Spatially Integrated Social Science

Donald G. Janelle

ISBN 10: 0195152700 / ISBN 13: 9780195152708

Published by Oxford University Press Inc, US, 2005

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spatially Integrated Social Science
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, US
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195152700
• ISBN 13: 9780195152708
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 794 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Michael F. Goodchild and Donald G. Janelle are both at University of California, Santa Barbara.