Mapping functional areas in Spain using mobile positioning data

Autor:	Mercedes Rodríguez, José A. Camacho-Ballesta, JESUS MOLINA BELMONTE
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Urban Studies Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Zdroj:	European Urban and Regional Studies. 29:145-151
ISSN:	1461-7145 0969-7764
DOI:	10.1177/09697764211066258
Popis:	To be effective, territorial development policies must rely on information collected at a proper spatial scale. This commentary compares functional and administrative geographies. We go beyond metropolitan areas and map functional areas across the entire national territory of Spain. These functional areas are delineated using commuting flows based on mobile positioning data. The results obtained revealed the existence of a substantial number of functional areas that do not belong to one sole region. This indicates that there is a discrepancy between the socioeconomic reality and the administrative areas employed for territorial development policy purposes. Functional areas could be particularly useful to address policy challenges in issues like labor market functioning, transport planning, housing, or public service provision.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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