Title:
|
Supervised regionalization methods: A survey
|
Author:
|
Duque, Juan Carlos; Ramos Lobo, Raúl; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi
|
Other authors:
|
Universitat de Barcelona |
Abstract:
|
This paper reviews almost four decades of contributions on the subject of supervised regionalization methods. These methods aggregate a set of areas into a predefined number of spatially contiguous regions while optimizing certain aggregation criteria. The authors present a taxonomic scheme that classifies a wide range of regionalization methods into eight groups, based on the strategy applied for satisfying the spatial contiguity constraint. The paper concludes by providing a qualitative comparison of these groups in terms of a set of certain characteristics, and by suggesting future lines of research for extending and improving these methods. |
Subject(s):
|
-Regionalització -Economia regional -Correlació múltiple (Estadística) -Regionalization -Regional economics -Multiple comparisons (Statistics) |
Rights:
|
(c) Sage Publications, 2007
|
Document type:
|
Article Article - Accepted version |
Published by:
|
Sage Publications
|
Share:
|
|