GIS-based studies in the humanities and social sciences. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Atsuyuki Okabe.
• Other Names: Okabe, Atsuyuki, 1945-
• Contents: A tool for creating pseudo-3D spaces with hyperphoto : an application in ethnographic studies / Hiroya Tanaka [and others] -- A laser-scanner system for acquiring archaelogical data : case of the Tyre remains / Ryosuke Shibasaki [and others] -- A laser-scanner system for acquiring walking-trajectory data and its possible application to behavioral science / Huijing Zhao, Katsuyuki Nakamura, and Ryosuke Shibasaki -- A method for constructing a historical population-grid database from old maps and its applications / Yoshio Arai and Shiro Koike -- Urban employment areas : defining Japanese metropolitan areas and constructing the statistical database for them / Yoshitsugu Kanemoto and Reiji Kurima -- Data modeling of archaeological sites using a unified modeling language / Teruko Usui [and others] -- How to find free software packages for spatial analysis via the Internet / Atsuyuki Okabe, Atsushi Masuyama, and Fumiko Itoh -- A toolbox for examining the effect of infrastructural features on the distribution of spatial events / Atsuyuki Okabe and Tohru Yoshikawa -- A toolbox for spatial analysis on a network / Atsuyuki Okabe, Kei-ichi Okunuki, and Shino Shiode -- Estimation of routes and building sites described in premodern travel accounts through spatial reasoning / Yasushi Asami [and others] -- Computer-simulated settlements in West Wakasa : identifying the ancient tax regions -- the Go-ri system / Izumi Niiro -- Site-catchment analysis of prehistoric settlements by reconstructing paleoenvironments with GIS / Hiro'omi Tsumura -- Migration, regional diversity, and residential development on the edge of greater Cairo -- linking three kinds of data -- sensus, household-survey data, and geographical data -- with GIS / Hiroshi Kato [and others] -- Effect of environmental factors on housing prices : application of GIS to urban-policy analysis / Yasushi Asami and Xiaolu Gao -- Estimating urban agglomeration economies for Japanese metropolitan areas : is Tokyo too large? / Yoshitsugu Kanemoto [and others] -- Evaluation of school redistricting by the school family system / Yukio Sadahiro, Takashi Tominaga, and Saiko Sadahiro -- A method for visualizing the landscapes of old-time cities using GIS / Eihan Shimizu and Takashi Fuse -- Visualization for site assessment / Hiroyuki Kohsaka and Tomoko Sekine -- Visualization of the mental image of a city using GIS / Yukio Sadahiro and Yoshio Igarashi.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (328 pages), illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 300/.72/7; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Humanities -- Research -- Methodology; Geographic information systems; Spatial analysis (Statistics); Geodatabases -- Japan -- Case studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology; Geographic information systems; Geodatabases; Humanities -- Research -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Spatial analysis (Statistics); Japan; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420038389; 9781420038385; 9780849327131
• Related ISBNs: 084932713X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.