The efficiency of areal units in spatial analysis: Assessing the performance of functional and administrative regions

Klapka, Pavel; Halás, Marián; Netrdová, Pavlína; Nosek, Vojtěch

doi:10.1515/mgr-2016-0010

Abstract

An attempt to provide a procedure for the assessment of the efficiency of various regional systems for the purposes of spatial analysis is presented in this paper. Functional regions as well as approximated functional regions and the existing administrative regions in the Czech Republic are evaluated, as examples of regional systems to be compared and assessed. Functional regions and approximated functional regions are defined according to the adjusted third variant of the CURDS regionalisation algorithm, using the latest knowledge on the operation of the constraint function. The comparisons of individual regional systems are based on LISA maps and particularly on the assessment of regional variability, including the measures of internal homogeneity and external variability in the regional systems.

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