Scales, levels and processes: Studying spatial patterns of British census variables

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-160

  Manley, David ^a   Flowerdew, Robin ^a   Steel, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Census data; Modifiable areal unit problem; Multi level modelling; Scale effects; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CENSUS DATA; MODIFIABLE AREAL UNIT PROBLEM; MULTI-LEVEL MODELLING; SCALE EFFECTS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CENSUS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644612192     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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