Functional Urban Areas in Nitra Region

Funkčné mestské regióny v Nitrianskom kraji

Andrej Kóňa, Kristína Dzureková

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 24, Číslo (Issue) 2, 2020, p. 377-388, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2020.24.2.377-388

Abstract

The number of people living in and around cities is growing exponentially. Adjacent urban areas are expanding and the number of required services is increasing as the population grows. This creates requirements that need to be addressed comprehensively for the whole region and not individually for local governments. A functional urban area and its creation can be a response not only to system settings, but also to the development of such a region. The aim of the paper is to define the theoretical basis of functional urban areas and to point out the approaches and possibilities of creating such areas on a specific example (the city of Nitra). Using the data of the Slovak Smart City Index in this paper, we will design functional urban areas in the Nitra region of Slovakia. Our contribution is based on the database of the index, whose methodology is based on 74 indicators. Subsequently, according to the OECD methodology for the creation of functional urban areas, we will link the data and create geographical units.

Keywords: functional urban areas, region, Nitra, smart city, index

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