The delineation of a national system of planning regions on the basis of urban spheres of influence

Bibliographic Data

ID10406367
AuthorsDavid L Huff (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume7
Issue3
Pages323-329
Publication date1973-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09595237300185321
OpenAlexW2159464106
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited4

Huff D. L. (1973) The delineation of a national system of planning regions on the basis of urban spheres of influence. Reg. Studies 7, 323–329. Efforts to provide and coordinate geographically a delivery system for various federal programmes have been severely restricted because of the vast number of political artifacts that characterize the organization of American space. Strong feelings of territoriality associated with these political units have made the achievement of programmes extremely difficult. Competition among political units has been much more characteristic than cooperation. Furthermore, this fragmentation has resulted in duplication, inefficiencies, and higher costs. This paper advances a method of consolidating political units geographically in an effort to alleviate such problems. A distinguishing feature of the method is that it utilizes a spatial model and companion computer programme rather than subjective or empirical procedures. The regions that are delineated represent the spheres of influence of urban places

Fragmentation (computing · Geography · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Territoriality · Computer Science · Law · Urbanization and City Planning

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