Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process

Contributing authors.- Preface.-1. Spatial Analysis: Evolution, methods, and applications: Yuji Murayama and Rajesh Bahadur Thapa.- Part I: Spatial Scale, Autocorrelation and Neighborhood Analysis.- 2. Field-based fuzzy spatial reasoning model for constraint satisfaction problem: Yaolong Zhao, Yumin Zhang, and Yuji Murayama.- 3. Testing local spatial autocorrelation using k-order neighbours: Changping Zhang and Yuji Murayama.- 4. Effect of spatial scale on urban land-use pattern analysis: Yaolong Zhao and Yuji Murayama.- 5. Modeling neighborhood interaction in Cellular Automata-based urban geosimulation: Yaolong Zhao and Yuji Murayama.- Part II: Urban Analysis: Zonation and Population Structure.- 6. Estimation of building population from LIDAR derived digital volume model: Ko Ko Lwin and Yuji Murayama.- 7. Accuracy assessment of GIS based building population estimation algorithm: Ko Ko Lwin and Yuji Murayama.- 8. The application of GIS in education administration: 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: Rajesh Bahadur Thapa and Yuji Murayama.- 10. Urban dynamics analysis using spatial metrics geosimulation: Yaolong Zhao and Yuji Murayama.- 11. Modeling deforestation using a neural network-Markov model: Duong Dang Khoi and Yuji Murayama.- Part IV: Multi-criteria GIS Analysis.- 12. Land suitability analysis for peri-urban agriculture: Rajesh Bahadur Thapa Frederic Borne, and Yuji Murayama.- 13. Suitability analysis for beekeeping sites integrating GIS & MCE Techniques: Ronald C. Estoque and Yuji Murayama.- 14. Spatial allocation of the best shipping canal in South Thailand: Rajesh Bahadur Thapa, Michiro Kusanagi, Akira Kitazumi, and Yuji Murayama.- Part V: Socio-environmental Applications.- 15. Spatiotemporal patterns of urbanization: mapping, measurement, and analysis: Rajesh Bahadur Thapa and Yuji