Elements of Spatial Structure: A Quantative Approach (Paperback)

Elements of Spatial Structure is a contribution to the literature on spatial series. Written by a group with varied backgrounds in engineering, geography and statistics, who collaborated at Bristol University in the early 1970s, the book analyses certain basic properties of spatial structure. It shows how spatial elements form an essential part of the real-world problems of population distribution, of urban and regional economies, and of diffusion processes. The book is divided into three parts. Part one is concerned with a static cross-sectional approach to spatial structure and explores some aspects of the central geographical problems of region-building and trend-surface mapping. Part two moves to a dynamic framework and extends time-series analysis in a regional framework. It includes two chapters on the application of the models presented to diffusion and unemployment data in south-west England. Part three links the first two parts together through a consideration of spatial autocorrelation and spatial forecasting. Again, formal models are presented and an attempt is made to gauge their utility by applying them to test problems in the south-west.

《空間結構要素》是一本關於空間序列的文獻貢獻。這本書是由一群在工程、地理和統計學方面具有不同背景的人合作撰寫的，他們在1970年代初在布里斯托大學合作。該書分析了空間結構的某些基本特性。它展示了空間要素如何成為人口分布、城市和區域經濟以及擴散過程等現實世界問題的重要組成部分。該書分為三個部分。第一部分涉及靜態橫斷面方法來研究空間結構，並探討了區域建設和趨勢面圖繪製等中心地理問題的一些方面。第二部分轉向動態框架，並在區域框架中擴展了時間序列分析。其中包括兩章應用所提出的模型於英格蘭西南部的擴散和失業數據。第三部分通過考慮空間自相關和空間預測將前兩部分聯繫在一起。同樣，提出了正式模型並試圖通過將其應用於英格蘭西南部的測試問題來評估其實用性。