GIS-based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Written by experts, this book details the tools and processes for deploying GIS in economic and social analyses. It offers toolboxes for examining the effect of infrastructural features on the distribution of spatial events and for spatial analysis on a network, demonstrates how to create data modeling of an archeological site using a unified modeling language, and reviews the use of laser-scanner systems for acquiring archaeological data and walking trajectory data that can be applied to behavioral science. The book also explores how to apply GIS to urban policy analysis to investigate the effect of environmental factors on housing prices.