Knowra Quantitative geography Quantitative geography Quantitative geography uses mathematical and statistical methods to measure, model, and explain spatial patterns and processes. It emphasizes formal analysis of geographic data and relationships.
Spatial autocorrelation : The statistical dependence between values observed at different locations, often shaped by their spatial proximity. It tests whether nearby places resemble one another more than a spatially random pattern predicts.
Spatial analysis : The study of spatial patterns, relationships, and processes using analytical methods. It is the broader analytical tradition from which quantitative geography developed.
Spatial data : Data that describe locations, geographic features, or attributes associated with places. Quantitative geography begins by representing observations in relation to location.
Spatial interaction : The movement or exchange of people, goods, information, or other flows between places. Models quantify how distance, population, and opportunity shape flows between locations.
Regional geography : The study of distinctive regions through their physical, social, and historical characteristics. Its idiographic emphasis contrasts with the search for general spatial regularities.
Point process : A probabilistic model describing the locations of events or objects across space. It provides tools for modeling clustered, dispersed, or randomly distributed geographic events.
Quantitative revolution : A mid-twentieth-century shift in human geography toward mathematical modeling and statistical analysis. It established quantitative methods as a central approach in postwar geography.
Geographic coordinate system : A reference system that assigns coordinates to positions on Earth using a defined datum and coordinate framework. Coordinates make geographic locations measurable and comparable.
Gravity model : A model estimating interaction between places from their sizes and separation. It offers a classic quantitative explanation of spatial flows.
Humanistic geography : An approach that studies how people experience, interpret, and give meaning to places. It challenges explanations that reduce human geography to measurable variables.
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