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Author Wang, Fahui

Title Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science
Edition 3rd ed
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (440 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Authors -- Major GIS Datasets and Program Files -- Quick References for Spatial Analysis Tasks -- Part I GIS and Basic Spatial Analysis Tasks -- Chapter 1 Getting Started with ArcGIS: Data Management and Basic Spatial Analysis Tools -- 1.1 Spatial and Attribute Data Management in ArcGIS -- 1.1.1 Map Projections and Spatial Data Models -- 1.1.2 Attribute Data Management and Attribute Join -- 1.2 Spatial Analysis Tools in ArcGIS: Queries, Spatial Joins, and Map Overlays
1.3 Case Study 1: Mapping and Analyzing Population Density Pattern in Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- 1.3.1 Mapping the Population Density Pattern -- 1.3.2 Analyzing the Population Density Pattern across Concentric Rings -- 1.4 Summary -- Appendix 1: Identifying Contiguous Polygons by Spatial Analysis Tools -- Chapter 2 Measuring Distance and Travel Time and Analyzing Distance Decay Behavior -- 2.1 Measures of Distance and Travel Time -- 2.2 Case Study 2A: Estimating Drive and Transit Times in Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- 2.2.1 Estimating a Euclidean or Geodesic Distance Matrix
2.2.2 Estimating a Drive Time Matrix -- 2.2.3 Estimating a Transit Time Matrix -- 2.3 Estimating Distance Decay Functions -- 2.4 Case Study 2B: Analyzing Distance Decay Behavior for Hospitalization in Florida -- 2.4.1 Estimating Distance Decay Functions by the Spatial Interaction Model -- 2.4.2 Estimating Distance Decay Functions by the Complementary Cumulative Distribution Method -- 2.5 Summary -- Appendix 2A: The Valued Graph Approach to the Shortest-Route Problem -- Appendix 2B: Estimating Drive Time and Transit Time Matrices by Google Maps API
Appendix 2C: Installing Geoprocessing Tools Based on R -- Chapter 3 Spatial Smoothing and Spatial Interpolation -- 3.1 Spatial Smoothing -- 3.1.1 Floating Catchment Area (FCA) Method -- 3.1.2 Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) Method -- 3.2 Point-Based Spatial Interpolation -- 3.2.1 Global Interpolation Methods -- 3.2.2 Local Interpolation Methods -- 3.3 Case Study 3A: Mapping Place-Names in Guangxi, China -- 3.3.1 Implementing the Floating Catchment Area Method -- 3.3.2 Implementing Spatial Interpolation Methods -- 3.4 Area-Based Spatial Interpolation
3.5 Case Study 3B: Area-Based Interpolations of Population in Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- 3.5.1 Implementing Areal Weighting Interpolation -- 3.5.2 Implementing Target-Density Weighting Interpolation -- 3.6 Spatiotemporal Kernel Density Estimation (STKDE) Method -- 3.7 Case Study 3C: Detecting Spatiotemporal Crime Hotspots in Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- 3.8 Summary -- Appendix 3: Empirical Bayes Estimation for Spatial Smoothing -- Part II Basic Computational Methods and Applications -- Chapter 4 Delineating Functional Regions and Application in Health Geography
Notes Description based upon print version of record
4.1 Basic Geographic Methods for Defining Functional Regions
Form Electronic book
Author Liu, Lingbo
ISBN 9781000923308
1000923304