A research agenda for spatial analysis / edited by Levi John Wolf, (Associate Professor of Spatial Analysis), Richard Harris, (Professor of Quantitative Social Geography, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol) and Alison Heppenstall, (Professor of Geocomputation, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolf, Levi John, editor.

Harris, Richard, editor.

Heppenstall, Alison, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar research agendas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spatial analysis (Statistics).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This Research Agenda explores the future of spatial analysis, and how the field informs and challenges the policy landscape. A wide range of contributors from different intellectual communities address the problem of causality in geographic analysis, arguing that diversity is crucial for the future success of the discipline. Chapters define and explore specific concepts and practices within the field, for instance data science and geosimulation, providing perspectives on the current state of the art of these areas within geography, and how they will shift in the future. In the first section, contributors cover the fundamentals of the topic, as well as various ways to handle the 'spatial variable', including the concept of space, the scale of spatial patterns and what those patterns reveal. The book then analyses schools of practice, including geographical data science, causality, generative modelling and machine learning. A Research Agenda for Spatial Analysis will prove an invaluable resource for spatial analysts and geographic information scientists interested in learning about the direction of future developments in the field. Additionally, scholars and students of human and urban geography and geographic research methods will benefit from this crucial overview of the topic"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction to a research agenda for spatial analysis / Richard Harris, Alison Heppenstall and Levi John Wolf

Part I: Concepts in spatial analysis

1. Linking spatial pattern to process: An old challenge with new barriers / Trisalyn A. Nelson

2. Reconstructing the map / James Cheshire

3. Space: Towards a global sense of place / Luke Bergmann and David O'Sullivan

4. How to solve the scale "problem" in spatial analytics / A. Stewart Fotheringham

5. Reproducible research, and research into reproducibility: Review and prospects / Chris Brunsdon

Part II: Communities of practice in spatial analysis

6. Geographic data science: A manifesto / Daniel Arribas-Bel and Anita Graser

7. Causal, not casual, spatial data science / Gareth Griffith, Gwylim Owen and Meng Le Zhang

8. Generative modelling and geosimulation / Clémentine Cottineau

9. Progress on machine learning applications in geography / Stephen Law, Yao Shen and Chen Zhong

10. Earth observation / Michelle Stuhlmacher

11. Integrated science of movement: Crossing the boundary between human mobility and animal movement research / Urska Demsar

12. Spatial interaction modelling: A manifesto / Francisco Rowe, Robin Lovelace and Adam Dennett

13. The neighbourhood: Where wilson, schelling and hägerstrand meet / Ana Petrović, Maarten van Ham and David Manley

Conclusion: Spatial analysis - the geographer's art? / Richard Harris, Alison Heppenstall and Levi John Wolf.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781802203233 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.