Functional regions : Concept and types

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Authors

KLAPKA Pavel HALÁS Marián TONEV Petr

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference XVI. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách. Sborník příspěvků.
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web http://is.muni.cz/do/econ/soubory/katedry/kres/4884317/41725568/12_2013.pdf
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-6257-2013-11
Field Earth magnetism, geography
Keywords functional region; nodal region; functional urban region; daily urban system; local labour market area
Description The contribution is concerned with a concept of a region in spatial and regional science. A number of terms related to specific instances of a region can cause a misinterpretation ofthe concept both in scientific and applied sphere. The objective of the contribution is to provide a concise theoretical introduction into a concept of a region, particularly of a region based on functional horizontal spatial relations, and a typology of functional regions. The discussion of different types of regions and their semantic content is put forward as well. Based onthe relevant literature and own research six types of regions have been identified and their position in the spatial and regional science shortly explained.
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