Geography Books
The University of Chicago Press The Freedom of Speech
Book SynopsisThe institution of slavery has always depended on myriad ways of enforcing the boundaries between slaveholders and the enslaved. As historical geographer Miles Ogborn reveals in The Freedom of Speech, no repressive tool has been as pervasive as the policing of words themselves. Offering a compelling new lens on transatlantic slavery, this book gathers rich historical data from Barbados, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, and North America to delve into the complex relationships between voice, slavery, and empire. From the most quotidian encounters to formal rules of what counted as evidence in court, the battleground of slavery lay in who could speak and under what conditions. But, as Ogborn shows through keen attention to the narratives and silences in the archives, if slavery as a legal status could be made by words, it could be unmade by them as well. A masterful look at the duality of domination, The Freedom of Speech offers a rich interpretation of oral cultures that both supported and
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Geocultural Power
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The University of Chicago Press Geocultural Power Chinas Quest to Revive the Silk
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The University of Chicago Press Crossing the Class Color Lines From Public
Book SynopsisIn the US, it is rare that people of different races and social classes live together in the same housing developments and neighbourhoods. The Gautreaux program was especially designed to help redress this problem. This work shows this unique experiment in racial, social, and economic integration.Trade Review"This book's history of Chicago public housing should be required reading for anyone interested in social policy in the United States." - Jens Ludwig, Social Service Review; "[The authors"] work is rightly cited as one of the important precedents in the field.... This is a remarkable, unassailable accomplishment and this book is an important record of their scholarly contribution." - John M. Goering, Ethnic and Racial Studies
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Written on Bamboo and Silk
Book SynopsisPaleography, which often overlaps with archaeology, deciphers ancient inscriptions and modes of writing to reveal the knowledge and workings of earlier societies. In this classic paleographic study of China, T. H.
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The University of Chicago Press Stacked Decks
Book SynopsisA startling look at the power and perspectives of city building inspectors as they navigate unequal housing landscapes. Though we rarely see them at work, building inspectors have the power to significantly shape our lives through their discretionary decisions. The building inspectors of Chicago are at the heart of sociologist Robin Bartram's analysis of how individuals impactor attempt to impacthousing inequality. In Stacked Decks, she reveals surprising patterns in the judgment calls inspectors make when deciding whom to cite for building code violations. These predominantly white, male inspectors largely recognize that they work within an unequal housing landscape that systematically disadvantages poor people and people of color through redlining, property taxes, and city spending that favor wealthy neighborhoods. Stacked Decks illustrates the uphill battle inspectors face when trying to change a housing system that works against those with the fewest resources. Trade Review"Bartram examines the role of housing inspectors in Chicago, focusing on the judgment calls that inspectors make when deciding whom to cite for building code violations. . . . Her analysis highlights the uphill battle that inspectors face when trying to change a housing system that works against those with the fewest resources." * Law & Social Inquiry *"This volume is a very accessible exploration of how different sources of inequality contribute to unequal housing outcomes by race, income, and social class in US cities. . . In this case study, [Bartram] focuses on the ways in which institutions, laws, decisions, and policies contribute to inequality in the housing market in Chicago. . . This work will likely be of strongest interest to students and scholars of urban sociology, urban studies, urban planning, and possibly public administration. It may also be suitable for general readers looking for publications on housing issues in contemporary US cities." * Choice *"The heart of Bartram’s book is a rich, nuanced description of her time accompanying Chicago’s building inspectors on their rounds as they responded to complaints called into the city’s Department of Buildings. What she found is not only interesting as ethnological description, but challenges much of the conventional wisdom. . . It should be read by anyone concerned with the reality on the ground in America’s urban neighborhoods. . ." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"A fresh look at the work of building inspectors. . . . Stacked Decks is a much-needed examination of how inspectors make sense of complex situations, and how their sense of deservingness influences their judgment." * Social Forces *“Bartram’s smart, succinct, and elegantly written book is ostensibly an ethnographic study of building inspectors in Chicago. In reality, Stacked Decks is a book about power. It uses the daily struggles of building inspectors in Chicago to illuminate a fundamental moral, economic and political problem of our era – the persistence of racialized housing inequality despite the efforts of “frontline” city workers to mitigate it. Distinguishing between individual inspectors’ efforts to mete out justice and the systemic workings of power, Bartram shows us that the former will always be thwarted as long as the latter remains obscure. Stacked Decks is a compact study that raises big questions. Anyone interested in cities, the built environment, racism, wealth inequality, and the operation of municipal, legal, and financial power will want to read it.” -- Beryl Satter, Rutgers University“Stacked Decks is a much needed and methodologically cutting-edge example of the EMERGING sociology of housing, giving us new tools with which to observe that the long-standing structures that made housing opportunity unequal by race are alive and well in new forms. Expertly leveraging ethnography, interviews, archival records on code violations, and 311 calls, Bartram brings into glaring relief the seemingly mundane and invisible dynamics of urban housing, sounding an alarm about housing insecurity, racial equity, and social mobility in America. Stacked Decks is a must read as we as a nation consider how to confront our housing crises.” -- Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University“Bartram brilliantly opens a window onto an enormous world of overlooked activity. We see how Chicago building inspectors take ‘stabs at justice’ as they enforce the law. Reading this book compels us to think about how all workers in America understand inequalities and injustices—and how they might use their discretion on the job to right the country’s wrongs.” -- Debbie Becher, Barnard College, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1. Stacked Decks Chapter 2. Building Inspections Chapter 3. Rentals and Relative Assessments Chapter 4. Helping Out Homeowners: Changing Faces and Stubborn Realities Chapter 5. Justice Blockers Conclusion. Reshuffling the Deck Acknowledgments Appendix A. Methodology Appendix B. Building Violation Counts Appendix C. Map of Strategic Task Force Inspections Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Power of Tiananmen StateSociety Relations and
Book SynopsisThis text provides a comprehensive account of the events surrounding the largest student revolt in history. The author teases out the emotions, rumours and elements of traditional and national culture that drove the students to revolt in 1989 at Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
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Columbia University Press Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia 15902010
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn outstanding milestone in Asian historical geography. Northeast Asia emerges as a dynamic sphere of interaction among local, national, and international forces. This book will be useful for classes in history and geography and essential for the reference shelf of every student of Northeast Asia. -- Christopher P. Atwood, Indiana University A unique and extremely welcome contribution to the study of a critical region during its most important centuries. This book relates the major events and plots the most significant sites decade by decade from the end of the sixteenth century into the twenty-first. It opens largely untrafficked parts of Asia to wide readership and promises to become a standard reference for historians, political scientists, and geographers, as well as anyone who appreciates serious cartography. -- Nancy S. Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania The creators of this historical atlas have produced a small treasure, not least in the multilanguage table of place-names, for all those who are interested in the area. It also represents an innovative method to recognize and rescue a region whose story has been obscured by superpowers throughout much of history. -- Prasenjit Duara, National University of Singapore This superb atlas greatly enhances our knowledge of the region of Asia comprising north China, Korea, Japan, Russia, Mongolia, and Manchuria. The authors define the region ecologically instead of politically, focusing on the interaction of nomadic conquerors with the expanding empires of Russia and China and the Korean state. They outline boundaries with vivid colors and carefully locate major towns and geographic features, while also providing a concise integrated political narrative for each decade over nearly five hundred years. Such an effective combination of visual and narrative information makes this an essential resource for anyone researching or teaching about this critical region of Asia. -- Peter C. Perdue, Yale University This work fills a gaping hole in our knowledge of Russian history as well as all of Northeast Asian history. -- Helen Hundley The Russian Review Thought-provoking and intriguing - especially if you like maps... Essential for anyone interested in the broad sweep of northeast Asian history. Asian Review Useful. I would recommend this atlas for academic collections. Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society Marvelous... Its maps are elaborate enough to inspire researchers and still compendious enough to be useful for teaching history and historical geography at the university level. Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia would also serve scholars of Asian studies as an excellent reference book. Journal of Historical GeographyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Methodology and Sources Terminology and Spelling Abbreviations Introduction: Northeast Asia Contested Term, Contested Region Geography Climate and Human Ecology Peoples and Languages Politics Part I. 1590-1700 Part II. 1700-1800 Part III. 1800-1900 Part IV. 1900-2010 Appendix A. Historical Maps Appendix B. Gazetteer Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Political Exercise
Book SynopsisLawrence D. Brown presents five case studies of cities that have promoted active living with varying success through a range of approaches. He shows how and why the transformation of a call for public intervention into projects, programs, and policies is inescapably political.Trade ReviewIn the lively, elegant, and finely crafted Political Exercise, Lawrence D. Brown begins with a simple and completely uncontroversial idea: active living is a key to health and happiness. And yet it’s devilishly hard to configure cities in a way that promotes this idea. In the little steps toward active living taken in five cities, Brown finds lessons, cautions, and tempered success. An enjoyable and very readable book with lessons and advice for urbanists, policy analysts, health care specialists, and reformers. -- James A. Morone, author of Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal from George Washington to Donald TrumpRecommended. * Choice *Of interest to persons concerned with the proper design, implementation, and evaluation of public programs, especially in such policy areas as public health, green cities, and urban planning and design. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Wilkes-Barre: Active Living on the Trail to Recovery2. Louisville: The Politics of Piecemeal Progress3. Albuquerque: Reshaping a Cultural Landscape4. Sacramento: Active Living as a Breath of Fresh Air5. New York City: Flourishing at the Margins of Policy6. Evaluation Meets Implementation: The Struggle for the RealConclusion: Active Living and Beyond: Bringing Implementation Back Into Health PromotionNotesReferencesIndex
£90.00
Columbia University Press Political Exercise
