<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The research conducted in the field of agricultural geography concerns both, the conditions and factors controlling the spatial structure of rural areas. It includes several lines of study, like an assessment of the natural environment for agricultural purposes, designing land-use maps, examining agricultural suburban zones, model approaches to agriculture, the spatial structure of agriculture, methods of the typology and regionalisation of agriculture, or multi- functionality of agriculture. They make use of a great variety of methods. This article presents methods employed in research on the spatial structure of agriculture. It defines the notion of a spatial structure, the consequences that follow from it, and methodological assumptions. The methods discussed embrace statistical methods of studying the spatial structure of agriculture, those used to determine elements predominating in this structure and to describe its heterogeneity, as well as mathematical and spatial-econometric models.</p></abstract>

The research conducted in the field of agricultural geography concerns both, the conditions and factors controlling the spatial structure of rural areas. It includes several lines of study, like an assessment of the natural environment for agricultural purposes, designing land-use maps, examining agricultural suburban zones, model approaches to agriculture, the spatial structure of agriculture, methods of the typology and regionalisation of agriculture, or multi- functionality of agriculture. They make use of a great variety of methods. This article presents methods employed in research on the spatial structure of agriculture. It defines the notion of a spatial structure, the consequences that follow from it, and methodological assumptions. The methods discussed embrace statistical methods of studying the spatial structure of agriculture, those used to determine elements predominating in this structure and to describe its heterogeneity, as well as mathematical and spatial-econometric models.

METHODS EMPLOYED IN RESEARCH ON THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE

Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The research conducted in the field of agricultural geography concerns both, the conditions and factors controlling the spatial structure of rural areas. It...

METHODS EMPLOYED IN RESEARCH ON THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 33 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2013-0031

Keywords
agricultural geography, spatial structure of agriculture, research methods

This content is open access.

METHODS EMPLOYED IN RESEARCH ON THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 33 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2013-0031

Keywordsagricultural geography, spatial structure of agriculture, research methods

This content is open access.

Keywords
agricultural geography, spatial structure of agriculture, research methods