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The Spatial Structure of the Rural‐Urban Fringe: a Multivariate Approach
Author(s) -
Fesenmaier Daniel R.,
Goodchild Michael F.,
Morrison Sandra
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1979.tb00661.x
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , humanities , geography , art , computer science , programming language
The literature contains many definitions of the rural‐urban fringe, but it is difficult to find consensus on how many zones it contains, or how they can be mapped. It is argued in this paper that transitions within the fringe and at its borders are continuous rather than abrupt. In a study area adjoining London, Ontario, cluster analysis is used, and it leads to the identification of three norms. Membership probabilities are then mapped on the basis of each areal unit's resemblance to these norms through discriminant analysis. Dans la litterature, il y a beaucoup de definitions de la fringe péri‐urbaine, mais on discute le numéro de zones dans la fringe et la méthode de sa cartographie. On raisonne ici que les transitions dans la fringe et sur ses bords sont continues plutôt qu'abruptes. Dans cette étude des environs de London, Ontario, on emploie de ‘cluster analysis’ qui donne l'identification de trois groupes normatifs. On en fait une carte des probabilités d'adhésion sur la base du correspondance de chaque unité aréale à ces groupes normatifs par l'analyse discriminatoire.

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