Book SynopsisLawrence D. Brown presents five case studies of cities that have promoted active living with varying success through a range of approaches. He shows how and why the transformation of a call for public intervention into projects, programs, and policies is inescapably political.Trade ReviewIn the lively, elegant, and finely crafted Political Exercise, Lawrence D. Brown begins with a simple and completely uncontroversial idea: active living is a key to health and happiness. And yet it’s devilishly hard to configure cities in a way that promotes this idea. In the little steps toward active living taken in five cities, Brown finds lessons, cautions, and tempered success. An enjoyable and very readable book with lessons and advice for urbanists, policy analysts, health care specialists, and reformers. -- James A. Morone, author of Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal from George Washington to Donald TrumpRecommended. * Choice *Of interest to persons concerned with the proper design, implementation, and evaluation of public programs, especially in such policy areas as public health, green cities, and urban planning and design. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Wilkes-Barre: Active Living on the Trail to Recovery2. Louisville: The Politics of Piecemeal Progress3. Albuquerque: Reshaping a Cultural Landscape4. Sacramento: Active Living as a Breath of Fresh Air5. New York City: Flourishing at the Margins of Policy6. Evaluation Meets Implementation: The Struggle for the RealConclusion: Active Living and Beyond: Bringing Implementation Back Into Health PromotionNotesReferencesIndex
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Columbia University Press Leader Communities
Book SynopsisLeader Communities is a study of Stockholm's suburb Djursholm and other similar places: privileged communities where elites choose to live, socialize with other elites, and raise their children into future elites. Mikael Holmqvist provides unparalleled insight into today's power elite and the social and political consequences of their aspirations.Trade ReviewOne of the very few extensive and penetrating ethnographic studies of an upper-class community, its culture, lifestyle, mentality, ideals, and norms, but also its problems and shortcomings, which contributes new empirical knowledge to a topic which has received much attention in mass media as well as in elite literature. -- Trygve Gulbrandsen, research professor at the Institute for Social Research (Norway) Sweden is mainly known to Americans as an advanced welfare state with equality bordering on socialism. This book presents another side of Sweden through its focus on its most exclusive suburb, Djursholm, situated just outside of Stockholm. This is where Sweden's one-percenters live and also where they do their utmost to ensure that their children will stay in that percent. A first rate social science study. -- Richard Swedberg, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. A Shining City: The Emphasis on Aesthetics2. A Privileged World: Economic Power and Wealth3. Significant People and Winners4. Sporty Teenagers, Winsome Pensioners5. Fragrant, Sociable Personages6. Community and Social Partition7. Family Life8. A Lifestyle Under Threat9. Service Staff10. Becoming an Elite11. Judgment and Fear of Failure12. Tactics for Success13. The Rise of the “Consecracy” AcknowledgmentsLiteratureAppendix: The Ethnographic StudyNotesIndex
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Columbia University Press The Urbanization of People
Book SynopsisEli Friedman reveals how cities in China have granted public goods to the privileged while condemning poor and working-class migrants to insecurity, constant mobility, and degraded educational opportunities. He provides a fine-grained account of the life experiences of people drawn into the cities as workers but excluded as full citizens.Trade ReviewThis is an enormous endeavor well accomplished. Backed up by rich fieldwork and painstaking research over many years, this book tells a poignant story of China’s prodigious urbanization, on the back of a huge migrant labor class, through their and teachers’ struggles in the arena of education. Friedman also advances a provocative and rigorous theorization of the process linked to the state-designed sociospatial hierarchy and biopolitical machinery. -- Kam Wing Chan, University of WashingtonA revealing study of migrant schools as the lever of China’s unique project of ‘just-in-time’ urbanization. Friedman shines an essential light on the human struggles among migrant children, parents, and teachers and the rigid sociospatial class and citizenship hierarchies that lock them in place even as they move to the cities. A must-read for scholars in education, labor, development, urban, and China studies. -- Ching Kwan Lee, University of California, Los AngelesIn this magnificently researched and troubling study of China's urbanization process, Friedman situates migrants—teachers, children, parents, education activists—at the center of a tale of exploitative, unequal development, in which rural migrants are simultaneously highly valued and yet treated as outsiders, easily disposed of. A phenomenal piece of work in every way. -- Ralph A. Litzinger, Duke UniversityFriedman's study takes a whole-person and intergenerational approach to the question of how China's national policies and access to its capital city's public services are designed to discriminate and exclude this dynamic population that the city simultaneously relies upon for its informal labour. * China Labour Bulletin *The book is expertly researched, and rich with both data and personal interviews. It will be of interest to a range of readers beyond the academic sphere and including those interested in development, the economy, and social studies in China and the region. * Asian Labour Review *A must-read reference for studying Chinese urban politics. * China Quarterly *An excellent case study for research on immigration between nations. * Developing Economies *A serious and thought-provoking account of the experiences of people who have relocated to the city for work opportunities. * Choice *An essential guide to both the ways in which the country’s authorities have succeeded in engineering solutions to dilemmas that have stymied the development of other states and the degree to which its leaders have sabotaged the aspirations of critical segments of their citizenry. * International Labor Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Conceptualizing the Politics of Urbanization: The Just-in-Time Response2. Urban Developmentalism and the Inverted Welfare State3. The Migrant School: Concentrated Deprivation4. Rendered Surplus: Parents Navigate “Population Control via Education”5. Population Management’s “Hard Edge”: School Closures and Demolitions6. Reproductive Shock Absorbers: Teachers in Migrant SchoolsConclusion: Global ExtensionsMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Troubled Geographies A Spatial History of
Book SynopsisExplores the response of society in general and religion in particular to major cultural shocks such as the Famine and to long term processes such as urbanization.Trade ReviewVisit the companion website for the bookBy tapping the power of new geospatial technologies, the authors explored the intersection of geography, religion, politics, and identity in Irish history. Troubled Geographies. . . is a well-researched and written scholarly book that would interest students of European/Irish history and socio-cultural change. * International Social Science Review *The book makes a strong case for a greater consideration of spatial information in historical analysis—a message that is obviously appealing for geographers. But only when HGIS becomes more fully integrated into history and the humanities will the potential suggested by Troubled Geographies be fully realized. * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *A book like this is useful as a reminder of the struggles and the sacrifices of generations of unrest and conflict, albeit that, on a global scale, the Irish troubles are just one of a myriad of disputes, each with their own history and localized geography. The book is excellent as an introduction; it is written in a fluent, engaging and factually-correct prose. The first eight chapters on Ireland's history are essential reading before any sense can be made of the contemporary religious conflicts. . . * Journal of Historical Geography *Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1. Geography, Religion, and Society in Ireland: A Spatial History2. The Plantations: Sowing the Seeds of Ireland's Religious Geographies3. Religion and Society in Pre-Famine Ireland4. The Famine and its Impacts, 1840s to 1860s5. Towards Partition, 1860s to 1910s6. Partition and Civil War, 1911 to 19267. Division and Continuity, 1920s to 1960s8. Towards the Celtic Tiger: The Republic, 1961 to 20029. Stagnation and Segregation: Northern Ireland, 1971 to 200110. Communal Conflict and Death in Northern Ireland, 1969 to 200111. Belfast through the Troubles: Socio-economic Change, Segregation, and Violence12. Conclusions: Ireland's Religious Geographies—Stability or Change?Notes on Methods and Literature: From Historical GIS Databases to Narrative HistoriesIndex
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Indiana University Press The Spatial Humanities
Book SynopsisApplying the analytical tools of GIS to new fields of researchTrade ReviewThe first attempt to tackle the issue of the humanities as an epistemic unit head-on, and to consider what the use of GIS . . . can bring to them. . . . The technical quality of the chapters is uniformly high: side-by-side they form a wide-ranging account, admirable in its ambition and scope, and authored by contributors who are recognized experts in their fields. The documentation and footnoting are exemplary, and the reader new to the field will find the further reading sections at the end extremely valuable. * Literary and Linguistic Computing *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Turning toward Place, Space, and Time / Edward L. Ayers2. The Potential of Spatial Humanities / David J. Bodenhamer3. Geographic Information Science and Spatial Analysis for the Humanities / Karen K. Kemp4. Exploiting Time and Space: A Challenge for GIS in the Digital Humanities / Ian Gregory5. Qualitative GIS and Emergent Semantics / John Corrigan6. Representations of Space and Place in the Humanities / Gary Lock7. Mapping Text / May Yuan8. The Geospatial Semantic Web, Pareto GIS, and the Humanities / Trevor M. Harris, L. Jesse Rouse, and Susan Bergeron9. GIS, e-Science, and the Humanities Grid / Paul S. Ell10. Challenges for the Spatial Humanities: Toward a Research Agenda / Trevor M. Harris, John Corrigan, and David J. BodenhamerSuggestions for Further ReadingList of ContributorsIndex
£17.99
Yale University Press Vulcans Fury Man Against the Volcano
Book SynopsisThis volume describes 15 of the most remarkable volcano eruptions in history and, using firsthand accounts, analyzes their impact on humans in their paths. The author surveys volcanic disasters from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD to the eruption of Mount St Helens in 1980.Trade Review"Scarth's readers will learn what authorities now know about how to predict and prepare for big eruptions, and the riveting accounts he provides of each calamity, eye-witness and secondhand, display the fascination that leads so many scientists to risk their lives to study volcanoes." Publishers Weekly "Informative, fascinating, and sobering for the professional volcanologist, anyone attracted by volcanoes and, indeed, anyone interested in human resourcefulness." Hazel Rymer, Times Higher Education Supplement "Gripping and richly illustrated." Robert Kunzig, Discover "Scarth... has assembled riveting eyewitness accounts from lucky survivors through the ages." Laurence A. Marschall, The Sciences "I found the accounts of each of these contrasting events compelling and highly informative, from both geological and sociological perspectives... Scarth is to be congratulated on an excellent book that is easy to read, difficult to put down, and deserving of a very wide audience." Peter Cattermole, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
£17.99
Yale University Press Geoarchaeology
Book SynopsisConsidering the history and theory of geoarchaeology, this book discusses soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; and others. It is for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology.Trade Review"Probably the most comprehensive treatise on geoarchaeology yet written."—Vance Haynes, University of Arizona -- Vance Haynes"Rapp and Hill provide the single most comprehensive guide to basic principles in the field of Geoarchaeology. The text is an essential resource for teaching earth science applications to undergraduate archaeologists."—Andrea Freeman, University of Calgary -- Andrea Freeman
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Yale University Press City Unseen
