factors
clusters on maps
2. Analysis of maps
3. Illustration of
3. Determination of
factors on maps
types of social
infrastructure
Results
Results
Determination of
Determination of
elements having im-
types of social
pact on the develop-
infrastructure
ment and formation
of social infrastruc-
ture
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