Fluid regionalisation of semantic regions: possibilities for visualisation

This paper explores diverse visualisation methods of regionalisation based on a semantic analysis of institutionalised region names (choronyms) and adopts a fluid (fuzzy) approach to regional boundaries. Grounded in the theory of the institutionalisation of regions, the study examines how region shapes delineate their identities, resulting in an overlapping space of regions. Thus, the nature of this approach in regional geography requires multiple visualisations of areal features. The outcome is map representations of regions in the Czech-German-Polish borderland, illustrating regionalisation beyond traditional regional geography. European regionalism requires regionalisation using innovative cartographic visualisation methods to represent a cultural landscape without the use of borders.Boundaries, names of the regions and institutions form the basis of the region’s identities. European regionalism requires regionalisation using innovative cartographic visualisation methods to represent a cultural landscape without the use of borders. Boundaries, names of the regions and institutions form the basis of the region’s identities.

本研究基于对制度化区域名称（choronyms）的语义分析，探讨了多样化的区域化可视化方法，并采用动态（模糊）方法处理区域边界问题。本研究以区域制度化理论为依托，考察区域形态如何界定其身份认同，并由此生成区域重叠空间。因此，该方法在区域地理学中的本质属性要求对区域面状特征进行多维度可视化表达。研究成果为捷-德-波三国边境区域绘制了可视化地图，展现了超越传统区域地理学范畴的区域化研究范式。欧洲区域主义需要运用创新型制图可视化方法开展区域化研究，以无需借助刚性边界的方式呈现文化景观。边界、区域名称与制度构成了区域身份认同的核心基础。欧洲区域主义需要运用创新型制图可视化方法开展区域化研究，以无需借助刚性边界的方式呈现文化景观。边界、区域名称与制度构成了区域身份认同的核心基础。