Book SynopsisTrade Review“[A] beautiful new book [. . .] City Unseen, is based on the striking geometries and bold colors of satellite images and tells about our urban world as it is seen from space”— Roman Cybriwsky, Environmental History“The images in City Unseen struck me in much the same way as my views out the spacecraft window: stunning, beautiful, and enlightening.”—Kathryn D. Sullivan, retired NASA astronaut and former Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration“One will never look at cities in the same way. City Unseen provides an urban observatory and tells a compelling story of sustainable development that all should see and read, regardless of where one calls home.”—Dawn J. Wright, Chief Scientist, Esri“City Unseen allows a unique look at cities with the help of satellite technology, demonstrating both our vulnerability and the opportunities to design a sustainable urban future.”— Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Former Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)“Magnificent. Powerful images and crisp informative writing put cities across the world into comparative perspective to reveal patterns and places hitherto unseen.”—Susan Parnell, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town"Seto and Reba have produced a masterful and much-needed foundation to reinforce decision-makers’ abilities to manage 21st century territorial development. This is a must-read and enduring reference for all urbanists."—Eugenie L. Birch, University of Pennsylvania
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Business Site Selection Location Analysis and GIS
Book SynopsisCovers the convergent use of GIS for Location Science analysis, written by two of the leading researchers in the field. Introduction to new field at juncture of two mature disciplines. Includes ArcGIS and LINGO application files and data sets which will accompany the end of chapter questions.Table of ContentsDedication. Preface & Acknowledgment. Chapter 1: Introduction. 1.0. Motivation. 1.1. History. 1.2. First Principles. 1.3. Planning context. 1.4. Role of GIS. 1.5. Summary. 1.6. Terms. 1.7. References. 1.8. Exercises. Chapter 2: GIS. 2.0 Introduction. 2.1 Data Acquisition. 2.1.1 Existing sources. 2.1.2 Semi-existing sources. 2.1.3 Surveying and airborne approaches. 2.2 Data Management. 2.2.1 Raster. 2.2.2 Vector. 2.3 Data Manipulation. 2.3.1 Conversion. 2.3.2 Aggregation. 2.3.3 Overlay. 2.3.4 Interpolation. 2.4 Data Analysis. 2.4.1 Query. 2.4.2 Proximity. 2.4.3 Centrality. 2.4.4 Service zone. 2.5 Data Display. 2.6 Summary. 2.7 Terms. 2.8 References. 2.9 Exercises. Chapter 3: Model Building Fundamentals. 3.0 Introduction. 3.1 Review of Mathematical Notation. 3.1.1 Variables. 3.1.2 Mathematical expressions. 3.1.3 Inequalities. 3.2 Formulating an Optimization Model. 3.2.1 Apple shipment. 3.2.2 Manufacturing plant location. 3.2.3 School consolidation. 3.3 Model solution. 3.3.1 Apple shipment application. 3.3.2 Manufacturing plant location application. 3.3.3 School consolidation application. 3.4 Summary. 3.5 Terms. 3.6 References. 3.7 Exercises. Chapter 4: Trade and Service Areas. 4.0 Introduction. 4.1 Problem Definition and Motivation. 4.1.1 Descriptive trade area. 4.1.2 Prescriptive service area. 4.2 Mathematical Representation. 4.2.1 Descriptive trade area. 4.2.2 Prescriptive service area. 4.3 GIScience. 4.4 Modeling Application. 4.4.1 Descriptive trade area. 4.4.2 Prescriptive service area. 4.5 Advanced Topics. 4.5.1 Spatial interaction considerations. 4.5.2 Transportation problem considerations. 4.5.3 Using trade and service area models in site selection. 4.6 Summary. 4.7 Terms and Concepts. 4.8 References. 4.9 Exercises. Chapter 5: Suitability Analysis. 5.0 Introduction. 5.1 Problem Definition and Motivation. 5.2 Suitability Assessment Process. 5.2.1 Absolute suitability. 5.2.2 Relative suitability. 5.3 GIScience. 5.3.1 Map algebra. 5.3.2 Attribute data measurement. 5.4 Model Application. 5.4.1 Absolute suitability. 5.4.2 Relative suitability. 5.5 Advanced Topics . 5.6 Summary. 5.7 Terms and Concepts. 5.8 References. 5.9 Exercises. Chapter 6: Point-Based Location . 6.0 Introduction. 6.1 Problem Definition and Motivation. 6.2 Mathematical Representation. 6.2.1 Formulating the Weber problem. 6.2.2 Iterative solution approach for the Weber problem. 6.3 GIScience. 6.3.1 Projections and coordinate systems. 6.3.2 Spherical distance. 6.3.3 Planar distance. 6.4 Modeling Application. 6.4.1 Solution using commercial software. 6.4.2 Iterative solution. 6.5 Advanced Topics. 6.5.1 Variants of planar single facility location. 6.5.2 Fallacy of the centroid . 6.5.3 Location on a sphere. 6.5.4 Continuously distributed demand. 6.6 Summary . 6.7 Terms and Concepts. 6.8 References. 6.9 Exercises. Chapter 7: Line-Based Location. 7.0 Introduction. 7.1 Motivation and Problem Definition. 7.2 Mathematical Representation. 7.2.1 Shortest path model. 7.2.3 Exact solution approach. 7.3 GIScience. 7.3.1 Defining the network. 7.4 Modeling Application. 7.4.1 Path. 7.4.2 Corridor siting in ArcGIS. 7.5 Advanced Topics. 7.5.1 Expanding the network. 7.5.2 Shortest path variants. 7.6 Summary. 7.7 Terms and Concepts. 7.8 References. 7.9 Exercises. Chapter 8: Area-Based Location. 8.0 Introduction. 8.1 Problem Definition and Motivation. 8.2 Mathematical Representation. 8.2.1 Knapsack model. 8.2.2 Threshold model. 8.2.3 Shape model. 8.3 GIScience. 8.4 Modeling Application. 8.4.1 Knapsack model application. 8.4.2 Threshold model application. 8.4.3 Shape model application. 8.5 Advanced Topics. 8.6 Summary. 8.7 Terms. 8.8 References. 8.9 Exercises. Chapter 9: Coverage. 9.0 Introduction. 9.1 Problem Definition and Motivation. 9.1.1 Complete coverage. 9.1.2 Maximal coverage. 9.2 Mathematical Representation. 9.2.1 Complete coverage. 9.2.2 Maximal coverage. 9.3 GIScience. 9.4 Modeling Application. 9.4.1 LSCP. 9.4.2 MCLP. 9.5 Advanced topics. 9.5.1 Backup coverage. 9.5.2 Service availability. 9.5.3 Spatial representation. 9.6 Summary. 9.7 Terms and concepts. 9.8 References. 9.9 Exercises. Chapter 10: Dispersion. 10.0 Introduction. 10.1 Problem Definition and Motivation. 10.2 Mathematical Representation. 10.2.1 Neighborhood restrictions. 10.2.2 Pairwise restrictions. 10.2.3 Clique restrictions. 10.3 GIScience. 10.4 Modeling Application. 10.4.1 Neighborhood restrictions. 10.4.2 Pairwise restrictions. 10.4.3 Clique restrictions. 10.5 Advanced Topics. 10.5.1 Hybrid restrictions. 10.5.2 Max-min-min dispersion. 10.6 Summary. 10.7 Terms and concepts. 10.8 References. 10.9 Exercises. Chapter 11: Location-Allocation. 11.0 Introduction. 11.1 Problem Definition and Motivation. 11.2 Mathematical Representation. 11.2.1 Heuristic solution. 11.3 GIScience. 11.4 Modeling Application. 11.5 Advanced Topics. 11.5.1 Continuous space siting. 11.5.2 Service capacities and fixed costs. 11.5.3 Accounting for uncertainty and error. 11.6 Summary. 11.7 Terms and Concepts. 11.8 References . 11.9 Exercises. Chapter 12: Conclusion. 12.0 Introduction. 12.1 Classes of Location Models. 12.2 Class Variety and Extensions. 12.3 Solution Approaches. 12.4 Final Thoughts. 12.5 References. Glossary. Index.
£107.06
John Wiley & Sons Inc Spatial Analysis
Book SynopsisSpatial Analysis: Modelling in a GIS Environment Edited by PaulLongley and Michael Batty Digital data and information are usedincreasingly by academics, professionals, local authorities, andgovernment departments. Powerful new technologies, such asgeographic information systems (GIS), are being developed toanalyse such data, and GIS technologies are rapidly becoming partof the emergent world digital infrastructure. This book shows howcomputer methods of analysis and modelling, built around GIS, canbe used to identify ways in which our cities and regions might bebetter planned and understood. The contributors to this book areall actively involved in research using geographic informationsystems. This book will be valuable reading for: * Geographers, researchers, and regional analysts * Population theorists and regional economists with interests inlarge-scale demographic and employment data * Planners and policy-makers who wish to use GIS to improve theirdecision making * Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: Analysis, Modelling, Forecasting, and GIS Technology (P. Longley& M. Batty). ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS. New Evidence on the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (M. Green &R. Flowerdew). SCALE AND GENERALIZATION IN GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS. Depicting Changing Distributions Through Surface Estimation (D.Martin). LOCATIONAL MODELLING. Visual Interactive Locational Analysis (P. Densham). Retail Location Modelling in GIS (M. Birkin). SPATIAL FORECASTING. Directions and Opportunities in Spatial Econometrics (L.Hepple). SIMULATING SPACE-TIME IN GIS. Integrating Dynamic Spatial Models with GIS (B. Mikula, etal.). Visualizing Urban Dynamics (M. Batty). CONCLUSION. Analytical GIS: The Future (M. Batty & P. Longley). References. Indexes.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Geographic Information Analysis
Book SynopsisClear, up-to-date coverage of methods for analyzing geographical information in a GIS context Geographic Information Analysis, Second Edition is fully updated to keep pace with the most recent developments of spatial analysis in a geographic information systems (GIS) environment. Still focusing on the universal aspects of this science, this revised edition includes new coverage on geovisualization and mapping as well as recent developments using local statistics. Building on the fundamentals, this book explores such key concepts as spatial processes, point patterns, and autocorrelation in area data, as well as in continuous fields. Also addressed are methods for combining maps and performing computationally intensive analysis. New chapters tackle mapping, geovisualization, and local statistics, including the Moran Scatterplot and Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). An appendix provides a primer on linear algebra using matrices. Complete with chapterTrade Review“This text provides a well organized introduction to the fundamental concepts of spatial analysis for GIS students.” (GISWeekly, 13 December 2012) Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition. Acknowledgments. Preface to the First Edition. 1 Geographic Information Analysis and Spatial Data. Chapter Objectives. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Spatial Data Types. 1.3 Some Complications. 1.4 Scales for Attribute Description. 1.5 GIS and Spatial Data Manipulation. 1.6 The Road Ahead. Chapter Review. References. 2 The Pitfalls and Potential of Spatial Data. Chapter Objectives. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 The Bad News: The Pitfalls of Spatial Data. 2.3 The Good News: The Potential of Spatial Data. Chapter Review. References. 3 Fundamentals-Mapping It Out. Chapter Objectives. 3.1 Introduction: The Cartographic Tradition. 3.2 Geovisualization and Analysis. 3.3 The Graphic Variables of Jacques Bertin. 3.4 New Graphic Variables. 3.5 Issues in Geovisualization. 3.6 Mapping and Exploring Points. 3.7 Mapping and Exploring Areas. 3.8 Mapping and Exploring Fields. 3.9 The Spatialization of Nonspatial Data. 3.10 Conclusion. Chapter Review. References. 4 Fundamentals-Maps as Outcomes of Processes. Chapter Objectives. 4.1 Introduction: Maps and Processes. 4.2 Processes and the Patterns They Make. 4.3 Predicting the Pattern Generated by a Process. 4.4 More Definitions. 4.5 Stochastic Processes in Lines, Areas, and Fields. 4.6 Conclusions. Chapter Review. References. 5 Point Pattern Analysis. Chapter Objectives. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Describing a Point Pattern. 5.3 Assessing Point Patterns Statistically. 5.4 Monte Carlo Testing. 5.5 Conclusions. Chapter Review. References. 6 Practical Point Pattern Analysis. Chapter Objectives. 6.1 Introduction: Problems of Spatial Statistical Analysis. 6.2 Alternatives to Classical Statistical Inference. 6.3 Alternatives to IRP/CSR. 6.4 Point Pattern Analysis in the Real World. 6.5 Dealing with Inhomogeneity. 6.6 Focused Approaches. 6.7 Cluster Detection: Scan Statistics. 6.8 Using Density and Distance: Proximity Polygons. 6.9 A Note on Distance Matrices and Point Pattern Analysis. Chapter Review. References. 7 Area Objects and Spatial Autocorrelation. Chapter Objectives. 7.1 Introduction: Area Objects Revisited. 7.2 Types of Area Objects. 7.3 Geometric Properties of Areas. 7.4 Measuring Spatial Autocorrelation. 7.5 An Example: Tuberculosis in Auckland, 2001-2006. 7.6 Other Approaches. Chapter Review. References. 8 Local Statistics. Chapter Objectives. 8.1 Introduction: Think Geographically, Measure Locally. 8.2 Defining the Local: Spatial Structure (Again). 8.3 An Example: The Getis-Ord Gi and Gi Statistics. 8.4 Inference with Local Statistics. 8.5 Other Local Statistics. 8.6 Conclusions: Seeing the World Locally. Chapter Review. References. 9 Describing and Analyzing Fields. Chapter Objectives. 9.1 Introduction: Scalar and Vector Fields Revisited. 9.2 Modeling and Storing Field Data. 9.3 Spatial Interpolation. 9.4 Derived Measures on Surfaces. 9.5 Map Algebra. 9.6 Conclusions. Chapter Review. References. 10 Knowing the Unknowable: The Statistics of Fields. Chapter Objectives. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Regression on Spatial Coordinates: Trend Surface Analysis. 10.3 The Square Root Differences Cloud and the (Semi-) Variogram. 10.4 A Statistical Approach to Interpolation: Kriging. 10.5 Conclusions. Chapter Review. References. 11 Putting Maps Together—Map Overlay. Chapter Objectives. 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Boolean Map Overlay and Sieve Mapping. 11.3 A General Model for Alternatives to Boolean Overlay. 11.4 Indexed Overlay and Weighted Linear Combination. 11.5 Weights of Evidence. 11.6 Model-Driven Overlay Using Regression. 11.7 Conclusions. Chapter Review. References. 12 New Approaches to Spatial Analysis. Chapter Objectives. 12.1 The Changing Technological Environment. 12.2 The Changing Scientific Environment. 12.3 Geocomputation. 12.4 Spatial Models. 12.5 The Grid and the Cloud: Supercomputing for Dummies. 12.6 Conclusions: Neogeographic Information Analysis? Chapter Review. References. Appendix A: Notation, Matrices, and Matrix Mathematics. A.1 Introduction. A.2 Some Preliminary Notes on Notation. A.3 Matrix Basics and Notation. A.4 Simple Matrix Mathematics. A.5 Solving Simultaneous Equations Using Matrices. A.6 Matrices, Vectors, and Geometry. A.7 Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues. Reference. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Introduction to 3D Data
