Point Pattern Analysis

Barry N. Boots and Arthur Getis
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Barry N. Boots: Wilfrid Laurier University
Arthur Getis: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Abstract: Points on a map can represent many important phenomena, including towns, stores and centers for shopping, industrial locations, parks, archaeological sites, plant and animal species, the home site of a person with a possible environmentally related disease, and so on. The authors introduce readers to the general analysis of the location of points on maps. Map patterns are assumed to result from one or more spatial processes in the human or physical world. Often the causal forces are known, but more frequently, researchers seek to identify them. The analysis of the spatial pattern of the phenomena under study can be a precursor for revealing the underlying causal relationships. The emphasis is upon applications, so a clear informative example explained in a step-by-step manner accompanies each point pattern analysis method. SCIENTIFIC GEOGRAPHY SERIES, Grant Ian Thrall, editor.

Keywords: regional science; overview; point pattern analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 P25 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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