Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

PART I    GENERAL CONCEPTS

1  An introduction to GIS

Background

What can a GIS and spatial analysis do?

Some basic spatial concepts

Conceptualising space

From conceptualisation to operationalisation

Location in space: coordinate systems and projections

Getting data into a GIS

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

Further reading

References

2  Data querying and spatial analysis in GIS

Introduction

Getting started

Using GIS to perform attribute (aspatial) queries

Spatial queries: buffers and overlay operations

The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) and ecological fallacy

More advanced forms of spatial analysis in GIS

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

Appendix 2.1 Examples of data resources

References

3  Thematic mapping, GIS and geovisualisation

Introduction

Geographic and associated tabular/attribute data

Mapping location: reference maps

Thematic maps

Cartography and human-scaled geovisualisations

Concluding comments

Accompanying practicals

References

4  GIS and network analysis

Introduction

When a network can help

Networks: the basics

Common types of network analysis

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

Further reading

Reference

PART II APPLICATIONS

5  GIS and the classification of people and areas

Introduction

Composite indicators

Geodemographic classifications

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

Further reading

Appendix 5.1 Dan Vickers’ Open Geodemographic Classification developed for the UK Office for National Statistics

Appendix 5.2 The 2001 ONS Census Output Area Classification groups

References

6  GIS and small-area estimation of income, well-being and happiness

Introduction

Combining small-area with national social survey data

Generating indirect non-survey designed estimates

Statistical model-based estimates

Geosimulation and spatial microsimulation

Using GIS and spatial microsimulation for public policy analysis

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

Further reading

Appendix 6.1 Details of the core, rotating core and variable component question subject areas from the BHPS Individual Questionnaire

Appendix 6.2 Details of the core question subject areas from the BHPS Housebold Questionnaire

Appendix 6.3 A selection of policies that were evaluated in SimBritain

References

7  GIS and crime pattern analysis

Introduction

Crime data

GIS for the allocation of funding

GIS for mapping and analysing crime patterns

Crime profiling

Estimating expected versus actual crime rates

GIS and arson mapping

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

Further reading

References

8  GIS for retail network planning and analysis

Introduction

The building blocks for analysis

GIS for retail analysis and planning

Adding a modelling capability to the GIS

GIS for public sector retail planning

Concluding comments

Accompanying practicals

References

9  GIS and health care planning and analysis

Introduction

Geographical components of health and health care policy

Using GIS to analyse health care provision

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

References

10  GIS for emergency planning

Introduction

What is an emergency?

Data requirements

Examples: GIS for emergency planning

GIS for vulnerability assessment

GIS and social media and crowd-sourced data

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

References

11  GIS and education planning

Introduction

Demography and pupil forecasting

School catchment areas and the dynamics of provision

Educational performance in market systems

GIS in higher education

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

References

12  GIS and transport analysis and planning

Introduction

Flows on networks

Networks and examples of GIS in use

GIS and models for transport-based location analysis

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

References

13  GIS for environmental justice and policy evaluation

Introduction

Data and conceptual challenges

What do we study when we study GIS and environmental justice?

Common GIS methods employed in environmental justice and policy research

Applications of GIS in environmental justice

Concluding comments

Accompanying practical

References

14  Conclusions: GIS, social media and the future of GIS applications

References

Index