Book SynopsisRender three-dimensional data and maps with ease. Written as a self-study workbook, Introduction to 3D Data demystifies the sometimes confusing controls and procedures required for 3D modeling using software packages such as ArcGIS 3D Analyst and Google Earth. Going beyond the manual that comes with the software, this profusely illustrated guide explains how to use ESRI's ArcGIS 3D Analyst to model and analyze three-dimensional geographical surfaces, create 3D data, and produce displays ranging from topographically realistic maps to 3D scenes and spherical earth-like views. The engagingly user-friendly instruction: Walks you through basic concepts of 3D data, progressing to more advanced techniques such as calculating surface area and volume Introduces you to two major software packages: ArcGIS 3D Analyst (including ArcScene and ArcGlobe) and Google Earth Reinforces your understanding through in-depth discussionswith over thirty hands-oTrade Review“With Introduction to 3D Data: Modeling with ArcGIS 3D Analyst and Google Earth the reader will master the craft of 3D visualization, especially if the book is complemented by a theoretical GIS compendium.” (Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 1 May 2012) Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. CHAPTER 1 Introduction to 3D Data: Modeling with ArcGIS 3D Analyst and Google Earth. Exercise 1-1: Preview Data in ArcCatalog. Exercise 1-2: Create a Layer File in ArcCatalog. CHAPTER 2 3D Display in ArcScene. Exercise 2-1: Set Background Color and Illumination in ArcScene. Exercise 2-2: Set Vertical Exaggeration in ArcScene. Exercise 2-3: Apply a Coordinate System to a Scene. Exercise 2-4: Set 3D Layer Properties for an Elevation Raster. Exercise 2-5: Set 3D Layer Properties for a Raster Image. Exercise 2-6: Set Base Heights for a 2D Vector Layer. Exercise 2-7: Extrude 2D Vector Features. Challenge Exercise: View Regional Park Study Data in ArcScene. CHAPTER 3 3D Navigation and Animation. Exercise 3-1: Set Targets and Observers. Exercise 3-2: Animated Rotation and the Viewer Manager. Exercise 3-3: The Fly Tool. Exercise 3-4: Create 3D Animated Films. CHAPTER 4 ArcGlobe. Exercise 4-1: Understanding ArcGlobe. Exercise 4-2: Explore ArcGlobe’s Options, Add Data, and Redefine Layer Types. CHAPTER 5 Google Earth. Exercise 5-1: Navigating Google Earth’s Interface, and the Planet. Exercise 5-2: Create a Polygon and Edit Its Properties Through Google Earth’s Form Menus. Exercise 5-3: Edit the Gardens Polygon Using KML. CHAPTER 6 Raster Surface Models. Exercise 6-1: Interpolate a Terrain Surface with Spline. Exercise 6-2: Interpolate Terrain with Inverse Distance Weighted and Natural Neighbors. Exercise 6-3: Calculate Hillshade and Aspect. Exercise 6-4: Calculate Slope. Exercise 6-5: Calculate Viewshed. Challenge Exercise: Calculate Viewshed and Slope Levels for Elk Park. CHAPTER 7 TIN Surface Models. Exercise 7-1: Create a TIN from Vector Features. Exercise 7-2: Add Polygon Attribute Values to a TIN. Exercise 7-3: Change TIN Symbology and Classification. Challenge Exercise: Create a TIN of Elk Park. CHAPTER 8 Terrain Surface Models. Exercise 8-1: Create a Terrain Dataset. Exercise 8-2: Rasterize a Terrain Dataset and View it in ArcGlobe. CHAPTER 9 3D Features and More Surface Analysis Techniques. Exercise 9-1: Convert 2D Features to 3D, and Digitize 3D Features in ArcMap. Exercise 9-2: Draw a Line of Sight and a Cross-section Profile Graph. Exercise 9-3: Calculate Surface Area and Volume on a TIN. Challenge Exercise: Create Multipatch 3D Features. CHAPTER 10 SKP to Multipatch to KML: Finalize the Elk Park Project. Exercise 10-1: Convert a SketchUp File to a Multipatch Feature Class. Exercise 10-2: View the Multipatch Feature Class in ArcGlobe. Exercise 10-3: Export Layers from ArcMap to KML, and View Them in Google Earth. About the Tutorial Data. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc GIS and Crime Mapping
Book SynopsisGIS & Crime covers the theoretical principles, data processing solutions, partnership working, analytical methods, problem-solving approaches, and map design for GIS and crime in a manner that underpins GIS application use in three broad areas (operational, tactical and strategic).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1 Introduction. 1.1 The geography of crime. 1.2 A brief history of GIS and crime mapping. 1.3 Using GIS in policing and to prevent crime. 1.4 The audience for this book. 1.5 The content and structure of the book. 1.6 Putting it all in perspective. Case study: Crime mapping in Lincoln, Nebraska. Further reading. References. 2 Mapping and the Criminal Justice Environment. Learning Objectives. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 The terminology of services in the criminal justice environment. 2.3 The spatial hierarchy of the criminal justice system and crime reduction services. Case study: Policing across the spatial hierarchy in the UK – The National Intelligence Model. 2.4 The geographical jurisdiction of law enforcement and crime reduction services. 2.5 The use of crime mapping in law enforcement and crime reduction. Case study: Using GIS to monitor the effect of alley-gating schemes. 2.6 Summary. Further reading. References. 3 The Basics of Crime Mapping. Learning Objectives. 3.1 What is a GIS? 3.2 How does a GIS work? 3.3 GIS files. 3.4 Coordinate systems and projections. 3.5 Getting crime data into a GIS. Case study: Using GPS technology to capture environmental crime incidents in North London, England. 3.6 Geocoding in the real world. 3.7 Address data cleaning. 3.8 Address reference files. Case study: Geocoding crime data at the point of record entry in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. 3.9 Geocoding functions. 3.10 Geocoding and fitness for purpose. 3.11 Measuring geocoding accuracy. Case study: Handling uncertainty and incompleteness in crime records. 3.12 Mapping and unreported crime data. 3.13 Editing data in a GIS. 3.14 Performing queries on data in a GIS. 3.15 Performing spatial functions and integrating data in a GIS. 3.16 Asking spatial questions before mapping or analysing data. 3.17 Summary. Further reading. References. 4 Spatial Theories of Crime. Learning Objectives. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Early environmental criminology. 4.3 The space and time of offences. 4.4 Offender–offence interaction. 4.5 Spatial crime theory in practice. 4.6 Summary. Further reading. References. 5 Spatial Statistics for Crime Analysis. Learning Objectives. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Spatial processes. 5.3 Centrographic statistics. 5.4 Estimates of spatial dependence. Case study: The application of Moran’s I on burglary at the state level in the United States of America. 5.5 Spatial regression models. Case study: A spatial lag model of anonymous narcotics tips in Philadelphia, USA. Case study: Local spatial processes with Geographically Weighted Regression. 5.6 Summary. Further reading. References. 6 Identifying Crime Hotspots. Learning Objectives. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 When is a hotspot ‘hot’? 6.3 Point maps. 6.4 Geographic boundary thematic mapping. 6.5 Grid thematic mapping. 6.6 Continuous surface smoothing methods. Case study: Mapping hotspots of thefts of vehicles in Camden, London. 6.7 Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) statistics. 6.8 Considering the underlying population. Case study: Identifying street crime risk hotspots in the West End of London using pedestrian counts. 6.9 Predictive crime mapping. 6.10 Summary. Further reading. References. 7 Mapping Crime with Local Community Data. Learning Objectives. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 What are crime reduction partnerships? 7.3 Mapping and the benefits of partnership working. Case study: Comparing the perception of where crime happens with where crime actually happens. 7.4 Partnership data. Case study: Crime And Disorder Information Exchange (CADDIE), Sussex, England. 7.5 Information sharing. Case study: The Amethyst Crime and Disorder Information Hub, Cornwall, England. 7.6 Combining data from different geographic units. 7.7 Summary. Further reading. References. 8 Mapping and Analysing Change Over Time. Learning Objectives. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 The timeline. 8.3 Temporal resolution and querying a temporal database. 8.4 Comparing two distributions. 8.5 Mapping temporal change with graphs. 8.6 Using animation. 8.7 Quantifying change over time. 8.8 Aoristic analysis. Case study: Aoristic analysis of vehicle crime in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. 8.9 Summary. Further reading. References. 9 Mapping for Operational Police Activities. Learning Objectives. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 CompStat. Case study: CompStat mapping in the Philadelphia Police Department. Case study: CompStat from a management perspective. 9.3 Intelligence products in the UK. 9.4 Repeat victimisation. 9.5 The hotspot matrix. Case study: A street crime hotspot matrix. 9.6 Summary. Further reading. References. 10 Tactical and Investigative Crime Mapping Applications. Learning Objectives. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Understanding offenders. 10.3 The journey to crime. Case study: The journey to crime and the ‘self-containment index’. 10.4 Geographic profiling. Case study: Geographic profile for Operation Lynx. 10.5 Using maps as evidence. Case study: Using maps as evidence in a murder trial in Florida. 10.6 Detecting offenders through their self-selection. Case study: Self-selection of offenders through illegal parking in disabled parking bays. 10.7 Summary. Further reading. References. 11 Policing the Causes of Crime. Learning Objectives. 11.1 Introduction – the level of strategic crime control. 11.2 Policing for crime reduction. Case study: Supporting strategic crime analysis in London, England. 11.3 Analysing the underlying drivers of crime. 11.4 The geography of neighbourhood studies. Case study: Street corner geography for street corner problems? 11.5 Summary. Further reading. References. 12 Crime Map Cartography. Learning Objectives. 12.1 Introduction – the purpose of the map. 12.2 Design considerations. 12.3 Visual variables and colour. 12.4 Thematic maps of areal data. 12.5 Thematic maps of point data 380 12.6 Getting away from paper: The digital age. 12.7 Summary. Further reading. References. 13 The Management and Organisation of Crime Mapping Services. Learning Objectives. 13.1 Introduction. 13.2 Implementing crime mapping. 13.3 Understanding the role of crime analysis. Case study: Crime mapping and analysis in the Glendale Police Department, Arizona. 13.4 Organising the production of crime mapping products. Case study: Project Spectrom – a new operational policing model for West Midlands Police, England. Case study: The importance of management to support crime analysis. 13.5 Summary. Further reading. References. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc GIS Modeling in Raster
Book Synopsis This new text is written for the second GIS course taken by Geography majors. The primary focus of GIS Modeling in Raster is on the process of cartographic modeling and GIS modeling. The text goes beyond cartographic modeling to incorporate supplementary or complementary technologies and logics to show that spatio-temporal modeling is not limited to cartographic modeling, nor to Map Algebra. DeMers consistent, friendly and engaging style has been highly praised by reviewers of this title as well as users of his market leading Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems. This title provides students with the tools for problem solving skills and problem identification required for jobs above the ranks of the basic GIS technician.Table of Contents Introduction Nature of the Data Map Algebra Characterizing the Function Operations Modeling Essetials Conceptualizing the Model Model Formulation, Flowcharting, and Implementation Conflict Resolution and Prescriptive Modeling Model Verification, Validation, and Acceptability
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John Wiley & Sons Inc GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis
Book SynopsisFrom selecting sites for new hospitals, schools, and factories, to managing forests and rivers, to creating and maintaining highways and bridges, public and private organizations are often called on to make decisions on geographic questions that involve a multitude of alternatives and often conflicting evaluation criteria.Table of ContentsPRELIMINARIES. Geographical Data, Information, and Decision Making. Introduction to GIS. Introduction to Multicriteria Decision Analysis. SPATIAL MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS. Evaluation Criteria. Decision Alternatives and Constraints. Criterion Weighing. Decision Rules. Sensitivity Analysis. MULTICRITERIA-SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS. Spatial Decision Support Systems. MC-SDSS: Case Studies. Glossary. Selected Bibliography. Indexes.
