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This book offers a relatively large overview of modeling families which exist in
spatial analysis and of the different mindsets that went into them. Models presented are
related to space organization principles, localization logic, the form of spatial
interactions1 and their role in space dynamics. The expertise of the authors is
thematically (geography, economy, hydrology, ecology, etc.) and methodologically
(mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics) varied, and several authors use an
interdisciplinary approach.
You will notice two types of chapters, some proposing a view on spatial analysis
from a thematic point of view, the others focusing on a key concept or on a specific
methodological field of spatial analysis. In both cases, the goal was to propose a
relatively large overview of the question and also to support the presentations with
the help of concrete application examples. A system of cross-referenced reading was
adopted for the French edition of the book, which has enabled exchanges between
the authors and has facilitated correlation between the chapters.
We wish to thank the group of authors who have graciously accepted to
collaborate on this book, the publisher for the translation work, François Durand-
Dastès for his help in revising proofs, as well as Eugénie Dumas and Malika
Madelin for their precious help in completing this project. |
