Publication details
Unveiling spatial uncertainty: a method to evaluate the fuzzy nature of functional regions
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Regional Studies |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2018.1537483 |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1537483 |
| Keywords | spatial uncertainty, functional regions, fuzziness, membership index, travel-to-work flows, Czech Republic |
| Description | The evaluation of the level of spatial uncertainty builds theoretically on fuzzy set theory and the premise that the affinity of a basic spatial unit may assume values along a continuum between zero and full affinity. The paper briefly presents the motivation for the evaluation of fuzziness in functional regions based on daily travel-to-work flows. It discusses the existing measures of affinity and proposes a new approach to evaluate the fuzzy nature of functional regions. The proposed methodological innovations are tested using the example of the two-tier hierarchical system of functional regions in the Czech Republic. |