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Spatial Entropy and Landscape Analysis

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Authors:
  1. Fivos Papadimitriou

    1. Forschungsbereich Geographie Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  • Explores the concept and applications of spatial entropy
  • Links thermodynamics and spatial entropy with landscape analysis
  • Shows how spatial entropy methods apply to both natural and artificial landscapes

Part of the book series: RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft (RFSRL)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Spatial Entropy, Geo-Information and Spatial Surprise

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 1-14

  3. Computing the Spatial Entropy of Square Binary Maps

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 15-30

  4. Spatial Entropy of Directional Geographical Data and Landscape Networks

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 31-55

  5. Spatial Entropy of Landscapes Simulated with Artificial Life and Swarm Intelligence

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 57-73

  6. Spatial Negentropy and Social Self-Organization in Simulated Landscapes

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 75-86

  7. Visual Perception of Spatial Entropy and Landscape Analysis

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 87-102

  8. Spatial Entropy, Non-Extensive Thermodynamics and Landscape Change

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 103-121

  9. Emergence, Sustainability and Cyber-Physical Landscapes

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 123-139

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 141-143
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About this book

This is the first book on spatial entropy in the scientific literature. It links spatial entropy with landscape analysis, landscape diversity and geo-information. It gives all the essential tools that a researcher needs in order to study the spatial entropy of physical as well as artificial landscapes (created with artificial life, swarm intelligence etc). This book explores the fascinating world of the interplay between spatial entropy, spatial information, self-organization and emergence and gives geographers and landscape scientists several alternative mathematical methods to study them, i.e. Shannon's formula, measures from non-extensive thermodynamics, from directional statistics and network theory. An essential book for researchers in landscape analysis and geo-informatics.     




Authors and Affiliations

  • Forschungsbereich Geographie Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Fivos Papadimitriou

About the author

Dr. Dr. Fivos Papadimitriou is at the University of Tübingen and he is the author of "Spatial Complexity: Theory, Mathematical Methods and Applications" (Springer).



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Spatial Entropy and Landscape Analysis

  • Authors: Fivos Papadimitriou

  • Series Title: RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35596-8

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-35595-1Published: 04 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-35596-8Published: 03 February 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2625-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-7009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 143

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 69 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cultural Geography, Human Geography

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