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An alternative definition and use for the constraint function for rule-based methods of functional regionalisation

Authors

HALÁS Marián KLAPKA Pavel TONEV Petr BEDNÁŘ Marek

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Environment and Planning A
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
web http://epn.sagepub.com/content/47/5/1175.full.pdf+html
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308518X15592306
Field Earth magnetism, geography
Keywords regional taxonomy; functional regionalisation; constraint function; local labour market areas; travel-to-work areas; travel-to-work flows; Czech Republic
Description The paper addresses the issue of the constraint function and its use in methods of regional taxonomy and assessment of regional systems. It proposes an alternative definition for the constraint function for rule-based methods of functional regionalisation, such as the delineation of local labour-market areas, including alternative conceptions of the self-containment of the regions, and the trade-off between size and self-containment. An alternative constraint function has been applied in the territory of the Czech Republic as shown in the paper's illustrative example of its use from the original CURDS algorithm.
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