Spatial data analysis addresses the measurement, modelling and interpretation of phenomena that vary across geographic space. Central to this endeavour is the selection of areal units—the discrete ...

China’s manufacturing industry has been ranked as the most valuable in the world from 2010 to 2021. However, high-resolution manufacturing datasets are lacking, and this has precluded study of the ...

A spatial analysis of crime in Chicago suggests that certain environmental and socioeconomic factors, such as building density, are linked with crime rates, but these relationships differ between ...