Spatial analysis is key to the formulation and evaluation of physical planning initiatives. The current thesis combines various forms of spatial analysis and many newly available and highly detailed spatial data sets in a series of studies related to different spatial-planning issues. Open-space preservation is the most common objective of the studied policy interventions, but concern for other...

This paper aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of drug-related police interventions and the neighborhood characteristics influencing these spatial patterns. To this end, police officers ranked each census block group in Valencia, Spain (N = 552), providing an index of drug-related police interventions. Data from the City Statistics Office and observational variables were used to analyze n...

The goal of this special issue is to introduce agricultural economists to new analytical approaches involving spatial data. This paper provides a brief history of the special issue and an introduction to von Thiinen' s model of the determinants of land use and rent that underlies all spatial analysis. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

This virtual special issue marks International Women's Day 2021 by drawing together 15 papers published in Spatial Economic Analysis over the past decade female authors and co-authors. It highlights wide range of ground-breaking research these their collaborators, growth female-authored publications time, as well geographical career-stage diversity within field. The include agenda-setting direc...