Methods and practice of spatial analysis

This introductory book introduces the techniques and methods of spatial analysis and spatial statistics using GIS. Each chapter represents a separate group of methods and metrics, explains how to interpret the results, and gives practical examples. Among the topics considered in the book, you will find: the description and display of data by means of research spatial analysis of data, analysis of geographical distribution and point laws, spatial auto-correlation, spatial clustering, geographically balanced regression and regression by the lowest squares, spatial Econo-metric. Practical examples that combine theory and practice are related to a single study using software and are provided by illustrated manuals. Exercises are solved twice: first with Arcgis, and then - Geoda. Using a simple methodological basis, the book describes a set of data, explores spatial