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<p>The Barrier Index is presented in this contribution. The index shows the extent to which spatial units of different sizes are closed off by barriers, influencing society by the different “thickness” and “thinness” of boundaries. The article defines the Index and compares land units with barriers in various details. The calculations were made for spatial units from the scale of parcels to one-hectare areas in selected types of regions, selected geographic regions, and border barriers in selected countries. The Index is useful for crossscale analysis and for identifying the underlying causes and relationships within different cultural, social, and geographical contexts. The example of spatially persistent family structures was used to highlight the underpinning influencing factors that connect the building of barriers at different scales.</p>
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The Barrier Index is presented in this contribution. The index shows the extent to which spatial units of different sizes are closed off by barriers, influencing society by the different “thickness” and “thinness” of boundaries. The article defines the Index and compares land units with barriers in various details. The calculations were made for spatial units from the scale of parcels to one-hectare areas in selected types of regions, selected geographic regions, and border barriers in selected countries. The Index is useful for crossscale analysis and for identifying the underlying causes and relationships within different cultural, social, and geographical contexts. The example of spatially persistent family structures was used to highlight the underpinning influencing factors that connect the building of barriers at different scales.

Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The Barrier Index is presented in this contribution. The index shows the extent to which spatial units of different sizes are closed off by barriers,...

Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2021

Páginas: 292 - 305

Recibido: 05 sept 2021

Aceptado: 22 dic 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2021-0021

Palabras clave
Barrier Index, border, barrier, fence, urban design, human geography

© 2021 Ioannis Chrysikos, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2021

Páginas: 292 - 305

Recibido: 05 sept 2021

Aceptado: 22 dic 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2021-0021

Palabras claveBarrier Index, border, barrier, fence, urban design, human geography

© 2021 Ioannis Chrysikos, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Barrier Index, border, barrier, fence, urban design, human geography