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Jossey Bass Kids Around the World Celebrate
Book SynopsisThis exciting book demonstrates--through activities and recipes--that although each culture has its own unique feasts and festivals, people throughout the world share many of the same reasons to celebrate.Table of ContentsWELCOME THE NEW YEAR! Chinese New Year: China. Hogmanay: Scotland. A?o Viejo: Ecuador. New Year's Eve: The United States. CELEBRATING BEFORE AND AFTER FASTS. Carnaval: Brazil. Eid ul-Fitr: Saudi Arabia. Carnevale: Venice. Mardi Gras: New Orleans, USA. GIVING THANKS. Pongal: India. Iriji: Nigeria. Crop Over: Barbados. Thanksgiving: The United States. RENEWING THE SPIRIT. El Dia de los Reyes: Mexico. Obon: Japan. Hanukkah: Israel. Kwanzaa: The United States. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Internet GIS Distributed Geographic Information
Book SynopsisThis book presents Internet GIS in an applied and practical manner, including an introduction to basic network architecture and application development. Information is also provided on metadata, recent open standard initiatives, and ways of assuring a current system will be compatible with future designs.Trade Review"It is an excellent resource in this dynamic field and very well organized and written." (Public Health GIS News & Information, May 2003)Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Acknowledgments. GIS, Internet GIS and Distributed GIServices. Networking Fundamentals of Internet GIS. Client/Server Computing and Distributed-Component Framework. Technology Evolutions of Web Mapping. Framework of Distributed Geographic Information Services. Standards for Distributed GIServices. Geographic Markup Language. Commercial Web Mapping Programs. Mobile GIS. Quality of Service and Security Issues in Distributed GIS. Distributed GIS in Data Warehousing and Data Sharing. Internet GIS Applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems. Internet GIS Appplications in Planning and Resource Management. Conclusions and Epilogue. Acronyms. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Monitoring Land Supply with Geographic
Book SynopsisMonitoring Land Supply with Geographic Information Systems Theory, Practice, and Parcel-Based Approaches Monitoring the supply of buildable land and its capacity to accommodate growth within urbanizing regions is an increasingly important component of urban planning and growth management.Trade Review"This book has many strengths." (APA Journal, Autumn 2002)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Contributors Introduction Anne Vernez Moudon and Michael Hubner Part I Overview 1. Current Land Monitoring Practices and Use of GIS: Challenges and Opportunities Anne Vernez Moudon and Michael Hubner 2. Elements of a General Framework for Land Supply and Capacity Monitoring Michael Hubner and Anne Vernez Moudon Part II Case Studies 3. Portland, Oregon: An Inventory Approach and its Implications for Database Design Lewis D. Hopkins and Gerrit J. Knaap Commentaries: Scott A. Bollens, George Rolfe 4. Montgomery County, Maryland: A Pioneer in Land Supply Monitoring David R. Godschalk Commentary: Lewis D. Hopkins 5. Central Puget Sound Region, Washington: Study of Industrial Land Supply and Demand Lori Peckol and Miles Erickson Commentaries: Scott A. Bollens, William Beyers Part III Thematic Issues 6. Method and Technical Practice in Land Supply and Capacity Monitoring Ric Vrana Commentaries: Frank Westerlund, Marina Alberti 7. Data Sharing and Organizational Issues Anne Vernez Moudon and Michael Hubner Commentary: Zorica Nedovic-Budic 8. Simulating Land Capacity at the Parcel Level Paul Waddell Commentaries: Nancy Tosta, Kenneth J. Dueker Conclusions Anne Vernez Moudon and Michael Hubner Appendix A: Survey of Land Supply Monitoring Practice Appendix B: Selected Case Summaries Appendix C: Interview Contacts Appendix D: May 1998 Seminar Participants Glossary of Terms and Acronyms General Bibliography Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Isotopes
Book SynopsisCovering radiogenic, radioactive, and stable isotopes, this comprehensive text contains five sections that present fundamentals of atomic physics; dating methods for terrestrial and extraterrestrial rocks by means of radiogenic isotopes; geochemistry of radiogenic isotopes; dating by means of U, Th-series and cosmogenic radionuclides; and the fractionation of the stable isotopes of H, C, N, O, and S, as well as Li, B, Si, and Cl. Additionally, this edition provides: Expanded coverage of the U-Pb methods the most accurate available dating technique Applications to the petrogenesis of igneous rocks Summaries of the use of isotopic data for study of the oceans New examples from the fields of archeology and anthropology Radiation-damage methods of dating including fission tracks, thermoluminescence, and electron spin resonance (ESR) Information on the dispersal of fission-product radionuclides and the disposal of radioactive waste Table of ContentsPreface xxv Part I Principles of Atomic Physics 1 1 Nuclear Systematics 3 1.1 Discovery of Radioactivity 3 1.2 Internal Structure of Atoms 4 1.3 Origin of the Elements 12 1.4 Summary 14 References 14 2 Decay Modes of Radionuclides 15 2.1 Beta-Decay 15 2.2 Alpha-Decay 24 2.3 Spontaneous and Induced Fission 28 2.4 Summary 33 References 33 3 Radioactive Decay 34 3.1 Law of Radioactivity 34 3.2 Radiation Detectors 37 3.3 Growth of Radioactive Daughters 39 3.4 Units of Radioactivity and Dosage 42 3.5 Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation 43 3.6 Sources of Environmental Radioactivity 46 3.7 Nuclear Reactions 47 3.8 Neutron Activation Analysis 47 3.9 Summary 53 References 53 4 Geochronometry 55 4.1 Growth of Radiogenic Daughters 55 4.2 Assumptions for Dating 57 4.3 Fitting of Isochrons 60 4.4 Mass Spectrometry and Isotope Dilution 64 4.5 Summary 71 References 71 Part II Radiogenic Isotope Geochronometers 73 5 The Rb–Sr Method 75 5.1 Geochemistry of Rb and Sr 75 5.2 Principles of Dating 76 5.3 Rb–Sr Isochrons 80 5.4 Dating Metamorphic Rocks 89 5.5 Dating Sedimentary Rocks 95 5.6 Summary 106 References 107 6 The K–Ar Method 113 6.1 Principles and Methodology 113 6.2 Retention of 40Ar by Minerals 115 6.3 K–Ar Isochrons 120 6.4 Volcanic Rocks of Tertiary Age 121 6.5 Dating Sedimentary Rocks 126 6.6 Metamorphic Veil 132 6.7 Precambrian Timescales 134 6.8 Summary 138 References 138 7 The 40Ar*/ 39Ar Method 144 7.1 Principles and Methodology 144 7.2 Incremental Heating Technique 147 7.3 Excess 40Ar 151 7.4 Argon Isotope Correlation Diagram 153 7.5 Laser Ablation 157 7.6 Sedimentary Rocks 159 7.7 Metasedimentary Rocks 162 7.8 Metamorphic Rocks: Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia 166 7.9 Thermochronometry: Haliburton Highlands, Ontario, Canada 1 7.10 Summary 171 References 172 8 The K–Ca Method 180 8.1 Principles and Methodology 180 8.2 Isotope Geochemistry of Calcium 183 8.3 Summary 190 References 191 9 The Sm–Nd Method 194 9.1 Geochemistry of Sm and Nd 194 9.2 Principles and Methodology 197 9.3 Dating by the Sm–Nd Method 202 9.4 Meteorites and Martian Rocks 207 9.5 Lunar Rocks 209 9.6 Summary 211 References 211 10 The U–Pb, Th–Pb, and Pb–Pb Methods 214 10.1 Geochemistry of U and Th 214 10.2 Decay of U and Th Isotopes 215 10.3 Principles and Methodology 218 10.4 U,Th–Pb Dates, Boulder Creek Batholith, Colorado 221 10.5 Wetherill’s Concordia 223 10.6 Alternative Pb Loss Models 227 10.7 Refinements in Analytical Methods 230 10.8 Dating Detrital Zircon Grains 233 10.9 Tera–Wasserburg Concordia 236 10.10 U–Pb, Th–Pb, and Pb–Pb Isochrons (Granite Mountains, Wyoming) 240 10.11 Pb–Pb Dating of Carbonate Rocks 242 10.12 U–Pb and Th–Pb Isochrons of Carbonate Rocks 245 10.13 Summary 249 References 250 11 The Common-Lead Method 256 11.1 The Holmes–Houtermans Model 256 11.2 Dating Common Lead 261 11.3 Dating K-Feldspar 268 11.4 Anomalous Leads in Galena 270 11.5 Lead–Zinc Deposits, Southeastern Missouri 274 11.6 Multistage Leads 279 11.7 Summary 280 References 281 12 The Lu–Hf Method 284 12.1 Geochemistry of Lu and Hf 284 12.2 Principles and Methodology 286 12.3 CHUR and Epsilon 288 12.4 Model Hf Dates Derived from CHUR 289 12.5 Applications of Lu–Hf Dating 290 12.6 Summary 294 References 294 13 The Re–Os Method 297 13.1 Rhenium and Osmium in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Rocks 297 13.2 Principles and Methodology 301 13.3 Molybdenite and 187Re–187Os Isochrons 302 13.4 Meteorites and CHUR-Os 305 13.5 The Cu–Ni Sulfide Ores, Noril’sk, Siberia 310 13.6 Origin of Other Sulfide Ore Deposits 312 13.7 Metallic PGE Minerals 313 13.8 Gold Deposits of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 314 13.9 The Pt–Os Method 316 13.10 Summary 317 References 317 14 The La–Ce Method 322 14.1 Geochemistry of La and Ce 323 14.2 Principles and Methodology 324 14.3 La–Ce Isochrons 327 14.4 Meteorites and CHUR-Ce 329 14.5 Volcanic Rocks 331 14.6 Cerium in the Oceans 332 14.7 Summary 337 References 338 15 The La–Ba Method 340 15.1 Geochemistry of La and Ba 340 15.2 Principles and Methodology 341 15.3 Amitsoq Gneiss, West Greenland 342 15.4 Mustikkamaki Pegmatite, Finland 343 15.5 Summary 343 References 343 Part III Geochemistry of Radiogenic Isotopes 345 16 Mixing Theory 347 16.1 Chemical Compositions of Mixtures 347 16.2 Isotopic Mixtures of Sr 350 16.3 Isotopic Mixtures of Sr and Nd 352 16.4 Three-Component Isotopic Mixtures 355 16.5 Applications 356 16.6 Summary 361 References 361 17 Origin of Igneous Rocks 363 17.1 The Plume Theory 363 17.2 Magma Sources in the Mantle 364 17.3 Midocean Ridge Basalt 365 17.4 Basalt and Rhyolite of Iceland 369 17.5 The Hawaiian Islands 375 17.6 HIMU Magma Sources of Polynesia 380 17.7 Subduction Zones 382 17.8 Continental Flood Basalt 389 17.9 Alkali-Rich Lavas 394 17.10 Origin of Granite 399 17.11 Summary 405 References 406 18 Water and Sediment 412 18.1 Strontium in Streams 412 18.2 Sediment in Streams 419 18.3 Zaire and Amazon Rivers 426 18.4 Summary 433 References 433 19 The Oceans 436 19.1 Strontium in the Phanerozoic Oceans 436 19.2 Strontium in the Precambrian Oceans 447 19.3 Neodymium in the Oceans 451 19.4 Lead in the Oceans 463 19.5 Osmium in Continental Runoff 470 19.6 Osmium in the Oceans 475 19.7 Hafnium in the Oceans 480 19.8 Summary 486 References 487 Part IV Short-Lived Radionuclides 495 20 Uranium/Thorium-Series Disequilibria 497 20.1 238U/234U–230Th-Series Geochronometers 498 20.2 Radium 508 20.3 Protactinium 516 20.4 Lead-210 521 20.5 Archeology and