GIS and the Social Sciences: Theory and Applications
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (931 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 113878513X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is supplemented with practical activities and datasets which are linked to the content of each chapter and provided on a companion website. It will prove to be of great interest to geographers, as well as the broader social sciences, such as sociology, crime science, health, business and marketing.. The book explores the use of GIS in crime, health, education, retail location, urban planning, transport, geodemographics, emergency planning and poverty/income inequalities. It provides a range of modern applications of GIS with associated practicals to work through, and demonstrates how researcher and policy makers alike can use GIS to plan services more effectively. GIS and the Social Sciences offers a uniquely social science approach on the theory and application of GIS with a range of modern examples. The examples are written using ArcMap to show how the user can access data and put the theory in the textbook to applied use using proprietary GIS software. It explores how human geography can engage with a variety of important policy issues through linking together GIS and spatial analysis, and demonstrates the importance of applied GIS and spatial analysis
He has published widely in the fields of Social and Economic Geography, Regional Science and Geoinformatics in the Social Sciences. Franklin is Associate Director of the Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) initiative and Associate Professor (Research) of Population Studies at Brown University, USA.Andy Newing is a Lecturer in Retail Geography at the School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK. . Graham Clarke is Professor of Bu
Andy contributes extensively to undergraduate and masters level GIS teaching and student supervision within the social sciences. Franklin is Associate Director of the Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) initiative and Associate Professor (Research) of Population Studies at Brown University, USA.Andy Newing is a Lecturer in Retail Geography at the School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK. Graham Clarke is Professor of Business Geography at the University of Leeds, UK.Rachel S. About the AuthorDimitris Ballas is Associate Pro