ISBN:
940073848X
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9781280798795
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (1941 KB, 135 S.)
Ausgabe:
1. Aufl.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
GeoJournal Library, 105
Paralleltitel:
Print version Geographical Sociology
DDC:
301
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
The discipline of Sociology has a rich history of including spatial context in the analysis of social issues. Much of this history has revolved around the development and application of spatial theory aimed at understanding the geographic distribution of social problems, the organization of communities, and the relationship between society and the environment. More recently, the social sciences have seen a large number of technological innovations that now make it possible to place social behaviour in spatial context. Consequently, because of the historical disjuncture in the development of spatial theory and the recent development of relevant methodological tools, the relationship between materials describing both the methodological approaches and their theoretical importance a scattered throughout various books and articles. Geographical Sociology consolidates these materials into a single accessible source in which spatial concepts such as containment, proximity, adjacency, and others are examined in relation to such methodological tools as hierarchical linear models, point pattern analysis, and spatial regression. As these methods continue to increase in popularity among social scientists the ability to more generally understand societies relationship to geographic space will continue to increase in it importance in the field. This book represents a starting point to linking these concepts to practice and is presented in an accessible form in which students, researchers, and educators can all learn, and in turn, contribute to its development.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Geographical Sociology; Contents; Chapter 1: Geo-Sociology; 1.1 Geo -Sociology Defined; 1.2 Sociology: A Discipline of Syntheses and Contexts; 1.3 Sociology and Geography: A Synthesis of People and Place; 1.4 Book Organization; Part I: The Sociology of Location: Theoretical Foundations; Chapter 2: Important Contributions to Geo-Sociology; 2.1 Early Roots; 2.1.1 Von Thunen's Zonal Model of Proximity and Economic Maximization; 2.1.2 Christaller's Central Place Theory; 2.1.3 August Losch: The Economics of Location; 2.2 Other Important Contributions in the Development of Early Location Theory
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
2.3 Chapter SummaryChapter 3: Roots of Space in Sociology: Community Sociology at the Wisconsin and Chicago Schools; 3.1 Galpin's Spatial Focus on Rural Communities; 3.2 Spatial Theory and Location in the Urban City at the Chicago School; 3.3 Chapter Summary; Chapter 4: Human Ecology and Its Link to Geographical Sociology; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Durkheim: Sewing the Seeds of Human Ecology; 4.3 Robert Park's Human Ecology; 4.4 Amos Hawley and the Evolution of Human Ecology in Sociology; 4.4.1 Environment, Population, and Ecosystem; 4.4.2 Ecosystem Change: The Concept
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
4.4.3 Cumulative Change: Growth and Evolution of the Ecosystem4.4.4 Cumulative Change: Expansion in Time and Space; 4.4.5 Limits to Cumulative Change; 4.5 Chapter Conclusion; Chapter 5: Contemporary Movements in Theories of Location; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Environmental Sociology; 5.3 Middle-Range Theories of Human and Ecological Relationships; 5.4 The Los Angeles School of Urbanism; 5.5 Recent Developments in the Integration of Spatial Thinking in Sociology; 5.6 Chapter Conclusion; Part II: Spatial Context in Social Research: Methodological Applications; Chapter 6: Making Data Spatial
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
6.1 Introduction6.2 Previous Work Linking Survey Data to GIS; 6.3 Important GIS Terminology; 6.4 Implementing GIS with Social Survey Data; 6.4.1 Linking Primary Survey Data to a GIS; 6.4.2 Linking Aggregate Secondary Survey Data to GIS; 6.4.3 Selecting the Optimal Geography for Linking Survey Data to GIS; 6.5 Moving Beyond Visualization; 6.6 Chapter Summary; Chapter 7: Spatial Concepts and Their Application to Geo-Sociology; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Understanding Spatial Concepts in Sociological Research; 7.3 Linking Spatial Concepts to Statistical Analyses
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
7.3.1 Investigating Issues of Containment Through Hierarchical Linear Modeling7.3.2 Investigating the Effects of Proximity Through Distance Based Measures of Closeness; 7.3.3 Investigating the Effect of Adjacency Through Spatial Regression and Spatial Clustering; 7.4 Conclusion; Chapter 8: Geo-Sociology in Practice; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Self-perceived Health, Stress, and Neighborhood Poverty: An HLM Approach; 8.3 Detecting Spatial Clusters of Events: Atlanta, GA Homicide Locations, 2004-2009; 8.4 Modeling Contiguous Regions of Well-Being: A Spatial Regression Approach; 8.5 Conclusion
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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