Geography Reference
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Figure 3.2
The table of
chorèmes
, representing the twenty-eight basic figures of spatial distribution
according to Roger Brunet
Source: reproduced in Ormeling (1992: 21)
spatial metaphor, for instance 'network' (Healey, 2004). The cartographic
representation of spatial concepts is often key to its success and to convey its
meaning. Well known examples of spatial metaphor for the European territory are
the 'Blue Banana' (Reclus, 1989, see Figure 1.1) and the 'European Bunch of
Grapes' (Kunzmann and Wegener, 1991; see Figure 1.2).
