Modelling scale in geographical information science

Tate, Nicholas J. (Added Author). Atkinson, Peter M. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0471985465 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 277 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Chichester ; New York : John Wiley & Sons, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Models of scale and scales of modelling / Michael F. Goodchild -- Fractal characterization of multitemporal remote sensing data / Dale A. Quattrochi ... [et al.] -- Fractals and scale dependencies on topography / Nicholas J. Tate and Jo Wood -- Measuring the 'urban' : measuring and modelling a regional settlement hierarchy / Victor Mesev and Paul A. Longley -- The multifractal structure of the human population distribution / Iqbal Adjali and Stephen Appleby -- Behaviour of regression models under random aggregation / Robin Flowerdew, Alistair Geddes and Mick Green -- Using local census data to investigate scale effects / Mark Tranmer and David Steel -- Scale issues and geographically weighted regression / A. Stewart Fotheringham, Chris Brunsdon and Martin Charlton -- Zone design as a spatial analysis tool / Seraphim Alvanides, Stan Openshaw and James Macgill -- Measuring scale effects caused by map generalization and the importance of displacement / Elsa M. João -- Modeling wildlife distribution from multi-scale spatial data with GIS / Richard J. Aspinall -- Determining the spatial scale of variation in environmental properties using the variogram / Margaret A. Oliver -- Scaling up and scaling down : the relevance of the support effect on remote sensing of vegetation / Jennifer L. Dungan -- Geostatistical regularization in remote sensing / Peter <. Atkinson -- Five key recommendations for GI science / Peter M. Atkinson and Nicholas J. Tate.