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GIS-based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Edited by Atsuyuki Okabe

Contributors: Izumi Takura, Hiro'omi Tsumura, Hiroya Tanaka, Ryosuke Shibasaki, Yukio Sadahiro, Hiroyuki Kohsaka, Yoshitsugu Kanemoto, Izumi Niiro, Yasushi Asami, Eihan Shimizu, Yoshio Arai, Hiroshi Kato, Teruko Usui, Huijing Zhao, Susumu Morimoto, Yuki Konagaya, Naoko Fukami, Hiroshi Saito, Masatoshi Arikawa, Takashi Tominaga, Tohru Yoshikawa, Atsushi Masuyama, Saiko Sadahiro, Kei-ichi Okunuki, Xiaolu Gao, Masashi Haneda, Tomoko Sekine, Fumiko Ito, Takashi Fuse, Takanori Kimura, Shiro Koike, Etsuro Shioji, Yoshiaki Murao, Keiji Shimizu, Ali El Shazly, Erina Iwasaki, Yoshio Igarashi, Toru Kitagawa, Reiji Kurima, Yutaka Goto, Hidetomo Fujiwara, Dinesh Manandhar, Masafumi Nakagawa, Shino Shiode, Katsuyuki Nakamura, Yoshinori Iwamoto

Published October 31st 2005 by CRC Press – 344 pages

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Description

Studies in the humanities and the social sciences can be enhanced through the use of geographic information systems (GIS). However, this computer-aided method of analysis is worthless unless researchers can devote the time necessary to learn what it is, what it can do, and how to use it.

Resulting from a six-year project entitled Spatial Information Science for the Humanities and Social Sciences (SIS for HSS), GIS-Based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences details the tools and processes for deploying GIS in economic and social analyses.

Through the use of this book, readers can understand how GIS technology can be utilized in advancing studies. This volume will also encourage professionals in humanities and the social sciences to employ new GIS-based methods in their own research.

Reviews

"The author gives a substantial introduction to GIS and its analytical capabilities, which is helpful for beginners to understand basic concepts of GIS…this book highlights invaluable up-to-date GIS techniques and applications in Humanities and Social Sciences."

- Dr. Narimah Samat, ISPRS Highlights, Vol. 11, No. 3, October 2006

"This book is the result of a six year study conducted by Dr. Okabe at the University of Tokyo."

-Books-On-Line

". . . the book made me think differently about ways to acquire, organize, or use spatial data, or even what might constitute spatial data . . .well worth some attention."

–G. Rebecca Dobbs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in Journal of Spatial Science, Dec 2008

Contents

Introduction

Atsuyuki Okabe

A Tool for Creating Pseudo-3D Spaces with Hyperphoto: An application in Ethnographic Studies

Hiroya Tanaka, Masatoshi Arikawa, Ryosuke Shibasaki,

and Yuki Konagaya

A Laser-Scanner System for Acquiring Archaeological Data: Case of the Tyre Remains

Ryosuke Shibasaki, Takura Izumi, Hiroya Tanaka, Masafumi Nakagawa, Yosinori Iwamoto, Hidetomo Fujiwara, and Dinesh Manandhar

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 Modelling of Archaeological Sites Using a Unified Modelling Language

Teruko Usui, Susumu Morimoto, Yoshiyuki Murao and Keiji Shimizu

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, Takanori Kimura, Masashi Haneda, and Naoko Fukami

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 - Census, Household-Survey Data, and Geographical Data - with GIS

Hiroshi Kato, Erina Iwasaki, Ali El-Shazly, and Yutaka Goto

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, Toru Kitagawa, Hiroshi Saito, and Etsuro Shioji2

Evaluation of School Redistricting By the School

Family System

Yukio Sadahiro, Takashi Tominaga, and Saiko Sadahiro

A Method for Visualizing the Landscape 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

Name: GIS-based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Hardback) – CRC Press 
Description: Edited by Atsuyuki OkabeContributors: Izumi Takura, Hiro'omi Tsumura, Hiroya Tanaka, Ryosuke Shibasaki, Yukio Sadahiro, Hiroyuki Kohsaka, Yoshitsugu Kanemoto, Izumi Niiro, Yasushi Asami, Eihan Shimizu, Yoshio Arai, Hiroshi Kato, Teruko Usui, Huijing Zhao, Susumu Morimoto, Yuki Konagaya, Naoko Fukami, Hiroshi Saito, Masatoshi Arikawa, Takashi Tominaga, Tohru Yoshikawa, Atsushi Masuyama, Saiko Sadahiro, Kei-ichi Okunuki, Xiaolu Gao, Masashi Haneda, Tomoko Sekine, Fumiko Ito, Takashi Fuse, Takanori Kimura, Shiro Koike, Etsuro Shioji, Yoshiaki Murao, Keiji Shimizu, Ali El Shazly, Erina Iwasaki, Yoshio Igarashi, Toru Kitagawa, Reiji Kurima, Yutaka Goto, Hidetomo Fujiwara, Dinesh Manandhar, Masafumi Nakagawa, Shino Shiode, Katsuyuki Nakamura, Yoshinori Iwamoto. Studies in the humanities and the social sciences can be enhanced through the use of geographic information systems (GIS). However, this computer-aided method of analysis is worthless unless researchers can devote the time necessary to learn what it is,...
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