Anthropology 527 20.6 Volcanic Rocks 531 20.7 Magma Formation 535 20.8 Summary 539 References 540 21 Helium and Tritium 546 21.1 U–Th/He Method of Dating 546 21.2 Thermochronometry 551 21.3 He Dating of Iron-Ore Deposits 554 21.4 Tritium–3He Dating 555 21.5 Meteorites and Oceanic Basalt 560 21.6 Continental Crust 566 21.7 Summary 571 References 572 22 Radiation-Damage Methods 577 22.1 Alpha-Decay 577 22.2 Fission Tracks 580 22.3 Applications of Fission-Track Dates 592 22.4 Thermoluminescence 595 22.5 Electron-Spin Resonance 603 22.6 Summary 606 References 608 23 Cosmogenic Radionuclides 613 23.1 Carbon-14 (Radiocarbon) 614 23.2 Beryllium-10 and Aluminum-26 (Atmospheric) 625 23.3 Exposure Dating (10Be and 26Al) 633 23.4 Cosmogenic and Thermonuclear 36Cl 639 23.5 Meteorites 641 23.6 Other Long-Lived Cosmogenic Radionuclides 646 23.7 Summary 646 References 647 24 Extinct Radionuclides 654 24.1 The Pd–Ag Chronometer 655 24.2 The Al–Mg Chronometer 657 24.3 The Hf–W Chronometer 659 24.4 FUN in the Solar Nebula 662 24.5 Summary 663 References 664 25 Thermonuclear Radionuclides 667 25.1 Fission Products and Transuranium Elements 667 25.2 Strontium-90 in the Environment 672 25.3 Cesium-137 in the Environment 678 25.4 Arctic Ocean: 90Sr/137Cs, 239,240Pu, and 241Am 682 25.5 Summary 686 References 687 Part V Fractionation of Stable Isotopes 691 26 Hydrogen and Oxygen 693 26.1 Atomic Properties 693 26.2 Mathematical Relations 695 26.3 Meteoric Precipitation 697 26.4 Paleothermometry (Carbonates) 704 26.5 Silicate Minerals and Rocks 709 26.6 Water–Rock Interactions (Rocks) 714 26.7 Water–Rock Interactions (Water) 718 26.8 Clay Minerals 725 26.9 Marine Carbonates 727 26.10 Marine Phosphates 730 26.11 Biogenic Silica and Hydroxides of Fe and Al 735 26.12 Chert (Phanerozoic and Precambrian) 736 26.13 Extraterrestrial Rocks 738 26.14 Summary 743 References 744 27 Carbon 753 27.1 Biosphere 754 27.2 Life in the Precambrian Oceans 757 27.3 Fossil Fuel 761 27.4 Carbon-Isotope Stratigraphy (Phanerozoic) 763 27.5 Precambrian Carbonates 768 27.6 Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks 774 27.7 Extraterrestrial Carbon 785 27.8 Search for Life on Mars 790 27.9 Summary 792 References 793 28 Nitrogen 803 28.1 Geochemistry 803 28.2 Isotope Fractionation 805 28.3 Nitrogen on the Surface of the Earth 806 28.4 Fossil Fuels 808 28.5 Igneous Rocks and the Mantle 811 28.6 Ultramafic Xenoliths 812 28.7 Diamonds 813 28.8 Meteorites 815 28.9 Moon 817 28.10 Mars 818 28.11 Summary 820 References 820 29 Sulfur 824 29.1 Isotope Geochemistry 824 29.2 Biogenic Isotope Fractionation 825 29.3 Sulfur in Recent Sediment 827 29.4 Fossil Fuels 828 29.5 Native Sulfur Deposits 830 29.6 Sedimentary Rocks of Precambrian Age 831 29.7 Isotopic Evolution of Marine Sulfate 833 29.8 Igneous Rocks 835 29.9 Sulfide Ore Deposits 840 29.10 Sulfur in the Environment 843 29.11 Mass-Independent Isotope Fractionation 846 29.12 Summary 847 References 849 30 Boron and Other Elements 854 30.1 Boron 855 30.2 Lithium 859 30.3 Silicon 863 30.4 Chlorine 868 30.5 Postscript 870 References 870 Index 875 International Geological Timescale (2002) 897
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Geographic Information Systems An Introduction
Book SynopsisIf we are to solve many of the problems facing us-in the cities, in the wild areas of the earth, in the atmosphere, and the oceans-we shall need the help of skilled users of GIS technology. If readers can master what is in this volume, they will be well started on this enterprise.Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. 1 Geographical Information Systems and Graphical Information. 2 Historical Development: Geographical Data and GIS. 3 From the Real World to GIS. 4 Basic Data Models. 5 Advanced Data Models. 6 Georeferencing Systems. 7 Hardware and Communication Technology for GIS Applications. 8 Basic Software and Databases for GIS. 9 Data Collection I. 10 Data Collection II. 11 Data Quality. 12 Database Implementation and Spatial Indexing. 13 Housekeeping Tools. 14 Basic Spatial Analysis. 15 Advanced Analysis. 16 Visualization. 17 Choosing a GIS: Organizational Issues. 18 Choosing a GIS: Technical Issues. 19 Standards and Geospatial Infrastructure. 20 Formal Problems in Establishing GIS. 21 A Vision for the Future. References. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Statistical Analysis of Geographic Information
Book SynopsisFeatures coverage of classical statistical methods, probability and statistical testing, student exercises to facilitate classroom use, exercises featuring interactive ArcView Avenue scripts, and an overview of compatible spatial analytical functions in ArcGIS 9.0.Table of ContentsPREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 1 INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Why Statistics and Sampling? 1.2 What Are Special about Spatial Data? 1.3 Spatial Data and the Need for Spatial Analysis/ Statistics. 1.4 Fundamentals of Spatial Analysis and Statistics. 1.5 ArcView Notes—Data Model and Examples. PART I: CLASSICAL STATISTICS. 2 DISTRIBUTION DESCRIPTORS: ONE VARIABLE (UNIVARIATE). 2.1 Measures of Central Tendency. 2.2 Measures of Dispersion. 2.3 ArcView Examples. 2.4 Higher Moment Statistics. 2.5 ArcView Examples. 2.6 Application Example. 2.7 Summary. 3 RELATIONSHIP DESCRIPTORS: TWO VARIABLES (BIVARIATE). 3.1 Correlation Analysis. 3.2 Correlation: Nominal Scale. 3.3 Correlation: Ordinal Scale. 3.4 Correlation: Interval /Ratio Scale. 3.5 Trend Analysis. 3.6 ArcView Notes. 3.7 Application Examples. 4 HYPOTHESIS TESTERS. 4.1 Probability Concepts. 4.2 Probability Functions. 4.3 Central Limit Theorem and Confidence Intervals. 4.4 Hypothesis Testing. 4.5 Parametric Test Statistics. 4.6 Difference in Means. 4.7 Difference Between a Mean and a Fixed Value. 4.8 Significance of Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient. 4.9 Significance of Regression Parameters. 4.10 Testing Nonparametric Statistics. 4.11 Summary. PART II: SPATIAL STATISTICS. 5 POINT PATTERN DESCRIPTORS. 5.1 The Nature of Point Features. 5.2 Central Tendency of Point Distributions. 5.3 Dispersion and Orientation of Point Distributions. 5.4 ArcView Notes. 5.5 Application Examples. 6 POINT PATTERN ANALYZERS. 6.1 Scale and Extent. 6.2 Quadrat Analysis. 6.3 Ordered Neighbor Analysis. 6.4 K-Function. 6.5 Spatial Autocorrelation of Points. 6.6 Application Examples. 7 LINE PATTERN ANALYZERS. 7.1 The Nature of Linear Features: Vectors and Networks. 7.2 Characteristics and Attributes of Linear Features. 7.3 Directional Statistics. 7.4 Network Analysis. 7.5 Application Examples. 8 POLYGON PATTERN ANALYZERS. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Spatial Relationships. 8.3 Spatial Dependency. 8.4 Spatial Weights Matrices. 8.5 Spatial Autocorrelation Statistics and Notations. 8.6 Joint Count Statistics. 8.7 Spatial Autocorrelation Global Statistics. 8.8 Local Spatial Autocorrelation Statistics. 8.9 Moran Scatterplot. 8.10 Bivariate Spatial Autocorrelation. 8.11 Application Examples. 8.12 Summary. APPENDIX: ArcGIS Spatial Statistics Tools. ABOUT THE CD-ROM. INDEX.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Europe 7E A Geographic Analysis
Book SynopsisThis work is intended for the one-semester course called the "Geography of Europe". It provides an overview of contemporary Europe, including both topical and regional chapters. Its broad scope means that it is easily adaptable to various course formats.Table of ContentsPhysical Geography (T. Poulsen). Population (D. Danta & W. Berentsen). Europe's Unrolling Political Map (T. Poulsen). Economic Geography (W. Berentsen & G. Hoffman). Urban Geography (D. Danta & W. Berentsen). The British Isles (D. Spooner). Western Europe (A. Diem). Region Nord: The European North (V. Malmstrom). Southern Europe (A. Diem). West Central Europe (W. Berentsen, et al.). East Central and Southeastern Europe (W. Berentsen, et al.). Russia and the European NIS (C. ZumBrunnen). Conclusion (W. Berentsen). Glossary. Appendix. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc GeoBusiness
Book SynopsisExploit the advantages of Geographic Information Systems in your business Once the domain of cartographers and other specialists, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are increasingly being employed by the business community. Location-based services, supply chain management, management of field-distributed equipment, geographical marketing and promotion, and the spatial web are some of the current business applications which make use of GIS principles. Written specifically for the businessperson, Geo-Business: GIS in the Digital Organization is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of GIS applications in the business and organizational environment. Going beyond a strictly geographical focus, this book sets GIS in the context of business information systems and other business sub-disciplines such as logistics, marketing, finance, and strategic management. It presents from an organizational perspective the advantages of spatially enabling existing enteTrade Review"This book is both an introduction to the field for IS people and a reference work that will be consulted as GIS problems and applications are encountered. The author is one of the few information systems people who have worked on GIS at both the practical and research levels over many years. Particularly useful are the references at the ends of the chapters, which point to places where a deeper understanding of each issue can be obtained. There is a lot here and all of it is useful." (Information Systems Management, June 2008) "Pick's new book, is one of the few business-oriented GIS books to be written in the last several years." (Geoplace.com; 1/18/08)Table of Contents1. GIS in the Digital Economy. 2. Information Systems and GIS. 3. Supporting Business Decisions. 4. Enterprise Applications. 5. Customer Facing GIS: Web, E-Commerce, and Mobile Solutions. 6. Spatial Systems Development. 7. The Value of Investing in GIS. 8. Managing Spatial Data. 9. Organizational and Industry Aspects. 10. Industries and Outsourcing. 11. Ethical, Legal, and Security Issues of Spatial Technologies. 12. GIS and Business Strategy.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Statistical Methods for Geographers
