Modelling Geographical Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Barry Boots, Atsuyuki Okabe, Richard Thomas

      Pages 1-8

3. Statistical Models of Spatial Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Spatial Statistics

      1. Geographical Patterns of Urban Residential Development

         • Jay Lee

         Pages 13-31

      2. Using Local Statistics for Boundary Characterization

         • Barry Boots

         Pages 33-44

      3. Local Spatial Interaction Modelling Based on the Geographically Weighted Regression Approach

         • Tomoki Nakaya

         Pages 45-69

   3. Space-Time Analysis

      1. Understanding Activity Scheduling and Rescheduling Behaviour: Theory and Numerical Illustration

         • Chang-Hyeon Joh, Theo A. Arentze, Harry J. P. Timmermans

         Pages 73-95

      2. Geographical Model of a Self-Organising Megalopolis with Time-Space Convergence

         • Isao Mizuno

         Pages 97-117

      3. Epidemic Modelling of HIV/AIDS Transfers between Eastern and Western Europe

         • Phillip Smith, Richard Thomas

         Pages 119-138

4. Computational Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Simulation Models

      1. A Spatial Microsimulation Model for Social Policy Evaluation

         • Dimitris Ballas, Graham P. Clarke, Ian Turton

         Pages 143-168

      2. Analysis of the Effect of Land Use Patters on the Anthropogetic Energy Discharged from Air Conditioning and Hot Water Supply Using a Modified CSU Mesoscale Model

         • Teruhisa Watanabe, Atsuyuki Okabe, Takeki Izumi, Yukio Sadahiro

         Pages 169-180

      3. Generalised Thünen and Thünen-Ricardo Models for Asian Land Use

         • Kazuyuki Konagaya

         Pages 181-199

   3. GIS Models

      1. Balancing Consensus and Conflict with a GIS-Based Multi-Participant, Multi-Criteria Decision Support Tool

         • Robert D. Feick, G. Brent Hall

         Pages 203-233

      2. Grid-Based Population Distribution Estimates from Historical Japanese Topograhical Maps Using GIS

         • Yoshio Arai, Shiro Koike

         Pages 235-250

      3. GIS Modelling for Rain-Induced Debris-Flow Hazards in a Small Watershed

         • Shipeng Zhao, Toshikazu Tamura

         Pages 251-271

   4. The Internet

      1. A Geographical Interpretation of Cyperspace: Preliminary Analysis on the Scaling Tendency of Information Spaces

         • Narushige Shiode

         Pages 275-293

      2. On Modelling Internet Transactions as a Time-Dependent Random Walk: An Application of the Retail Aggregate Space-Time Trip (RASTT) Model

         • Robert G. V. Baker

         Pages 295-316

      3. Development of Disaster Information Network System in the Asian Region: Internet GIS for Disaster Information Management

         • Yujiro Ogawa, Hirotaka Suzuki, Bambang Rudyanto, Kiichi Hirono, Shigeya Yoshikawa, Masami Sugiura

         Pages 317-330

      4. Geographical Conceptualization of Cyberplaces

         • Masanao Takeyama

         Pages 331-345

Within the realm of quantitative geography, systems modelling is specifically concerned with understanding those relationships that influence the attributes of phenomena located in space and time. The intention is to replicate the main processes influencing a system's behaviour and, thereby, assist its manage­ ment through a capability to estimate future change. Over the last few decades, one of the major institutional initiatives for promoting such research has been provided by specialised Study Groups and Commissions established by the International Geographical Union (IGU). These scholarly networks have aimed to co-ordinate international research agendas for geographical systems model­ ling and their activities have been recorded in both edited volumes (Fischer and Getis, 1997) and special issues of learned journals (Wilkinson and Boots, 2000; Leung and Okabe, 2001). Presently, this facilitative task is the charge of the Commission on Modelling Geographical Systems (CMGS) appointedat the IGU Hague Congress in 1996 and chaired by Barry Boots (1996-2000) and Richard Thomas (2000-present). Set against this background, this book provides a perspective on the work of the CMGS from 1996 until the IGU Seoul Congress in August 2000 through a collection of papers first presented to our sessions at this event. Moreover, a number of Japanese delegates were attracted to this Asian venue and their con­ tributions provide many new ideas concerning the implementation of systems analysis.

• Evaluation
• GIS
• Geoinformationssysteme
• digital elevation model
• information management
• simulation
• statistics
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

  Barry Boots

• Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

  Atsuyuki Okabe

• University of Manchester, UK

  Richard Thomas

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