Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.03.08
R. Christian M., R. Jayne M.
{"title":"The Evolution of Small Town Spa Resorts in the Global South: The Historical Pathway of Montagu, South Africa","authors":"R. Christian M., R. Jayne M.","doi":"10.15170/mg.2024.19.03.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2024.19.03.08","url":null,"abstract":"An important resource for small town tourism is maximising the local advantage of natural mineral springs. Only a small international literature exists on the evolution of spa resorts with scant writings for the Global South. For small town South Africa the histories of spa tourism mostly are unrecorded. This article addresses this knowledge gap by investigating the historical development of one spa tourism resort, namely Montagu in the Western Cape. Archival and documentary sources are utilised to analyse the tourism development of this small town from its formal establishment in the early 1850s to the closing apartheid years during the late 1980s. It is shown that Montagu’s rise was part of the wider growth of South Africa as a health destination which was anchored upon its assets of climate and mineral springs. The thermal springs of Montagu put the town on the tourist map resulting in its declaration as a health resort and emergence as a popular holiday destination. By the time of the apartheid period Montagu was becoming a more leisure-tourism dominated and a less health focussed destination.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"94 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141695819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.01.09
Nedim Márton El-Meouch, Éva Máté, András Trócsányi, Gábor Pirisi, Levente Alpek B.
{"title":"A koronavírus-válság strukturális és területi hatásai a magyarországi vállalati szektor sérülékenységére = The Structural and Territorial Impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on the Vulnerability of the Hungarian Corporate Sector","authors":"Nedim Márton El-Meouch, Éva Máté, András Trócsányi, Gábor Pirisi, Levente Alpek B.","doi":"10.15170/mg.2024.19.01.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2024.19.01.09","url":null,"abstract":"Corporate resilience is a frequently explored topic in the social science discourse on space. This study investigates the repercussions of the economic crisis induced by the coronavirus epidemic on the Hungarian corporate sector. It assesses corporate vulnerability through profitability and indebtedness dimensions, utilizing financial statements and credit data from 2019 and 2020. Initial scrutiny by sector and size reveals vulnerable company segments, followed by a territorial analysis to identify crisis-affected actors. Findings indicate that accommodation and food service, construction, administrative and support service activities, education, art, entertainment, and recreation economic branches, as well as smaller enterprises, were most impacted. Moreover, no distinct spatial pattern emerges; distribution is more influenced by sectoral and sizebased factors.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":" 706","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140092196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.06
Zoltán Wilhelm
{"title":"Mecsekaljáról a Himalájába – Földrajzi szemléletű Ázsia-kutatások Pécsett. Tóth József professzor iskolateremtő szerepe","authors":"Zoltán Wilhelm","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.06","url":null,"abstract":"Tanulmányomban áttekintem Tóth József professzor szerepét a Pécsi Tudományegyetem Ázsia Központjának létrejöttében, a Központ működésének megszervezésében, illetve értékelem az alapítás máig tartó hatásait. Tóth professzor holisztikus világszemléletében – természetes módon – kiemelkedő szerepet játszott az empíria. Maga szerette felfedezni, megtapasztalni a világot. A felfedezés kíváncsisága az elemzés, a tanulás kíváncsiságává érett, és ha maga nem tudta, nem akarta e tapasztalási folyamatot továbbvinni, keresett a környezetében olyanokat, akik az „ügyet” folytatták. Tóth professzor ezzel az attitűddel emberi sorsokat változtatott meg, így az enyémet is, amikor 1996-ban megismertetett az indiai Gopal Krishan professzorral, későbbi mentorommal, a chandigarhi Panjab University tanárával, akivel a következő évben már a szubkontinensen találkozhattam. Ezzel megkezdődött számomra, valamint az Ázsia Központ számára is India kutatásának, szellemi, kulturális értékei felfedezésének kalandja.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":" 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138614957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.07
Norbert Pap
{"title":"Kell nekünk régió? Gondolatok Tóth József pécsi geográfus örökségéről","authors":"Norbert Pap","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.07","url":null,"abstract":"This essay is about the intellectual legacy of József Tóth, professor of geography at the University of Pécs. The main topics we have attempted to assess are regionalism in Hungary, the tasks of geography, the local, regional and international tasks of the University of Pécs, the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences in Pécs, and the operation of the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences. The author has based his research on his personal experiences as a student and staff member, as well as on interviews and written sources. The paper presents the timeless achievements of József Tóth’s work, the training portfolio, the university integration, the development of the Faculty of Sciences, and the establishment of the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, approaching the issue from the perspective of sustainability.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"32 35","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138624781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.05
András Trócsányi, Gábor Pirisi
{"title":"Tóth József és a várossá nyilvánítás","authors":"András Trócsányi, Gábor Pirisi","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.05","url":null,"abstract":"This retrospective article points to a single aspect of József Tóth’s scientific work, to the thematic intersections that make it easier to interpret his oeuvre as a whole. Through secondary analyses of literature, as well as professional experiences and personal impressions gained as a student and colleague, it attempts to synthesize the professor’s scientific work related to urban reclassification and formal urbanisation. József Tóth’s influence extended beyond the academic sphere not only as a science organizer and rector, but also as a regional developer. This commemorative essay also points to the relationship between the scientist and politics, the never-ending struggles of the geographer in the formation of regional policies. József Tóth’s school-establishing activity in Pécs – also related to the practical aspects of formal urbanization – made a lasting contribution to the development of Hungarian human geography.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"70 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135715468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.04
