Original scientific paper
EVALUATING FUNCTIONAL REGIONS
Samo Drobne
orcid.org/0000-0002-4859-3920
; Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Marija Bogataj
; University of Ljubljana and Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia
Abstract
In the paper, we suggest an approach to evaluate the number and composition of functional regions. Suggested approach is based on basic characteristics of functional regions, that are (1) more intensive
intra-regional than the inter-regional interactions and (2) internal social and economic heterogeneity. Those characteristics are measured by factors estimated in spatial interaction model. The approach to evaluate functional regions was applied to Slovenia for three time periods.
Keywords
region; functional region; spatial interaction model; number of functional regions; decision-making
Hrčak ID:
96686
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2012.
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