Modelling scale in geographical information science / edited by Nicholas J. Tate and Peter M. Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tate, Nicholas J.

Atkinson, Peter M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Spatial analysis (Statistics).

Physical Description:

xiv, 277 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, [2001]

Contents:

Models of Scale and Scales of Modelling / Michael F. Goodchild 3

Part 1 Fractal Models 11

1 Fractal Characterization of Multitemporal Remote Sensing Data / Dale A. Quattrochi, Charles W. Emerson, Nina Siu-Ngan Lam, Hong-lie Qiu 13

2 Fractals and Scale Dependencies in Topography / Nicholas J. Tate, Jo Wood 35

3 Measuring the 'Urban': Measuring and Modelling a Regional Settlement Hierarchy / Victor Mesev, Paul A. Longley 53

4 The Multifractal Structure of the Human Population Distribution / Iqbal Adjali, Stephen Appleby 69

Part 2 The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem 87

5 Behaviour of Regression Models under Random Aggregation / Robin Flowerdew, Alistair Geddes, Mick Green 89

6 Using Local Census Data to Investigate Scale Effects / Mark Tranmer, David Steel 105

7 Scale Issues and Geographically Weighted Regression / A. Stewart Fotheringham, Chris Brunsdon, Martin Charlton 123

8 Zone Design as a Spatial Analysis Tool / Seraphim Alvanides, Stan Openshaw, James Macgill 141

Part 3 Changing the Scale of Measurement 159

9 Measuring Scale Effects caused by Map Generalization and the Importance of Displacement / Elsa M. Joao 161

10 Modelling Wildlife Distribution from Multi-scale Spatial Data with GIS / Richard J. Aspinall 181

11 Determining the Spatial Scale of Variation in Environmental Properties using the Variogram / Margaret A. Oliver 193

12 Scaling Up and Scaling Down: The Relevance of the Support Effect on Remote Sensing of Vegetation / Jennifer L. Dungan 221

13 Geostatistical Regularization in Remote Sensing / Peter M. Atkinson 237

Five Key Recommendations for GI Science / Peter M. Atkinson, Nicholas J. Tate 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471985465

OCLC:

47282962