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Introduction: The Practice of Spatial Analysis

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The chapter provides a broad-brush introduction to the subject of spatial analysis as a general backdrop to the discussion of the individual chapters of this volume. It first offers a range of definitions of spatial analysis from the human geography viewpoint mainly, which reflect its historical evolution. Then, it discusses the practice of spatial analysis in terms of broad streams of methods and techniques that have developed over time, in several of which Prof. Kanaroglou has contributed important research. Next, it presents the individual contributions and closes with a discussion of their main features, organized in terms of theory, methods/techniques, applications, and policy relevance, which point to the respective open issues that future research is called to address to enhance the role of spatial analysis in contemporary data-rich, technologically advanced, and decision-intensive contexts.

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    Helen Briassoulis, Dimitris Kavroudakis & Nikolaos Soulakellis

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Briassoulis, H., Kavroudakis, D., Soulakellis, N. (2019). Introduction: The Practice of Spatial Analysis. In: Briassoulis, H., Kavroudakis, D., Soulakellis, N. (eds) The Practice of Spatial Analysis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89806-3_1

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