Tamás Hardi

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Habits of Using Private Gardens and Green Spaces in Suburban Villages around Nitra

Tamás Hardi Gabriela Repaská Ádám Páthy Ján Veselovský

Publication Name: Geographica Pannonica

Publication Date: 2025-01-01

Volume: 29

Issue: 1

Page Range: 48-64

Description:

The growth of suburbs alters the traditional villagescape due to increasing population and new housing developments. This not only affects the buildings but also alters the green spaces within the settlements. The amount of green space is decreasing as more densely populated developments are built. Additionally, most green spaces in villages are privately owned, with gardens making up the majority of these areas. Our study examines the attitudes of the population towards gardening and greening in four settlements near Nitra, Slovakia. Through questionnaires we explore how the attitudes of both newcomers and local residents differ and how this varies between the different settlements, to identify any differences in attitudes towards gardening.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.5937/gp29-55081

Residents’ attitudes and behaviours on private green spaces in the suburban areas of Central European countries

Tamás Hardi Ádám Páthy Andrea Pozsgai

Publication Name: Regional Sustainability

Publication Date: 2024-12-01

Volume: 5

Issue: 4

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

Green spaces in urban and suburban areas play a significant role in helping settlements adapt to climate change. The design, quantity, quality, and location of green spaces influence their ability to provide benefits to people and enhance the quality of life. Private green spaces, if adequately managed, can enhance the environmental quality. This study, based on a questionnaire survey and the Motivation/Attitude-Driven Behaviour (MADB) model, investigated how the attitudes and behaviours of residents shape private green spaces in 12 settlements of the 4 city regions (Cluj region, Nitra region, Kecskemét region, and Győr region) in 3 Central European countries (Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania). The results showed that beautiful natural environment, abundance of green spaces, beautiful settlement and streetscape, and village atmosphere were mentioned most often, along with good quality of life, with a mention rate of over 70.00% in the four city regions. Convenience also played a significant role in the management of green spaces, showing that convenience factors (less work, less waste, and cheaper management) more important for those who live in settlements nearer to the cities. The importance of biodiversity and ecology was positively correlated with socio-economic status such as education and financial situation. However, the importance of the utility of green spaces was less prevalent among original villagers and settlers. Moreover, we found that the percentage of green spaces of settlers is slightly higher than that of original villagers. The results of factor analysis revealed that socio-economic status can influence respondents’ attitudes towards green spaces. It suggests to increase ecological awareness of residents, especially for new settlers, and promote good management techniques for green spaces. This study can improve the awareness of urban planners about the importance of green spaces in suburban areas.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1016/j.regsus.2024.100180

Correction to: Deindustrialization, Tertiarization and Suburbanization in Central and Eastern Europe. Lessons Learned from Bucharest City, Romania (Land, (2023), 12, 9, (1731), 10.3390/land12091731)

Tamás Hardi Radu Săgeată Ines Grigorescu Bianca Mitrică Andreea Loreta Cercleux

Publication Name: Land

Publication Date: 2024-04-01

Volume: 13

Issue: 4

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

In the original publication [1], there was a mistake in the legend for Figure 1 and Figure 4. A map legend can be explained either by text within the figure (where space permits) or by numbering the conventional signs within the figure, and explaining them below the figure (where space is more limited). In Figure 1 and Figure 4, the second method of explanation was initially used (by means of the numbers explained under the figure), but later, according to the indications received from the referents, the numbers in the figures were replaced by their explanations (according to the version uploaded on 3 September 2023). Due to an unfortunate error, in the version uploaded on 6 September 2023, Figure 1 and Figure 4 were uploaded with the conventional numbered signs in the legend, but without the explanation of the numbers below the figure, making the figures much more difficult to explain. Therefore, we request that these two figures be replaced with their variant, where the legend is explained in the text, as indicated by the referents. The correct legend appears below. The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.3390/land13040486

Deindustrialization, Tertiarization and Suburbanization in Central and Eastern Europe. Lessons Learned from Bucharest City, Romania

Tamás Hardi Radu Săgeată Ines Grigorescu Bianca Mitrică Andreea Loreta Cercleux

Publication Name: Land

Publication Date: 2023-09-01

Volume: 12

Issue: 9

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

This paper intends to delve deeply into the current understanding of the ways in which the transition from a central-based economy to an economy relying on free competition has led to changes in the big urban centers, bringing about a change in the relationships with the suburban areas. The authors take into account the high population density, the lack of space, and the elevated price of land within the big cities, which leads to urban functions migrating beyond the administrative boundaries, thus favoring the process of suburbanization. Given the context, commercial forces shift, migrating from the center to the urban peripheries or even outside them. This research is based on a comprehensive process of participative investigation (2012–2022) in Bucharest, Romania’s capital city. The research relies on field investigation, statistical and quantitative analyses and bibliographical sources. The conclusions rely primarily on the idea that political changes cannot be separated from economic, cultural and environmental ones, highlighting globalizing flows and the development of big cities. Industrial activities, strongly developed within a central-based economy, have significantly declined, which is partly compensated for by the development of the tertiary sector and, in particular, of commercial services leading to a functional reconversion of the urban peripheries and of suburban areas. The conclusions suggest that it is very important to be highly careful regarding the dilemmas and challenges ensuing from uncontrolled urban growth; therefore, several measures of urban planning should be taken with a view to achieving a better cooperation between urban stakeholders and those from the metropolitan areas so as to attain some common objectives in infrastructure in order to reach an integrated regional development.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.3390/land12091731

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON LIFE IN A CROSS-BORDER AGGLOMERATION OF BRATISLAVA

Tamás Hardi Andrea Uszkai Márta Nárai

Publication Name: Deturope

Publication Date: 2023-01-01

Volume: 15

Issue: 2

Page Range: 129-153

Description:

The emergence of cross-border suburbanisation is based on the geographical proximity of a large city and the unrestricted permeability of state borders. A social group, the ‘transnational borderlanders’, is emerging (Martinez, 1994), who use the territory of both states on both sides of the border daily, e.g. they live on one side and work on the other. In our case, a cross-border suburbanisation has developed, with Bratislava residents moving to nearby villages in Hungary. The open border is a prerequisite for their daily life, and they took a risk when they bought a property in another country. The study examines how the closing of borders during the COVID-19 epidemic affected the lifestyle of Slovak citizens who settled in Hungary and commuted to Bratislava and the new situation of the cross-border area. To this end, a questionnaire survey and interviews were conducted in four settlements in Hungary inhabited by Slovaks. The study summarises the results of these surveys and concludes that the temporary closure of borders did not have a significant impact on the satisfaction with cross-border lifestyle, and the willingness to move. In fact, there are signs that the lockdown has dissolved the previously entirely Bratislava-centric way of life (shopping, using services, registering an address, etc.).

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.32725/DET.2023.016

A SURVEY OF WOODY PLANTS CHOSEN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FRONT GARDENS IN VILLAGES SUBURBANIZED TO VARYING DEGREES AROUND KECSKEMÉT, HUNGARY

Tamás Hardi Farkas Jeno Zsolt Péter Csontos Júlia Tamás Edit Hoyk

Publication Name: Journal of Landscape Ecology

Publication Date: 2022-01-01

Volume: 20

Issue: 2

Page Range: 95-113

Description:

We examined the number of species and individuals of woody vegetation in a total of 150 front gardens in settlements located at three different distances from Kecskemét and affected by suburbanization to different degrees. Most often, one species or two individuals occurred in front gardens, but there were also front gardens with 8 or more species and 14 or more individuals in some cases. The total of 668 recorded individuals belonged to 111 species, among which the first five places were occupied by Biota orientalis, Hibiscus syriacus, Thuja occidentalis, Catalpa bignonioides and Cerasus vulgaris. The combined number of individuals of the five species accounted for 26% of all woody plant individuals observed. The data were evaluated according to several groupings: tree, shrub, hedge or liana; native, archaeophyte or neophyte; fruit tree vs. ornamental tree; deciduous vs. evergreen; and the effect of the electric power transmission lines above the front gardens was also examined. Our results highlight the plant selection habits of the residents, which can be taken into account for the development of appropriate town planning and landscape planning concepts.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.56617/tl.3445

