Spatially Integrated Social Science

by Goodchild, Michael F.; Janelle, Donald G.

• ISBN13: 9780195152708
• ISBN10: 0195152700
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Spatial analysis assists theoretical understanding and empirical testing in the social sciences, and rapidly expanding applications of geographic information technologies have advanced the spatial data-gathering needed for spatial analysis and model making. This much-needed volume covers outstanding examples of spatial thinking in the social sciences, with each chapter showing some aspect of how certain social processes can be understood by analyzing their spatial context. The audience for this work is as trans-disciplinary as its authorship because it contains approaches and methodologies useful to geography, anthropology, history, political science, economics, criminology, sociology, and statistics.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Norman M. Bradburn	v
Contributors	xv
Introduction
1 Thinking Spatially in the Social Sciences	3	(20)
Michael F. Goodchild and Donald G. Janelle
Part I. Spatial Analysis at Individual and Household Levels
2 Inferring the Behavior of Households from Remotely Sensed Changes in Land Cover: Current Methods and Future Directions	23	(25)
Bruce Boucek and Emilio F. Moran
3 Geovisualization of Human Activity Patterns Using 3D GIS: A Time-Geographic Approach	48	(19)
Mei-Po Kwan and Jiyeong Lee
4 Agent-Based Modeling: From Individual Residential Choice to Urban Residential Dynamics	67	(28)
Itzhak Benenson
5 Too Much of the Wrong Kind of Data: Implications for the Practice of Micro-Scale Spatial Modeling	95	(18)
David O'Sullivan
Part II. Neighborhood-Level Analysis
6 Identifying Ethnic Neighborhoods with Census Data: Group Concentration and Spatial Clustering	113	(14)
John R. Logan and Wenquan Zhang
7 Spatial Analyses of Homicide with Areal Data	127	(18)
Steven F. Mesmer and Luc Anselm
8 Spatial (Dis)Advantage and Homicide in Chicago Neighborhoods	145	(26)
Robert J. Sampson and Jeffrey D. Morenoff
9 Measuring Spatial Diffusion of Shots Fired Activity across City Neighborhoods	171	(34)
George Tita and Jacqueline Cohen
10 The Spatial Structure of Urban Political Discussion Networks	205	(18)
Munroe Eagles, Paul Bélanger, and Hugh W. Calkins
Part III. Region-Level Analysis
11 Mapping Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Developing Countries: Spatial Patterns of São Paulo in the 1990's	223	(16)
Gilberto Câmara, Aldaiza Sposati, Dirce Koga, Antonio Miguel Monteiro, Frederico Roman Ramos, Eduardo Camargo, and Suzana Druck Fuks
12 Business Location and Spatial Externalities: Tying Concepts to Measures	239	(24)
Stuart H. Sweeney and Edward J. Feser
13 Updating Spatial Perspectives and Analytical Frameworks in Urban Research	263	(17)
Qing Shen
14 Spatial Analysis of Regional Income Inequality	280	(20)
Sergio J. Rey
15 Shaping Policy Decisions with Spatial Analysis	300	(23)
Ted K. Bradshaw and Brian Muller
16 Geographical Approaches for Reconstructing Past Human Behavior from Prehistoric Roadways	323	(26)
John Kaniner
Part IV. Multi-Scale Spatial Perspectives
17 Time, Space, and Archaeological Landscapes: Establishing Connections in the First Millennium BC	349	(17)
Patrick Daly and Gary Lock
18 Spatial Perspectives in Public Health	366	(15)
Anthony C. Gatrell and Janette E. Rigby
19 The Role of Spatial Analysis in Demographic Research	381	(19)
John R. Weeks
20 Spatial Interaction Models of International Telecommunication Flows	400	(20)
Jean-Michel Guldmann
21 Planning Scenario Visualization and Assessment: A Cellular Automata Based Integrated Spatial Decision Support System	420	(23)
Roger White, Bas Straatman, and Guy Engelen
Epilogue: Spatial Analysis in Retrospect and Prospect	443	(4)
Brian J.L. Berry
Index	447