  This article studies the Greek interregional commuting network (GRN) by using
measures and methods of complex network analysis and empirical techniques. The
study aims to detect structural characteristics of the commuting phenomenon,
which are configured by the functionality of the land transport
infrastructures, and to interpret how this network serves and promotes the
regional development. In the empirical analysis, a multiple linear regression
model for the number of commuters is constructed, which is based on the
conceptual framework of the term network, in effort to promote the
interdisciplinary dialogue. The analysis highlights the effect of the spatial
constraints on the network's structure, provides information on the major road
transport infrastructure projects that constructed recently and influenced the
country capacity, and outlines a gravity pattern describing the commuting
phenomenon, which expresses that cities of high population attract large
volumes of commuting activity within their boundaries, a fact that contributes
to the reduction of their outgoing commuting and consequently to the increase
of their inbound productivity. Overall, this paper highlights the effectiveness
of complex network analysis in the modeling of spatial and particularly of
transportation network and promotes the use of the network paradigm in the
spatial and regional research.
