Unveiling spatial uncertainty: a method to evaluate the fuzzy nature of functional regions

Marián Halás, Pavel Klapka and Martin Erlebach

Regional Studies, 2019, vol. 53, issue 7, 1029-1041

Abstract: The evaluation of the level of spatial uncertainty builds theoretically on fuzzy set theory and the premise that the affinity of a basic spatial unit may assume values along a continuum between zero and full affinity. The paper briefly presents the motivation for the evaluation of fuzziness in functional regions based on daily travel-to-work flows. It discusses the existing measures of affinity and proposes a new approach to evaluate the fuzzy nature of functional regions. The proposed methodological innovations are tested using the example of the two-tier hierarchical system of functional regions in the Czech Republic.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1537483

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