REGION AS AN ESSENCE COMPONENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CONTEXT OF DISTANCE FUNCTION Cover Image

REGION JAKO ISTOTNY SKŁADNIK WIEDZY GEOGRAFICZNEJ W KONTEKŚCIE FUNKCJI ODLEGŁOŚCI
REGION AS AN ESSENCE COMPONENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CONTEXT OF DISTANCE FUNCTION

Author(s): Jan Łoboda
Subject(s): Regional Geography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Region; distance; spatial diffusion of innovation;

Summary/Abstract: The observation, results and regularities quoted so far bring about several theoretical and practical remarks. Let us present the most essential of them. The function analysis, expressing the investigated distance function analysis referring to various places in space, meet many difficulties in a total presentation. The available data, used most frequently, are only samples taken from a definite place, point in space or subjectively defined time. Still, there exists an essential problem for geographical investigation, namely to what extent these samples are representative of the surrounding reality. The interpretation of the finding obtained in this way brings about almost analogous problems. The above refers to space observation. Moreover, the relativity of distance measures is not enough to treat these conventional premises and instruments as absolute.

  • Issue Year: 27/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-80
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish