National Atlas of Hungary, Vol 3: Society
Hungary · MTA CSFK Geographical Institute · 2021
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Book Review Section: National Atlas of Hungary Vol. 3: Society
Peter Jordan · 2021
This is a review of the National Atlas of Hungary Vol. 3: Society, published in 2021 by the Geographical Institute in Budapest (191 p.). The volume focuses on social and demographic issues within the broader Carpathian Basin framework. The review highlights its coverage of vital statistics, migration, population structures, settlement history and systems, urban and rural development, and quality of life, with special attention to topics such as Roma distribution, suicide rates, ethnic identity, and religious change. The atlas integrates areal thematic mapping with hill shading, supplemented by tables, diagrams, and photos, achieving an exemplary cartographic standard. The review praises the volume for revealing spatial socio-economic disparities and for its cross-national comparative perspective, considering it a model of modern national atlas production and raising expectations for forthcoming volumes.
Book Review Section: National Atlas of Hungary Vol. 2: Natural Environment
Peter Jordan · 2019
This is an academic book review of Volume 2 (Natural Environment) of the new National Atlas of Hungary, published in 2018. As the first released volume of a planned four-part series, it was edited by leading scholars from the Geographical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and is available in both Hungarian and English editions. The review highlights that this atlas continues Hungary's notable post-WWII tradition of producing national atlases, and its compilation involved the country's foremost experts in geography and cartography. The volume comprises 13 chapters, covering traditional physical geography topics such as geology, geophysics, relief, climate, and hydrology, while placing increased emphasis on flora, fauna, nature conservation, and landscape ecology compared to its predecessors. The reviewer praises the atlas's excellent cartographic design and its deliberate effort to contextualize Hungary within the broader Carpatho-Pannonian region and Europe, rather than presenting it in isolation. While noting minor issues like certain toponymic choices and the placement of author credits, the review concludes that the atlas successfully integrates the functions of maps, explanatory texts, and photographs, effectively serving as a comprehensive modern regional geography, and expresses strong anticipation for the forthcoming volumes.
The new National Atlas of Hungary – volume Society
Gábor Gercsák; Károly Kocsis; Zsombor Nemerkényi; László Zentai · 2021
The current volume, National Atlas of Hungary – Society, is Part 3 of the series. It presents the special world of Hungarian society and, according to the availability of data, also that of the Carpatho–Pannonian Area. By combining the tools of statistics, geography and cartography, the maps present the spatial structure accompanied by numerous graphs, photos, texts and infographics. The present volume of the National Atlas, Society, contributes to a much deeper understanding of processes and a better understanding of the relationships between phenomena through the presentation of the spatial diversity of demographic and social processes in historical perspective. This is a significant record of the period also showing the challenges that Hungarian society faces at the end of the second decade of the 21st century. This addition to the National Atlas of Hungary – with its extensive body of knowledge presented in this work – is an important document of great benefit not only to geographers but also to historians, economists, politicians, and all other interested parties.
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