Spatial Analysis: Modelling in a Gis Environment - Rilegato

Batty, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0470236159 ISBN 13: 9780470236154

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1997

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Spatial Analysis: Modelling in a GIS Environment Edited by PaulLongley and Michael Batty Digital data and information are usedincreasingly by academics, professionals, local authorities, andgovernment departments. Powerful new technologies, such asgeographic information systems (GIS), are being developed toanalyse such data, and GIS technologies are rapidly becoming partof the emergent world digital infrastructure. This book shows howcomputer methods of analysis and modelling, built around GIS, canbe used to identify ways in which our cities and regions might bebetter planned and understood. The contributors to this book areall actively involved in research using geographic informationsystems. This book will be valuable reading for:
* Geographers, researchers, and regional analysts
* Population theorists and regional economists with interests inlarge-scale demographic and employment data
* Planners and policy-makers who wish to use GIS to improve theirdecision making
* Business analysts who wish to explore markets using the mostrecent advances in digital spatial data technology
* All those interested in geodemographics
Paul Longley is Professor of Geography at the Department ofGeography, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Michael Batty isProfessor of Spatial Analysis and Planning at the UniversityCollege London. United Kingdom.

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Paul Longley is a professor with the Department of Geography, University College London, UK.

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Spatial Analysis: Modelling in a GIS Environment Edited by Paul Longley and Michael Batty Digital data and information are used increasingly by academics, professionals, local authorities, and government departments. Powerful new technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), are being developed to analyse such data, and GIS technologies are rapidly becoming part of the emergent world digital infrastructure. This book shows how computer methods of analysis and modelling, built around GIS, can be used to identify ways in which our cities and regions might be better planned and understood. The contributors to this book are all actively involved in research using geographic information systems. This book will be valuable reading for:

• Geographers, researchers, and regional analysts
• Population theorists and regional economists with interests in large-scale demographic and employment data
• Planners and policy-makers who wish to use GIS to improve their decision making
• Business analysts who wish to explore markets using the most recent advances in digital spatial data technology
• All those interested in geodemographics

Paul Longley is Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Michael Batty is Professor of Spatial Analysis and Planning at the University College London. United Kingdom.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0470236159
• ISBN 13: 9780470236154
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 392
• Redattore: Longley Paul
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile