Transitions in Budapest’s Agglomeration 1990–2005

Since the collapse of socialism in Hungary 1989, political and economic factors increased residential mobility between Budapest its agglomeration area. Social disparities have become more pronounced not only among settlements agglomeration, but also within them. This paper identifies different status-dependent paths general process suburbanization using official statistical data, survey interview analysis. The empirical research was made 1992 repeated 2002.
 We argue that higher status groups used new opportunities to strengthen their by choosing move while poor were forced less advantageous sectors agglomeration. These phenomena are consequences partly spontaneous state local government policies. effects market forces can be taken as they western type suburbanization. Several measures states governments impact these factors, helping higher-status favorable areas around cities. same urban housing policy risk concentrating poverty certain cities resulted not-well-known outmigration lower-status groups. had out city because it became too expensive for them live there. Poverty meant unable find places high or middle-status suburban distant, poorer country.