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The article offers information about Eurostat nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), the three-level hierarchy designed for the regional statistics of European Union (EU) countries and European Free Trade Association (EFTA). It states the adaptation of a circle packing layout that...

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Published in:	Environment & Planning A Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 1754 - 1756
Main Author:	Hautdidier, Baptiste
Format:	Article
Published:	Pion Limited August 2011
Subjects:	Geography > Methodology Geography > Statistical methods European Union countries
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article offers information about Eurostat nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), the three-level hierarchy designed for the regional statistics of European Union (EU) countries and European Free Trade Association (EFTA). It states the adaptation of a circle packing layout that aims at compactness and readability. It adds that the layout emphasizes how a density-dependent category can change along the levels of the hierarchy.