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Growing up as a city dweller and later experiencing village life as a student, I have witnessed the profound post-communist transformations in Hungary’s urban and rural landscapes. This dual perspective has led me to view cities and their surrounding villages as integrated regions that are critical to sustainable urban planning.

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  1. ‘Lendület’ Landscape and Conservation Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Botany, MTA–HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary

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Batáry, P. Bridging urban and rural futures.
Nat Cities (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-00453-9

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