Title Details: | |
Introduction |
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Authors: |
Iliopoulou, Polyxeni |
Reviewer: |
Kitsos, Christos |
Subject: | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > RURAL AND SURVEYING ENGINEERING > GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
In this chapter the scope of Spatial analysis is introduced as a field of Geography. The interconnection with other disciplines is presented, as well as recent trends in the field. There is a brief historical review of the evolution of Geography and Spatial Analysis as well as an overview of several applications in different problems. A description of the data used in Spatial analysis is provided and the distinction between spatial and non-spatial data is explained. In addition, the arrangement of data in terms of the Geographic data matrix is presented, while there is a discussion concerning several problems arising during the statistical analysis of spatial phenomena, which are related to some properties of spatial data, mainly the property of spatial autocorrelation. Finally, there is a brief presentation of the data analysis methods which are developed in the following chapters, as well as a description of the data employed in the examples. The Appendix of this chapter includes definitions of several basic concepts in Geography.
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Technical Editors: |
Karali, Georgia Stratakis, Panagiotis Tsionis, Elias |
Type: |
Chapter |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
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License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2060 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Iliopoulou, P. (2015). Introduction [Chapter]. In Iliopoulou, P. 2015. Spatial Analysis [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/2060 |
Language: |
Greek |
Is Part of: |
Spatial Analysis |
Number of pages |
19 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |