Exploratory and explanatory statistical analysis of spatial data

In September 1977 a "Regional Science Symposium" was held at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Goningen in the Netherlands. The impetus in organizing this symposium was the recent estab­ lishmen t at the F acuIty of Economics of a group engaged in teaching and research within the field of regional science. The aim of the symposium was to familiarize university members with regional science and to introduce the new group to both the national and international scene. Two separate topics of potential interest to both researchers and policy-makers were selected. The first theme, spatial inequalities and regional development, was chosen because of its central place in regional science. Authors from several disciplines were asked to approach this theme from a general, policy-oriented point of view. This ensured the spotlighting of the various dimensions of spatial inequality and its implications for regional policy. The results of their efforts have been collected in a volume entitled Spatial Inequalities and Regional Development. The second theme focussed on spatial statistical analysis. This branch of statistics is a relatively new one. It is receiving growing attention from researchers in the field of applied regional science. The conference dealing with this topic concentrated on recent research results related to the use of appropriate statistical and econometric methods for analyzing spatial data. The papers con­ cerned have been collected in another volume, entitled Exploratory and Explanatory Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data. Front Matter....Pages I-XII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 General introduction....Pages 3-4 Operational statistical methods for analysing spatial data....Pages 5-50 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 The analysis of geographical maps....Pages 53-72 Construction of interregional input-output tables by efficient information adding....Pages 73-112 Further evidence on alternative procedures for testing of spatial autocorrelation among regression disturbances....Pages 113-136 Front Matter....Pages 137-137 Multivariate models of dependent spatial data....Pages 139-177 Bayesian analysis of the linear model with spatial dependence....Pages 179-199 Alternative methods of estimating spatial interaction models and their performance in short-term forecasting....Pages 201-225 Two estimation methods for singly constrained spatial distribution models....Pages 227-241 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Stochastic control of regional economies....Pages 245-268