Ferenc Győri
{"title":"A Tóth József témavezetésével PhD-fokozatot szerzett tanítványok – a földrajz talentumai, avagy a talentumok földrajza","authors":"Ferenc Győri","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.04","url":null,"abstract":"József Tóth was an outstanding figure in Hungarian geography. This article aims to present his scientific talent management at the University of Pécs through the data of his PhD students (n=63). During the analysis we used university publications and electronic databases, as well as Spearman’s correlation calculation, independent T-test, Mann–Whitney U-test, Kruskal–Wallis test and Chi-squared test to explore the relationships. The largest proportion of students were born and worked in the Southern Great Plain, North Hungary and Transdanubia, however the winner of the regional talent migration is Transdanubia. The professional openness of the professor is reflected in the topic selection of the dissertations completed under his supervision. His students, carrying on his intellectual heritage, are still active in scientific publishing. The charismatic personality, world view and professional knowledge of the head of doctoral school are manifested in the diversity and academic performance of his former students.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"112 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135220783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.03
István Tarrósy
{"title":"Tóth József és az intézményszintű nemzetköziesítés kezdetei az integrált Pécsi Tudományegyetemen","authors":"István Tarrósy","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.03","url":null,"abstract":"The paper deals with the internationalisation dimensions and achievements of the work of Professor József Tóth as Rector of the University of Pécs (PTE). The author, as a direct colleague of Rector Tóth, uses the mixed method to analyse interviews and documents published in newspapers, and shares a number of personal memories and primary information with the aim of revealing to the reader József Tóth’s visionary thinking on the international positioning of the integrated University of Pécs. The paper is also a tribute to Tóth’s strategic planning, which certainly marked the beginning of institutional internationalisation for PTE.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135221940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.03.04
Olivér Rybár
{"title":"„Úgy nézek ki, mint Bernard Shaw?” Egy geográfus és a Nobel-díj – Cholnoky Jenő 1933. évi svédországi és norvégiai útja","authors":"Olivér Rybár","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.03.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.03.04","url":null,"abstract":"Geographer, Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950) visited Scandinavian countries three times during his life. During his first trip, between July 7–26, 1901. reached Finland, then in 1910 he travelled on the Scandinavian peninsula. He did not give a lecture at that time. The outstanding result of the year 1910 trip was a week of field research work spent on Spitsbergen (now Svalbard), where the conference audience of around 70 people toured the island together with local professional management. At the beginning of 1933, he reached Sweden and Norway again. He gave a total of four lectures in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Oslo. He spoke to the participants twice about the development of the Hungarian nation, and twice about the development of human cultures. His projected readings took place with great interest and press coverage. After his travel to Sweden and his autobiographical memoir, the legend about the scientist’s alleged nomination for the Nobel Prize took off. The veracity of these stories can now be refuted. The detailed description of his 1933 trip has not been presented before, the reconstruction of the trip was aided by previously unknown materials from the scientist’s legacy.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130118022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.02
Zoltán Dövényi
{"title":"Hullámvasúton. Tóth József és a magyar társadalomföldrajz","authors":"Zoltán Dövényi","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.02","url":null,"abstract":"The study attempts to place József Tóth in Hungarian human geography, and primarily seeks the answer to whether he had such an outstanding role that we can even talk about “The era of József Tóth”. In order to answer this question, the professor’s career is outlined in three approaches, as they basically determine whether someone can be called an epoch-making scientist. These are, in order, outstanding academic performance, managerial ambitions and aspirations and professional institutional background. József Tóth was undoubtedly an outstanding figure in Hungarian human geography, but he could not really give it the style he envisioned. The main reasons for this were lack of academic membership and of a leading position in a research institute.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134976523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.01
Gábor Pirisi, Róbert Tésits
{"title":"Tóth Józsefre emlékezünk. Előszó a Modern Geográfia tematikus számához","authors":"Gábor Pirisi, Róbert Tésits","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.04.01","url":null,"abstract":"February 7, 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Professor József Tóth. Our journal would like to contribute to a worthy commemoration. Perhaps it is not surprising that the following articles recalling the past appear in the thematic issue of Modern Geográfia. This is partly due to the fact that the professor was the founder of our journal. In terms of their scope and genre, the following articles are not research articles in the classical sense of the term, but rather short studies, or more precisely essays, which are based primarily on personal memories and experiences in addition to secondary analyses of academic literature. All of our authors invited to the commemoration were students, friends, and colleagues of József Tóth, so they gladly agreed to pay tribute to the professor’s memory with a piece of writing each. The articles point out, among other things, József Tóth’s role in 20th-century Hungarian geography, the results of his rectorship, the residential and territorial characteristics of his famous students, and the impact of his versatile research on the development of geography in Pécs.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"148 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135324819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}