COMPACTNESS AND ELECTORAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT: AN ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE MEASURES |
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| Authors: | MARK S. FLAHERTY WILLIAM W. CRUMPLIN |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Geography, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3050, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P5;Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 |
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| Abstract: | Spatial compactness has been proposed as a suitable criterion for assessing whether electoral boundaries reflect partisan interests. Although several different measures of spatial compactness have been developed, only limited efforts have been made to compare and evaluate them in the context of electoral redistricting. This paper assesses alternative spatial compactness measures and applies conceptually appealing measures to the provincial ridings proposed by British Columbia's Royal Commission on Electoral Boundaries (1988). |
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