GIS Research Methods: Incorporating Spatial Perspectives shows researchers how to incorporate spatial thinking and geographic information system (GIS) technology into research design and analysis. Topics include research design, digital data sources, volunteered geographic information, analysis using GIS, and how to link research results to policy and action. The concepts presented in GIS Research Methods can be applied to projects in a range of social and physical sciences by researchers using GIS for the first time and experienced practitioners looking for new and innovative research techniques.
Price: $71.99
Publisher: Esri Press
Imprint: Esri Press
Publication Date:
01 May 2015
ISBN: 9781589484047
Format: eBook
BISACs:
Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing, Social research and statistics
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why think spatially?
Chapter 2: Spatial conceptualization and implementation
Chapter 3: Research design
Chapter 4: Research ethics and spatial inquiry
Chapter 5: Time, sampling, and boundaries
Chapter 6: Use of existing digital and non-digital data sources in research
Chapter 7: Survey and interview spatial data collection
Chapter 8: Public participation GIS and qualitative ethnographic field research
Chapter 9: Qualitative ethnographic field research
Chapter 10: Evaluative research from a spatial perspective
Chapter 11: Field research and data collection for built and natural environments
Chapter 12: Conducting the analysis in ArcGIS
Chapter 13: Qualitative analysis and results
Chapter 14: Communicating results and visualization of spatial information
Chapter 15: Linking results to policy and action
Chapter 16: Future directions
References
Glossary
Index
