THE EXAMINATION OF THE LEADER - RESOURCES IN THE HUNGARIAN SETTLEMENTS

Abstract

The areas of the European Union are really variable, not only according to the ladscape unit, but also the historical formed social-economical differences, the economical geography features, the different economy structure, due to the improvment opportunities they are different from each other. The social-economical features and underdevelopments are in the rural regions specific. According to the OECD, those regions, where more than 50 % of the populations live in the area under 150 km² population destiny are dominantal rural, and those where this rate is from 15% to 50%, they are so called significant rural regions.  In our research the 5 titles of the LEADER - sources are examined in the settlements in Hungary. These titles are the competitiveness (411), environement and land management (412), quality of life and diversification (413), execution of cooperation projects (421), and supports paid for local rural development communities and for Leader action groups (431). Spatial autocorrelation examinations are used to introduce that each Leader-titles how local patterns show in Hungary.