GIS and the Social Sciences by Ballas, Dimitris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of 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

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

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