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This chapter is a philosophical and historical overview of geographers’ concepts of community. Nelson highlights many of the challenges in defining “communities of interest” for redistricting. He also illustrates the idea of functional regionalization and discusses possible ties to redistricting.
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Nelson, G.D. (2022). The elusive geography of communities. In: Duchin, M., Walch, O. (eds) Political Geometry. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69161-9_11
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