<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Selected traits of the spatial organisation of a geographical environment which stem from two types of human behaviour (locational and interactive) are examined in this paper. An attempt is made to find and account for similarities in the spatial patterns of scalar and vector geographical data. In doing so, the paper analyses a core-periphery dichotomy, based on socio-economic information, and travel-to-work patterns. The paper uses the concept of a region as an integrating and focusing framework for the study. Formal regions (peripheral areas) are defined through the application of principal components analysis and cluster analysis; functional regions are defined by a standard rule-based regionalisation algorithm. The territory of the Czech Republic is used as an area for testing the basic hypotheses. The results show that there is some form of interrelationship and complementarity between the spatial distribution of scalar data and vector data, i.e. between spatial structure and spatial interaction patterns, which together form the spatial organisation of a geographical environment.</p></abstract>

Selected traits of the spatial organisation of a geographical environment which stem from two types of human behaviour (locational and interactive) are examined in this paper. An attempt is made to find and account for similarities in the spatial patterns of scalar and vector geographical data. In doing so, the paper analyses a core-periphery dichotomy, based on socio-economic information, and travel-to-work patterns. The paper uses the concept of a region as an integrating and focusing framework for the study. Formal regions (peripheral areas) are defined through the application of principal components analysis and cluster analysis; functional regions are defined by a standard rule-based regionalisation algorithm. The territory of the Czech Republic is used as an area for testing the basic hypotheses. The results show that there is some form of interrelationship and complementarity between the spatial distribution of scalar data and vector data, i.e. between spatial structure and spatial interaction patterns, which together form the spatial organisation of a geographical environment.

Is there congruence in the spatial patterns of regions derived from scalar and vector geographical information?

Department of Geography, Faculty of Science

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Selected traits of the spatial organisation of a geographical environment which stem from two types of human behaviour (locational and interactive) are...

Is there congruence in the spatial patterns of regions derived from scalar and vector geographical information?

Published Online: Apr 15, 2019

Page range: 2 - 14

Received: Apr 05, 2017

Accepted: Feb 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0001

Keywords
spatial organisation, human behaviour, spatial structure, core-periphery dichotomy, formal region, distance decay, spatial interaction, functional region, Czech Republic

© 2019 Martin Erlebach et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Is there congruence in the spatial patterns of regions derived from scalar and vector geographical information?

Published Online: Apr 15, 2019

Page range: 2 - 14

Received: Apr 05, 2017

Accepted: Feb 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0001

Keywordsspatial organisation, human behaviour, spatial structure, core-periphery dichotomy, formal region, distance decay, spatial interaction, functional region, Czech Republic

© 2019 Martin Erlebach et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
spatial organisation, human behaviour, spatial structure, core-periphery dichotomy, formal region, distance decay, spatial interaction, functional region, Czech Republic