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Conceptualising patterns of spatial flows: Five decades of advances in the definition and use of functional regions

Moravian Geographical Reports
Volume 24 (2016): Issue 2 (June 2016)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6202 (formerly 1210-8812) | Journal ISSN: 1210-8812
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Language: English
Page range: 2 - 11
Submitted on: Jan 8, 2016
Accepted on: May 6, 2016
Published on: Jul 8, 2016
Published by: Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geonics
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Keywords:
spatial flows,
functional region,
functional regionalisation,
regional taxonomy,
geographical thought
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

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