Gis, Spatial Analysis, And Modeling

by Maguire, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781589481305
• ISBN10: 1589481305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-31
• Publisher: Esri Pr

Summary

A guide for geographic analysts, modelers, software engineers, and GIS professionals, this book discusses agent-based modeling, dynamic feedback and simulation modeling, as well as links between models and GIS software. This collection also presents a state-of-the-art understanding of applications based on environmental, atmospheric, hydrological, urban, social, health, and economic models.

Author Biography

David Maguire is the director of products at ESRI and is a visiting professor at University College London and the University of Redlands. He lives in Redlands, California. Michael Batty is a Bartlett Professor of Planning and directs the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London. Michael Goodchild is a professor of geography at the University of California–Santa Barbara, where he directs the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science and is the chairman of the executive committee of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Authors	p. ix
GIS and Modeling Overview	p. 1
Towards a GIS Platform for Spatial Analysis and Modeling	p. 19
Approaches to Modeling in GIS: Spatial Representation and Temporal Dynamics	p. 41
Tools and Techniques: Introduction by David J. Maguire	p. 63
Assessing the Uncertainty Resulting from Geoprocessing Operations	p. 67
Spatial Statistical Modeling in a GIS Environment	p. 93
Linking General-Purpose Dynamic Simulation Models with GIS	p. 113
Dynamic, Geospatial Landscape Modeling and Simulation	p. 131
Socioeconomic Applications: Introduction by Michael Batty	p. 147
Urban Growth Using Cellular Automata Models	p. 151
A Data Model to Represent Plans and Regulations in Urban Simulation Models	p. 173
Urban Land-Use Transportation Models	p. 203
Retail and Service Location Planning	p. 221
Simulating Spatially Explicit Networks for Dispersion of Infectious Diseases	p. 245
The Use of GIS in Transport Modeling	p. 265
The Integration of Case-Based Reasoning and GIS in a Planning Support System	p. 289
Environmental Applications - Introduction by Michael F. Goodchild	p. 315
Hydrologic Modeling	p. 319
Environmental Modeling with PCRaster	p. 333
Transition Potential Modeling for Land Cover Change	p. 357
Modeling the Interaction Between Humans and Animals in multiple-use Forests: A Case Study of Panthera tigris	p. 387
Integration of Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Models of Land Use: Prospects and Challenges	p. 403
Generating Prescribed Patterns in Landscape Models	p. 423
GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling: Current Status and Future Prospects	p. 445
Acronyms	p. 457
Index	p. 461
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