Book SynopsisA textbook for advanced undergraduate/first year graduate level courses in statistical methods in geography. Presents methods useful in research design, hypothesis testing, and analyzing spatial and functional relationships.Table of ContentsAn Introduction to Statistical Methods. The Display of Distributions. Statistical Summaries of Distributions. Probability and Probability Functions. Sampling Designs and Sampling Methods. Statistical Inference: Fitting Probability Functions. Statistical Inference: Interval Estimation and HypothesisTesting. An Introduction to Bivariate Relationships. The Simple Linear Regression Model. The General Linear Model--Multiple Regression. Issues in the Application of the General Linear Model. Extensions of Multivariate Linear Regression Methods. Alternative Forms of Multivariate Analysis. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Interpreting the City
Book SynopsisThe Second Edition has been rewritten to provide additional coverage of topics such as urban development and third world cities as well as social issues including homelessness, jobs/housing mismatch and transportation disadvantages. It has also been updated with 1990 Census data.Table of ContentsUrban Geography Today. The Origin and Growth of Cities. The Third World City. The North American City. Metropolitan Dominance and Movement. The Urban Physical Environment. City Development: Theory and Practice. Central Place Theory. Transportation Processes. Perception and Quality of Life Issues. Land Use Dynamics. Housing and Neighborhoods. Ethnicity in the City. Intraurban Migration and Household Change. Central Business District Dynamics. Metropolitan Retail Structure. The Office Function. Intrametropolitan Industrial and Wholesale Space. Planning, Regulation and the Future. Author Index. Subject Index.
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University of California Press The Myth of Wild Africa
Book SynopsisThe people living in rural Africa are being asked by the world community to move their families, change their means of making a living and disrupt their cultures to save the wildlife. This book explores a joint African/Western approach to conservation with the aim of returning control to Africa.Trade Review"A useful introduction to the complex issues that must be confronted by Africans and their concerned friends from abroad. The book's central message—that Africans are the solution and not the problem—will come as no surprise to conservationists, but it is a point well worth emphasizing nonetheless." * New York Times *"Should be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the future of the African continent, its wildlife and its people." * New Scientist *"The 'Myth of wild Africa' . . . is the false notion that Africa was ever a continent untouched by the hand of man, and that its wildlife can be conserved without winning the support of its people . . . It is a brave attempt to take sentimentality out of conservation." * The Economist *"The authors' eloquent plea that "conservation cannot ignore the needs of human beings'' may be provocative, but it is long overdue. A must read, then, for conservationists, Africanists, and animal lovers." * Kirkus *"First issued in 1992 and reissued in 1996 with a new afterward, The Myth of Wild Africa argues that researchers and conservation agencies should base their conclusions on hard data rather than preconceived stereotypes. Eschewing the dramatic emotional appeals that mark many western conservation groups' African campaigns, Jonathan S. Adams and Thomas McShane make a straightforward argument for an Afrocentric conservation policy." * African Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction CHAPTER I A MYTH IS BORN CHAPTER II HUNTERS CHAPTER III SERENGETI SHALL NOT DIE? CHAPTER IV SAVE THE ELEPHANTS! CHAPTER v THE SCIENTISTS TAKE OVER CHAPTER VI CONSERVATION POLLUTION 1 CHAPTER VII MILES AND MILES OF BLOODY AFRICA CHAPTER VIII STRIKING A BALANCE CHAPTER IX LIVING WITH CONSERVATION CHAPTER X GORILLAS IN THEIR MIDST CHAPTER XI CONSERVATION WITHOUT MYTH CHAPTER XII WHO SAYS AFRICANS DON'T CARE? Afterword Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Literary Cultures in History
Book SynopsisConsiders fifteen South Asian literary traditions - including Hindi, Indian-English, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Urdu - in their full historical and cultural variety. This title makes a contribution to historical cultural studies and to literary theory in addition to the new perspectives it offers on what literature has meant in South Asia.
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University of California Press Sites of Violence
Book SynopsisIn conflict zones from Iraq and Afghanistan to Guatemala and Somalia, the rules of war are changing dramatically. This book brings the highly gendered and racialized dimensions of these changes into sharp relief. It explores the gendered politics of ethno-nationalism in Sri Lanka, the post-Yugoslav states, and Israel and Palestine.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments PART ONE: FEMINIST APPROACHES TO GENDER AND CONFLICT 1. Introduction: Gender and Conflict in a Global Context Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman 2. The Continuum of Violence: A Gender Perspective on War and Peace Cynthia Cockburn 3. The Sounds of Silence: Feminist Research across Time in Guatemala Cathy Blacklock and Alison Crosby PART TWO: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN WAR AND POSTWAR TIMES 4. Like Oil and Water, with a Match: Militarized Commerce, Armed Conflict, and Human Security in Sudan Audrey Macklin 5. No "Safe Haven": Violence against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan Shahrzad Mojab 6. From Pillars of Yugoslavism to Targets of Violence: Interethnic Marriages in the Former Yugoslavia and Thereafter Mirjana Morokvasic-Muller 7. Geographies of Violence: Women and Conflict in Ghana Valerie Preston and Madeleine Wong 8. Gender, the Nationalist Imagination, War, and Peace Nira Yuval-Davis PART THREE: FEMINIST ANALYSES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ASYLUM 9. Refugee Camps as Conflict Zones: The Politics of Gender Jennifer Hyndman 10. The "Purity" of Displacement and the Reterritorialization of Longing: Muslim IDPs in Northwestern Sri Lanka Malathi de Alwis 11. Escaping Conflict: Afghan Women in Transit Asha Hans 12. War, Flight, and Exile:Gendered Violence among Refugee Women from Post-Yugoslav States Maja Korac 13. The Gender Relations of Multilateralism in the Post-Yugoslav States: Intervention, Reconstruction, and Globalization Edith Klein PART FOUR: FEMINIST FUTURES: NEGOTIATING GLOBALIZATION, SECURITY, AND HUMAN DISPLACEMENT 14. New Directions for Feminist Research and Politics Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman References List of Contributors Index
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University of California Press Hazardous Metropolis
Book SynopsisAlthough better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a little-known chapter in the city's history - the failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. It offers a lesson - both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue. Water in Los Angeles: A Portrait of an Urban Ecosystem 1. City of a Thousand Rivers: The Emergence of an Urban Ecosystem, 1884--1914 2. A Centralized Authority and a Comprehensive Plan: Response to the Floods, 1914--1917 3. A Weir to Do Man's Bidding: The Great San Gabriel Dam Fiasco, 1917--1929 4. A More Effective Scouring Agent: The New Year's Eve Debris Flood and the Collapse of Local Flood Control, 1930--1934 5. The Sun Is Shining over Southern California: The Politics of Federal Flood Control in Los Angeles, 1935--1969 6. Necessary but Not Sufficient: Storms, Environmentalism, and New Visions for Flood Control, 1969--2001 Epilogue. The Historical Structure of Disorder: Urban Ecology in Los Angeles and Beyond Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Funnybooks
Book SynopsisFor a time, Dell Comics Are Good Comics was more than a slogan - it was a simple statement of fact. This book tells the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940s and 1950s, those published under the Dell label.Trade Review"Comics historian Barrier sets off like Scrooge McDuck in search of gold. He pans out the criteria of artists including Walt Kelly, John Stanley and Carl Barks, and stakes a claim for their work as deserving the same respect as classic literature." -- Ron Wolfe Arkansas Democrat-Gazette "In 'Funnybooks,' Mr. Barrier, whose previous works include a history of the Hollywood animated film as well as an excellent biography of Walt Disney, has set out to write a business history of Dell Comics... For his study, Mr. Barrier draws on interviews, archives and his own astute knowledge of comics." -- Will Friedwald Wall Street Journal "Barrier re-immerses himself in classic comic books and emerges impervious to nostalgia." -- Paul Gravett Times Literary Supplement "Funnybooks is the crowning achievement of Barrier's illustrious career... Written with clarity, expressiveness, and enthusiasm, this is a book for scholars, historians, practitioners, and fans old and new." -- J. A. Lent CHOICETable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: "The Very Good Ones" 1. Mickey in a Magazine 2. Oskar Lebeck Meets Walt Kelly 3. Whitman, K.K., and Dell 4. Learning on the Job in L.A. 5. A Feel for Walt Kelly's Stuff 6. Animal Magnetism 7. Cartoon Conundrums 8. Carl Barks Makes His Break 9. Barks Becomes the Duck Man 10. The Workman: Gaylord DuBois 11. The Observer: John Stanley 12. "I Am a Backwoods Bumpkin" 13. "Pure Corn" at Disney's 14. Special Talents 15. Barks Masters His Medium 16. An Arena for All the Passions 17. Animal Kingdoms 18. Walt Kelly Branches Out 19. Strong-Handed Friends 20. Carl Barks: The Virtuoso 21. Walt Kelly Escapes 22. Oskar Lebeck in Exile 23. Manifest Destiny 24. Uncle Scrooge: Play Money 25. Carl Barks in Purgatory 26. The Slow Fade 27. Disasters Epilogue: Can These Bones Live? Abbreviations Notes Index
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University of California Press Reproducing Women
