Spatial Statistics and Models

The quantitative revolution in geography has passed. The spirited debates of the past decades have, in one sense, been resolved by the inclusion of quantitative techniques into the typical geographer's set of methodological tools. A new decade is upon us. Throughout the quantitative revolution, geographers ransacked related disciplines and mathematics in order to find tools which might be applicable to problems of a spatial nature. The early success of Berry and Marble's Spatial Analysis and Garrison and Marble's volumes on Quantitative Geog­ raphy is testimony to their accomplished search. New developments often depend heavily on borrowed ideas. It is only after these developments have been established that the necessary groundwork for true innovation ob­ tains. In the last decade, geographers significantly -augmented their methodologi­ cal base by developing quantitative techniques which are specifically directed towards analysis of explicitly spatial problems. It should be pointed out, however, that the explicit incorporation of space into quantitative techniques has not been the sole domain of geographers. Mathematicians, geologists, meteorologists, economists, and regional scientists have shared the geo­ grapher's interest in the spatial component of their analytical tools. Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Theory of Spatial Statistics....Pages 3-15 Statistics and Human Geography....Pages 17-32 Geocoding and Geosampling....Pages 33-53 Classification in Human Geography....Pages 55-79 Classification in Climatology....Pages 81-108 Real Maps, Virtual Maps and Interactive Cartography....Pages 109-132 Computer Mapping: The SYMAP Interpolation Algorithm....Pages 133-145 Trend Surface Analysis....Pages 147-171 Nonlinear Models and Methods....Pages 173-190 Some Problems with the Use of Regression Analysis in Geography....Pages 191-199 Spatial Autocorrelation in Regression Analysis: A Beginner’s Guide....Pages 201-222 Measures of Spatial Equality....Pages 223-233 Advances in the Analysis of Spatial Time Series....Pages 235-251 Directional Data Analysis....Pages 253-270 Topology of Tree-Like Networks....Pages 271-291 Measuring and Comparing Two-Dimensional Shapes....Pages 293-312 Front Matter....Pages 313-313 A Simple Step-by-Step Approach to Spatial Model Building....Pages 315-319 Recent Developments in the Analysis of Movement and Recurrent Choice....Pages 321-343 Distance-Decay Models of Residential Search....Pages 345-366 The Distance-Decay Gravity Model Debate....Pages 367-388 Front Matter....Pages 313-313 Principles of Simulation in Human Geography....Pages 389-416 Simulation Models in Climatology....Pages 417-442 On the Evaluation of Model Performance in Physical Geography....Pages 443-460 Back Matter....Pages 461-484