Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index
The Barrier Index is presented in this contribution. The index shows the extent to which spatial units of different sizes are closed off by barriers, influencing society by the different “thickness” and “thinness” of boundaries. The article defines the Index and compares land units with barriers in...
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| description | The Barrier Index is presented in this contribution. The index shows the extent to which spatial units of different sizes are closed off by barriers, influencing society by the different “thickness” and “thinness” of boundaries. The article defines the Index and compares land units with barriers in various details. The calculations were made for spatial units from the scale of parcels to one-hectare areas in selected types of regions, selected geographic regions, and border barriers in selected countries. The Index is useful for crossscale analysis and for identifying the underlying causes and relationships within different cultural, social, and geographical contexts. The example of spatially persistent family structures was used to highlight the underpinning influencing factors that connect the building of barriers at different scales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0afcb40927b46c8b69043085af7268c2022-12-22T04:06:16ZengSciendoMoravian Geographical Reports2199-62022021-12-0129429230510.2478/mgr-2021-0021Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier IndexKušar Domen0Komac Blaž1Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SloveniaAnton Melik Geographical Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, SloveniaThe Barrier Index is presented in this contribution. The index shows the extent to which spatial units of different sizes are closed off by barriers, influencing society by the different “thickness” and “thinness” of boundaries. The article defines the Index and compares land units with barriers in various details. The calculations were made for spatial units from the scale of parcels to one-hectare areas in selected types of regions, selected geographic regions, and border barriers in selected countries. The Index is useful for crossscale analysis and for identifying the underlying causes and relationships within different cultural, social, and geographical contexts. The example of spatially persistent family structures was used to highlight the underpinning influencing factors that connect the building of barriers at different scales.https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2021-0021barrier indexborderbarrierfenceurban designhuman geography |
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| title | Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index |
| title_full | Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index |
| title_fullStr | Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index |
| title_short | Barriers Everyone: A New Method for Multiscale Analysis of Barriers Using the Barrier Index |
| title_sort | barriers everyone a new method for multiscale analysis of barriers using the barrier index |
| topic | barrier index border barrier fence urban design human geography |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2021-0021 |
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