Heterogeneity and continuity of geographical space: an example of functional regions in Slovakia

Autor:	Marián Halás, Pavel Klapka
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Computer science 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Space (mathematics) 050703 geography Cartography Earth-Surface Processes
Zdroj:	Geografie. 125:319-342
ISSN:	2571-421X 1212-0014
DOI:	10.37040/geografie2020125030319
Popis:	Heterogeneity and continuity are two basic traits of geographic space that are also responsible for the problem of spatial uncertainty. In the existing research, heterogeneity and continuity have predominantly been discussed in relation to an analysis of scalar spatial information, i.e. information linked to a single place or a single region. This paper presents a possibility to express the heterogeneity and continuity of geographical space by vector information using methods of functional regional taxonomy. The first objective is to define functional regions in Slovakia based on daily travel-to-work flows (i.e. “crisp” expressions of heterogeneity of spacesensufuzzy set theory). Added value rests in the analyses and cartographic expressions of relative self-containments for resulting functional regions and an orientation of interregional commuting flows. The second objective is to express continuity of space symbolically through an analysis of uncertainty in the resulting system of functional regions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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