Publisher's Synopsis
This volume has been written for students, researchers and practitioners in the field of human geography and planning, and describes how mathematics is used as a tool in these subjects by illustration with examples from the field.;Detailed coverage is given of statistical and mathematical modelling with relation to human geography and planning. The book is divided into three parts, each of which deals with a different aspect of the subject. There is some discussion of the latest developments in dynamic modelling, which are of crucial importance to the future of geographical theory and planning methods.
