Space is increasingly recognized as a legitimate factor that influences
many processes and conceptual frameworks, including notions of spatial
coherence and spatial heterogeneity that have been demonstrated to
provide substance to both theory and explanation. The potential and
relevance of spatial analysis is increasingly understood by an expanding
sphere of cogent disciplines that have adopted the tools of spatial
analysis. This book brings together major new developments in spatial
analysis techniques, including spatial statistics, econometrics, and
spatial visualization, and applications to fields such as regional
studies, transportation and land use, political and economic geography,
population and health. Establishing connections to existing and emerging
lines of research, the book also serves as a survey of the field of
spatial analysis and its links with related areas.