Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.21861/hgg.2009.71.01.04

Application of Factor Analysis in the Research of Socio-Spatial Structure of City: the Case of Zagreb

Vedran Prelogović ; Department of geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The socio-spatial structure of Zagreb is researched in the work through the use of factor analysis. Three were derived using factor analysis of 16 manifest variables. The fi rst factor (socio-economic) has a sectoral spatial pattern; the second factor (labour status) has no manifest spatial pattern, while the third (family) bears circular features of the spatial pattern. It is shown that the greatest spatial differences between sections of the city are determined by socio-economic variables. The results of research indicate that socio-spatial polarization is present in Zagreb.

Keywords

factor analysis; socio-spatial structure; Zagreb; socio-economic status; labour status; family status; socio-spatial polarization

Hrčak ID:

41798

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/41798

Publication date:

27.6.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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