1 Spatial Analysis: Evolution, Methods, and Applications ....... 1
Yuji Murayama and Rajesh B. Thapa
Part I Spatial Scale, Autocorrelation and Neighborhood
Analysis
2 Field-Based Fuzzy Spatial Reasoning Model for Constraint
Satisfaction Problem ........................................ 29
Yaolong Zhao, Yumin Zhang, and Yuji Murayama
3 Testing Local Spatial Autocorrelation Using k-Order
Neighbours .................................................. 45
Changping Zhang and Yuji Murayama
4 Effect of Spatial Scale on Urban Land-Use Pattern
Analysis .................................................... 57
Yaolong Zhao and Yuji Murayama
5 Modeling Neighborhood Interaction in Cellular Automata-
Based Urban Geosimulation ................................... 75
Yaolong Zhao and Yuji Murayama
Part II Urban Analysis: Zonation and Population Structure
6 Estimation of Building Population from LIDAR Derived
Digital Volume Model ........................................ 87
Ko Ko Lwin and Yuji Murayama
7 Accuracy Assessment of GIS Based Building Population
Estimation Algorithm ........................................ 99
Ko Ko Lwin and Yuji Murayama
8 The Application of GIS in Education Administration ......... 113
Fatemeh Ahmadi Nejad Masouleh, Yuji Murayama, and Todd
Wendell Rho'Dess
Part III Land Use and Land Cover Change
9 Accuracy of Land Use and Land Cover Mapping Methods ........ 135
Rajesh B. Thapa and Yuji Murayama
10 Urban Dynamics Analysis Using Spatial Metrics
Geosimulation .............................................. 153
Yaolong Zhao and Yuji Murayama
11 Modeling Deforestation Using a Neural Network-Markov
Model ...................................................... 169
Duong Dang Khoi and Yuji Murayama
Part IV Multi-criteria GIS Analysis
12 Land Suitability Analysis for Peri-Urban Agriculture ....... 193
Rajesh B. Thapa, Frederic Borne, and Yuji Murayama
13 Suitability Analysis for Beekeeping Sites Integrating
GIS & MCE Techniques ....................................... 215
Ronald C. Estoque and Yuji Murayama
14 Spatial Allocation of the Best Shipping Canal in South
Thailand ................................................... 235
Rajesh B. Thapa, Michiro Kusanagi, Akira Kitazumi, and
Yuji Murayama
Part V Socio-environmental Applications
15 Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urbanization: Mapping,
Measurement, and Analysis .................................. 255
Rajesh B. Thapa and Yuji Murayama
16 Spatial Determinants of Poverty Using GIS-Based Mapping .... 275
Brandon Manalo Vista and Yuji Murayama
Index ......................................................... 297
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