Identifying functional regions in Australia using hierarchical aggregation techniques

Geographical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-41

  Mitchell, William ^a   Watts, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional economic areas; Intramax algorithm; Spatial aggregation; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LABOR MARKET; PUBLIC SPENDING; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77955151379     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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