Book SynopsisExamines the development of medicine in Qing dynasty China. Focusing on the specialty of 'medicine for women' (fuke), this book explores the material and ideological issues associated with childbearing in the late imperial period. It analyzes the points of convergence and contention that shaped people's views of women's reproductive diseases.Trade Review"A major addition to the growing literature on the history of gender and medicine in Imperial China." -- Angela Ki Che Leung Journal Of Chinese Studies "Yi-Li Wu's volume is essential reading for students and researchers alike." -- Larissa N. Heinrich East Asian Science, Technology, And Medicine "[A] well-written and extensively researched work on traditional medicine in late imperial China." Journal Of Interdisciplinary History "[Wu's] clear prose and concise explanations make this analysis of intricate ideas accessible... A fine introduction to the history of Chinese reproductive medicine." Harvard Journal Of Asiatic Stds "[Wu's] research is meticulous, her erudition deep but lighthanded, and her writing lucid... Conceptually and comparatively sophisticated." Journal Of Asian Stds (Jas) / Se Asia & Western Pacific "Splendid... Wu's broad command of difficult Chinese classical writings is sharpened by her mastery of the cross-cultural history of medicine." Bulletin Of The History Of MedicineTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Recreating Japanese Men
Book SynopsisIncludes essays that explore the meanings of manhood in Japan from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. This title examines a range of attitudes regarding properly masculine pursuits and modes of behavior. It charts breakdowns in traditional and conventional societal roles and the resulting crises of masculinity.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Interrogating Men and Masculinities Sabine Fruhstuck and Anne Walthall Part I. Legacies of the Samurai 1. Do Guns Have Gender? Technology and Status in Early Modern Japan Anne Walthall 2. Name and Honor: A Merchant's Seventeenth-Century Memoir Luke Roberts 3. Empowering the Would-be Warrior: Bushido. and the Gendered Bodies of the Japanese Nation Michele M. Mason 4. After Heroism: Must Real Soldiers Die? Sabine Fruhstuck Part II. Marginal Men 5. Perpetual Dependency: The Life Course of Male Workers in a Merchant House Sakurai Yuki 6. Losing the Union Man: Class and Gender in the Postwar Labor Movement Christopher Gerteis 7. Where Have All the Salarymen Gone? Masculinity, Masochism, and Technomobility in Densha Otoko Susan Napier 8. Failed Manhood on the Streets of Urban Japan: The Meanings of Self-Reliance for Homeless Men Tom Gill Part III. Bodies and Boundaries 9. Collective Maturation: The Construction of Masculinity in Early Modern Villages Nagano Hiroko 10. Climbing Walls: Dismantling Hegemonic Masculinity in a Japanese Sport Subculture Wolfram Manzenreiter 11. Not Suitable as a Man? Conscription, Masculinity, and Hermaphroditism in Early Twentieth-Century Japan Teresa A. Algoso 12. Love Revolution: Anime, Masculinity, and the Future Ian Condry 13. Gendering Robots: Posthuman Traditionalism in Japan Jennifer Robertson Bibliography Contributors Index
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University of California Press Catholic Vietnam
Book SynopsisExplores the position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. By demonstrating how French colonial rule allowed for the transformation of Catholic missions in Vietnam into powerful economic and institutional structures, this title discovers the ways race defined cultural prestige and control of resources and institutional authority.Trade Review"An excellent book. The research is based on a solid command of the archival sources; it is well argued and loaded with insightful details." -- Patricia M. Pelley American Historical Review "[Catholic Vietnam] adds a sophisticated voice to debates about the role of religion in the imperial project, giving an in-depth exploration of relations between government and church officials on the ground and demonstrating that religious, secular, imperial, and national discourses were co-constitutive." Contemporary French Civilization "Catholic Vietnam ... is an articulate and thoughtful re-evaluation of the Church as a national institution and as a factor in Vietnam's path towards independence." -- Shane Strate South East Asia Research 22, no. 4Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction 1. A Church between the Nguy?n and the French 2. A Colonial Church Divided 3. The Birth of a National Church 4. Vietnamese Catholic Tradition on Trial 5. A National Church Experienced 6. The Culture and Politics of Vietnamese Catholic Nationalism 7. A National Church in Revolution and War Epilogue. A National Church Divided Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Coming to Terms with the Nation
Book SynopsisChina is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie).Trade Review"This rich, nuanced and erudite book is a great accomplishment." -- Elena Barabantseva University of Manchester The China Journal "A very important contribution to our understanding of the birth of the modern Chinese nation." -- Jeff Kyong-McClain Journal Of World History "An exemplary piece of scholarship... Tackles broad historiographical questions with a manageable and concrete set of new data." -- Howard Chiang, Princeton University British Jrnl For The History Of Science "Brief but elegantly argued... Mullaney makes brilliant sense of mountains of data." -- Ruth Rogaski, Vanderbilt University Hist Stds In The Natural SciencesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Identity Crisis in Postimperial China 2. Ethnicity as Language 3. Plausible Communities 4. The Consent of the Categorized 5. Counting to Fifty-Six Conclusion: A History of the Future Appendix A: Ethnotaxonomy of Yunnan, 1951, According to the Yunnan Nationalities Affairs Commission Appendix B: Ethnotaxonomy of Yunnan, 1953, According to the Yunnan Nationalities Affairs Commission Appendix C: Minzu Entries, 1953--1954 Census, by Population Appendix D: Classification Squads, Phases One and Two Appendix E: Population Sizes of Groups Researched during Phase One and Phase Two Notes Character Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Gods Left First
Book SynopsisDrawing on a range of memoirs, art, poetry, and contemporary records, this title reconstructs their experience of captivity, return, and encounter with a postwar Japan that now seemed as alien as it had once been familiar.Trade Review"Barshay provides a chilling account of the coercive power of the state of individuals who nonetheless mature sufficiently to speak for themselves. The Gods Left First is a rich and deeply moving book." -- Shu Cao International Affairs "An intensely personal book." -- Laura Hein Journal of Japanese Studies 41, no. 1 "The Gods Left First is so well written that there were times I found myself engrossed as if reading a novel or viewing a film." Monumenta NipponicaTable of ContentsList of Maps and Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Names and Terms I. Prologue The Gods Left First Sources and Method II. The Siberian Internment in History The Prince's Tale The Soviet-Japanese War Hot War to Cold The Soviet-Japanese Conflict: Prehistory into History Toward Internment The Internment Remembered III. Kazuki Yasuo and the Profane World of the Gulag Icons of the Profane The Red Corpse "My Vision Broadened Tenfold" The "Siberia Style" From Image to Text The Responsibility of the Artist "The Beauty only I Can Grasp" IV. Knowledge Painfully Acquired: Takasugi Ichiro and the "Democratic Movement" in Siberia Thank You, Iosif Vissarionovich! A Humanist Interprets the Gulag Siberia, School of Democracy Ogawa Goro Becomes Takasugi Ichiro In the Shadow of the Northern Lights The Gate of Hell Toward Epiphany Toward Return Knowledge Painfully Acquired V. Ishihara Yoshiro: "My Best Self Did Not Return" Prologue: Ishihara Yoshiro and Viktor Frankl The Survivor's Question The Primitive Accumulation of Memory The Life before the Death Into the Gulag At Lowest Ebb, Stirrings Kano Buichi, Enigma Was this Domoi? VI. Coda The People Stalin Didn't Care About "A War to Live": Fujiwara Tei's The Shooting Stars Are Alive The Meaning and Message of Survival Appendix: How Many? Bibliography Index
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University of California Press M.K. Gandhi Attorney at Law
Book SynopsisAt the age of eighteen, a shy and timid Mohandas Gandhi leaves his Gujarati home for a life on his own. At forty-five, a confident and fearless Gandhi arrives back in India ready to boldly lead his country to freedom. What transforms him? The law.Trade Review"An excellent study of Gandhi's 20 years as a young attorney in South Africa." Washington Post "This well-written book is the first scholarly work to connect Gandhi's nonviolent civil disobedience to the failure of the courts in racialized South Africa." American Historical Review "A very powerful and original contribution to Gandhian studies." -- Nigel Collett Asian Review of Books "DiSalvo, through painstaking work in the legal archives of South Africa and in the archives of the Sabarmati Ashram, has written the first account of Gandhi's life in law... The Man Before the Mahatma is without doubt among the finest in a long biographical tradition." -- Tridip Suhrud The Caravan: A Journal of Politics and Culture "South Africa was ... a profoundly racist society... This inescapable reality forced on Gandhi a response. Here Charles DiSalvo's book, examining Gandhi's life as a lawyer, is particularly worthwhile." -- Tim Stafford Books And Culture "Among the more arresting works on this phase of Gandhi's life ... an astonishingly detailed and revealing study of Gandhi's law practice." -- Vinay Lal Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies "Charles DiSalvo's inspiring M. K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law: The Man Before the Mahatma ... offers a detailed and deeply thoughtful study of the ambiguous place of law in the life of a man who led millions of people to freedom." -- Frank R. Herrmann AmericaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Dispatched to London 2. The Barrister Who Couldn't Speak 3. An Abundant and Regular Supply of Labour 4. Dada Abdulla's White Elephant 5. Not a White Barrister 6. Formation Lessons 7. Waller's Question 8. A Public Man 9. To Maritzburg 10. Moth and Flame 11. Sacrifice 12. Transition and the Transvaal 13. No Bed of Roses 14. Disobedience 15. Courthouse to Jailhouse 16. Malpractice 17. Courtroom as Laboratory 18. Closing Arguments Mohandas K. Gandhi Chronology Abbreviations Notes Sources Acknowledgments
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University of California Press Middle Eastern Cities
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University of California Press The Right to Suburbia
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