Rule versus interaction function : evaluating regional aggregations of commuting flows in Sweden


Autoria(s): Landré, Martin; Håkansson, Johan
Data(s)

2013

Resumo

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the performance of two divergent methods for delineating commuting regions, also called labour market areas, in a situation that the base spatial units differ largely in size as a result of an irregular population distribution. Commuting patterns in Sweden have been analyzed with geographical information system technology by delineating commuting regions using two regionalization methods. One, a rule-based method, uses one-way commuting flows to delineate local labour market areas in a top-down procedure based on the selection of predefined employment centres. The other method, the interaction-based Intramax analysis, uses two-way flows in a bottom-up procedure based on numerical taxonomy principles. A comparison of these methods will expose a number of strengths and weaknesses. For both methods, the same data source has been used. The performance of both methods has been evaluated for the country as a whole using resident employed population, self-containment levels and job ratios for criteria. A more detailed evaluation has been done in the Goteborg metropolitan area by comparing regional patterns with the commuting fields of a number of urban centres in this area. It is concluded that both methods could benefit from the inclusion of additional control measures to identify improper allocations of municipalities.

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Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-11903

ISI:000313817900001

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Högskolan Dalarna, Kulturgeografi

Högskolan Dalarna, Kulturgeografi

Delft : DUP Science

Relação

European journal of transport and infrastructure research, 1567-7133, 2013, 13:1, s. 1-19

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Palavras-Chave #commuting field; commuting region; Intramax analysis; functional region; local labour market area; self-containment
Tipo

Article in journal

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