Analysing settlement level data with dynamic indicators based on GIS database

Abstract

The change in the development status of certain territories plays important role in several areas of the economic life. The indicators of the development status of territories used internationally and in Hungary, as well, are typically static indicators showing a comparative-relative level of the dimension of the development. The use of dynamic indicators help approaching a further dimension of territorial development, which calculably refers to the potential for development of given area. Therefore, such methodical approaches are considered important by the authors, which contribute to the measurement of the dynamism of changes in the development state; that is the development of so-called dynamic territorial development indicators. The current study defines observations in relevance to methodological aspects through the example of unemployment ratio of settlements.