A new methodolical approach to the countryside boundary and its application in the Slovak Republic
2001
Stehlikova, B. (Slovenska Polnohospodarska Univ., Nitra (Slovak Republic))
The term rural area is immnediately understood by everybody. However, the creation of an objective, unequivocal definition of the countryside appears to be a tricky, even impossible task. Population density is a criterion most often used to define the boundary between rural and urban areas. The article presents new methods for definition of rural areas at two hierarchical levels - the local level (municipalities) and a territorial unit (district, region). The methods are based on the construction and the use of membership function of rural and urban areas
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