The examination of major economic coherences in the Hungarian least-developed micro-regions

The examination of disadvantaged areas has a long history, which is greatly influenced by the continuous change of the natural, economic and human resources. Therefore, while investigating the disadvantaged regions, new and new coherences occur. Today’s regional policy needs to face the issue whether the past years’ regional funds have been efficient enough and whether the land-use of such areas influence the competitiveness of the given region. These issues are raised every day while examining the efficiency of the regional policy of the last 20 years. The topic is very actual, since there are inequalities existing in the world, and also in the member states of the European Union. There are significant imbalances between the urban and rural areas. The focus of our research was on the economic and social dimensions of the territorial imbalances in the micro-regions, with special focus on the complex relationships among them