Abstract
Identification of agriculture types in Poland with analysis of spatial associations.
The aims of the paper were to identify and characterize contemporary agriculture types
in Poland, and evaluate the suitability of the typology used. The analysis was performed on the
basis of territorial units (communes, LAU2). The study involved a total of 68 variables characterizing
agriculture. Spatial associations found in the data were identified. As the next step,
an analysis of local spatial autocorrelation was performed and spatial clusters were identified
by LISA and cluster analysis performed by the method of k-means clustering, which identified
a total of five agriculture types. The study presented the spatial distribution of individual types
of agriculture and their characteristics. Furthermore, the method was shown to be especially
useful for investigating agricultural phenomena characterized by a large number of traits in
relation to a large number of territorial units.
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