"Spatial Analysis, Modelling and Planning" ed. by Jorge Rocha

This book aims to demonstrate how computer methods of spatial analysis and modeling, integrated in a GIS environment, can be used to better understand reality and give rise to more informed and, thus, improved planning. It provides a comprehensive discussion of spatial analysis, methods, and approaches related to planning.

New powerful technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), have been evolving and are quickly becoming part of a worldwide emergent digital infrastructure. Spatial analysis is becoming more important than ever because enormous volumes of spatial data are available from different sources, such as social media and mobile phones. When locational information is provided, spatial analysis researchers can use it to calculate statistical and mathematical relationships through time and space.

Contents
1 Introductory Chapter: Spatial Analysis, Modelling, and Planning
2 One World, One Health Challenge: The Holistic Understanding of Rickettsiosis Integrating Multi-Criteria Analysis Techniques and Spatial Statistics
3 Spatial Analysis of Bifenthrin Sediment and Water Concentrations in California Waterbodies from 2001 to 2017
4 Absolute Density Measures Estimation Functions with Very High Resolution Satellite Images
5 Evaluating the Effectiveness of CCTV in Baltimore. Maryland
6 The Use of Photos of the Social Networks in Shaping a New Tourist Destination: Analysis of Clusters in a GIS Environment
7 Modelling Driving Forces of Urban Growth with Fuzzy Sets and GIS
8 Quantification and Prediction of Land Consumption and Its Climate Effects in the Rhineland Metropolitan Area Based on Multispectral Satellite Data and Land-Use Modelling 1975-2030
9 Fusion Study of Geography and Environmental Engineering
10 Generating Reality with Geosimulation Models: An Agent-Based Social-Spatial Network Modelling Perspective
11 Formal Urban Dynamics, Policy and Implications on Urban Planning: Perspectives on Kampala, Uganda
12 Risk Analysis and Land Use Planning
13 Political Economy and the Work of Kenneth Arrow