Mapping distributions in non-homogeneous space with distance-based methods

Cartographie des distributions dans un espace non homogène à l'aide de méthodes basées sur la distance

Éric Marcon () and Florence Puech ()
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Éric Marcon: UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IRD [Occitanie] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier, UMR ECOFOG - Ecologie des forêts de Guyane - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - AgroParisTech - UG - Université de Guyane - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UA - Université des Antilles - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Florence Puech: UMR PSAE - Paris-Saclay Applied Economics - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: Distance-based methods (DBMs) are frequently used to analyze spatial structures in economics. Results provided by DBMs are particularly effective for the precise detection of spatial concentration, dispersion or absence of significant patterns at any scale. The utility of plotting the results of DBMs in homogeneous space has already been shown. However, no consideration has been given to mapping results in non-homogeneous space. This paper aims to fill this gap. We provide a technique to map local values when using a relative DBM. We illustrate its advantages at first on a theoretical case and then on a real case drawing on contagious disease data on trees in a Parisian park. Data and R code are given for reproducible research. In both cases, we show that local plotting can enable a more accurate spatial characterization of the underlying patterns. To give an example, our empirical results on infested maple trees support evidence of the existence of a contagion disease because they appear to be located in areas where maples are relatively spatially concentrated.

Keywords: Distance-based method; M-functions; Spatial structure; Spatial distribution; Parisian trees; Contagion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12-05
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Published in Journal of Spatial Econometrics, 2023, 4, pp.13. ⟨10.1007/s43071-023-00042-1⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s43071-023-00042-1

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