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Some applications of geo-statistical methods in urban research

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  1. Those methods which treat statistical series with an areal distribution we call “geostatistical.”

  2. Most of the geo-statistical methods referred to in this paper are described in detail in: J. Q. Stewart and W. Warntz, “Some Parameters of the Geographical Distribution of Population,”Geographical Review, vol. 49, 1959, pp. 270–72; W. Warntz and D. Neft, “Contributions to a Statistical Methodology for Areal Distributions,”Journal of Regional Science, vol. 2, 1960, pp. 47–66; and R. Bachi, “Standard Distance Measures and Related Methods for Spatial Analysis,”Papers, Regional Science Association, vol. 10, 1962, pp. 83–132. A more detailed reference list can be found in the above articles by: Warntz and Neft, p. 65; and Bachi, pp. 131–132.

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Shachar, A. Some applications of geo-statistical methods in urban research. Papers of the Regional Science Association 18, 197–206 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01940323

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