Computing Geographically

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David O'Sullivan, PhD, is an independent scholar who has held positions at Te Herenga Waka--Victoria University of Wellington; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Auckland; and Penn State. He has published extensively on novel approaches to the simulation of change in urban and ecological systems, and the implications of different representations in giscience in relation to wider currents in geographical thought.

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As geography's 'big ideas'--such as space, place, boundaries, scale, process, and relationality--have evolved, what does this mean for their computational representation? This book considers how key concepts have developed in geography and are represented (or not) in GISc, with a view to bridging gaps between the two.

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Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Building Bridges
   
   • A History of My Spaces
   • Plan of the Book
2. Location and Space
   
   • The Nature of Space
   • Space in Giscience
   • Prospects for Relative/Relational Giscience
3. Scale and Projection
   
   • Scale in Geographical Theory
   • Scale in Giscience
   • The Salience of Scale
4. Place and Meaning in Space
   
   • From Space to Place-
   • Place in Giscience
5. Lines and Areas
   
   • Drawing Lines
   • Territory and Territoriality
   • When the Map Is and Is Not the Territory
   • The Arbitrariness of Boundaries
   • Moving On from Geometry
6. Relations, Networks, Flows
   
   • Relations, Space, and Place
   • Graph Drawings as (Possible) Projections
   • Networks Are Flows Frozen in Place
7. Time and Dynamics
   
   • Time and Space: A Coin with Two Sides
   • Hägerstrand's Time Geography
   • Limits to Time Geography
   • Mobilities and Human Dynamics
   • From Time to Dynamic Processes
8. Process and Pattern
   
   • Process Philosophies
   • The Place of Complexity Theory
   • Simulation Models
   • Process and Pattern Revisited
9. Doing Giscience Doing Geography
   
   • Common Ground: A Space to Think
   • Doing Giscience: Representation as a Process
   • Toward Doing Differently
   • Finally
     References
     Index
     About the Author