Examining cross‐border cultural tourism as an indicator of territorial integration across the slovak–hungarian border

Tamás Hardi Eszter Szemerédi Gyula Ocskay Marcell Kupi

Publication Name: Sustainability Switzerland

Publication Date: 2021-07-01

Volume: 13

Issue: 13

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

There are numerous examples of cross‐border regions in Europe, which are regions not properly demarcated by national borders. One of the main driving forces of the European Union is to turn the dividing borders into connecting borders by strengthening the cohesion between states and regions, thus, encouraging regions to remedy the existing ethnic and cultural fragmentation by increasing the intensity and number of cross‐border contacts. Our research focuses on proving that, in symbolic places, such as the cross‐border area of Komárom and Komárno, the cultural values, monuments, and heritage sites are the strongest attraction factors for nationality‐based cultural tourism. To support our hypothesis, we conducted an empirical survey within the framework of the H2020 SPOT (Social and Innovative Platform on Cultural Tourism and its potential towards deepening Europeanisation) in the cross‐border region of Komárom and Komárno. The evaluation con-centrated on four aspects of cultural tourism: the nature of cultural tourism in the area, the resident and visitor perceptions of the cultural tourism offerings, opportunities to increase cross‐border col-laboration, and options to improve the cultural tourism offerings of the area. Our results show that, although there is a great potential in the cross‐border tourist destination of Komárom–Komárno, the integration of the (once united) two towns is advancing very slowly, which can be witnessed in the weaknesses of tourism integration as well.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.3390/su13137225

Environmental impact of increasing car traffic on suburban road section around Győr

Tamás Hardi Farkas Orsolya Hegyiné Bolla Katalin

Publication Name: Teruleti Statisztika

Publication Date: 2021-01-01

Volume: 61

Issue: 4

Page Range: 503-526

Description:

Suburbanisation is one of the most significanturban development trends in Europe andeven the world today. It affects not only largecities and metropolises, but also smallerurban areas. Among its many environmentalimpacts, the most notable is the increase intraffic, which not only leads to morecongestion and accidents, but also to asignificant increase in emissions of pollutantsfrom transport in peri-urban areas. It is truethat the scale of suburbanisation in smalleragglomerations is much smaller than inmetropolitan areas, but the populationmoving out of the cities is making greater useof private transport for commuting. UsingCOPERT (COmputer Programme tocalculate Emissions from Road Transport)software developed in collaboration with theEuropean Environment Agency (EEA), theJoint Research Centre (JRC), Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki and EMISIA SA, theauthors estimated how emissions from a roadconnecting a group of settlements in the Szigetközregion (the Dunaszeg-Győrújfalusection of road 1401) in the vicinity of Győrchanged between 1995 and 2018. Thesesettlements are among the fastest growingsuburban villages in Hungary, and previousempirical studies have shown that theincrease in the number of vehicles can be linkedto the increase in the number of peoplemoving out of the city. As a result, thecomposition and nature of traffic-based airpollution near the city is changing rapidly

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.15196/TS610404

Theoretical models of cross-border integration

Tamás Hardi Andrea Uszkai

Publication Name: Socialni Studia Social Studies

Publication Date: 2017-01-01

Volume: 14

Issue: 1

Page Range: 9-30

Description:

This article attempts to summarize the most important definitions and theoretical models related to cross-border spatial integration based on scientific literature. It would not be possible without defining several border phenomena, because different types of borders have distinct features and form space differently. The role of borders has constantly changed over time, depending on the historical, political, geographical and other characteristics of the given region. There were times when a given border was easily permeable and at other times it was difficult to cross. Therefore, the depth of integration is also changeable. This article tries to collect the most important theoretical models which explain these cross-border spatial processes and emphasizes the importance of the characteristics of urban networks in cross-border integration. We think there are many conceptual models in international border studies which explain several border processes from different points of view, but they are not properly collected in order to explain the cross-border integration process. In addition, some theoretical models are inadequately positioned in the research of cross-border integration that is why we intend to analyze their relevance to this topic as well. Hopefully, our work will help to understand the main factors and elements influencing crossborder integration through the explanatory theoretical models collected here.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.5817/soc2017-1-9