SWOT Report I - Central Europe
SWOT Report I - Central Europe
SWOT Report I - Central Europe
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Good infrastructure<br />
Development projects continually<br />
realised<br />
Favourable natural properties<br />
Varied medium height mountainous land<br />
Large forest areas<br />
Important Nature Protection Areas<br />
Remarkable cultural and historic region<br />
<strong>SWOT</strong> Salgótarján<br />
Urban environment, life quality<br />
Unfavourable urban structure<br />
Unfavourable state of many self-government<br />
handled buildings<br />
Outdated state of industrial constructions<br />
stretching into living areas<br />
Massive rust belt (brown zone)<br />
Natural environment, locality<br />
Environmental problems<br />
Degrading countryside<br />
Unused countryside values<br />
Traditions<br />
Mining and industrial traditions Tradition attendance dependant on age group<br />
The potentials of the town derive mainly from its central functions which are strictly<br />
connected to its mining and industrial past. The granted role of county seat made it a centre<br />
not only economically but regarding the social, health, educational and cultural functions, too.<br />
The significantly concentrated population, the country rank institution system gave a very firm<br />
long-term basis for the functioning and maintaining the roles of the town. The period of strong<br />
economy had a fruitful effect on the demographic structure, mainly on the age and<br />
qualification groups. The high number of births during the given decades was followed by a<br />
less remarkable population decrease, the social-health-educational and the network<br />
infrastructures (local transport, convenience flat stock) however had a massive maintaining<br />
force regarding population with which the leadership of the town has managed well even<br />
after the heavy decay of the economy. This situation is strengthened further by the significant<br />
intellectual capital, a part of which is also of economic origin and accumulated not only in the<br />
experts of the given age groups, but in the remaining performers of the economy, in the<br />
social, health, educational and cultural institutions ’serving’ the town. The cause of its weak<br />
points primarily is the significant lack of funds, which happened because of the reduction of<br />
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