Description
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
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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.
