SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentInternational Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, First Year International Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Second Year
Course NameGIS for Social Science
InstructorLIAO HSIN-CHUNG
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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Content and Reading Assignment



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In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



9/15




  • Introduction

  • Course Overview

  • What is GIS

  • Understanding ArcGIS & GIS Terminology


 

  • ArcGIS Basics

  • Loading Data

  • Scales

  • Navigation

  • Online Help



3



1



9/22




  • Making Maps




  • GIS and Mapping: Pitfalls for Planners(Kent & Klosterman 2000)




  • Types of Maps

  • Elements of Cartography



3



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9/29




  • Working with Maps & Data I




  • Making a Place for Space: Spatial Thinking in the Social Sciences (Logan 2012)




  • Attribute Query

  • Joining & Relating

  • Data Classification

  • Projection



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10/5




  • Working with Maps & Data II




  • Theoretical Foundations of the Sociology of Location (Porter & Howell 2012 pages 1-62)




  • Attribute Query

  • Joining & Relating

  • Data Classification

  • Projection



3



3



10/12




  • Working with Census Data I




  • Theoretical Foundations of the Sociology of Location (Porter & Howell 2012 pages 1-62)




  • Understanding Census Data & Geometry

  • Accessing Census Data



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3



10/19




  • Working with Census Data II




  • Spatial data mining and geographic knowledge discovery—An introduction (Mennis & Guo 2009)




  • Interpreting Census Variables

  • Charts & Graphs for Data Display



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3



10/26




  • Geoprocessing




  • Recapturing Space: New Middle Range Theory in Spatial Demography Ch 7-8 (Howell, Porter & Matthews)




  • Geoprocessing Tools: Buffers, Clips, Unions



3



3



11/3




  • Address Mapping




  • Geographic Information Systems and the Spatial Dimensions of American Politics (Cho & Gimpel 2012)




  • Geocoding



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3



11/10




  • Network Analysis




  • Measures of Spatial Accessibility to Health Care in a GIS Environment (Luo & Qi 2003)

  • Measuring spatial accessibility to healthcare for populations with multiple transportation modes (Mao & Nekorchuk2013)




  • Spatial Accessibility



3



3



11/17




  • Identifying Statistical Clusters and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) of Social Data I




  • Richardson in the Information Age: Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data in International Studies (Gleditsch & Weidmann2012)

  • Explore Spatial Data with GeoDa (Anselin 2003)




  • Spatial Weight Matrix

  • Spatial Autocorrelation

  • Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis



3



3



(11/24)




  • Final Project Proposal Discussion




  • None




  • Individual Discussion in Office



3



3



12/1




  • Identifying Statistical Clusters and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) of Social Data II




  • Coproduction of Government Services and the New Information Technology: Investigating the Distributional Biases (Clark, Brudney & Jang 2013)

  • County Child Poverty Rates in the US A Spatial Regression Approach (Voss, Long, Hammer & Friedman 2006)




  • Explore Spatial Data with GeoDa (Anselin 2003)




  • Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis




  • Spatial Weighted Regression



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12/8




  • Spatial Heterogeneity




  • Geographically Weighted Regression-Modelling Spatial Non-Stationarity (Brunsdon, Fotheringham & Charlton 1998)




  • Geographically and temporally weighted regression for modeling Spatio-temporal variation in house prices (Huang, Wu & Barry 2010)




  • Geographically Weighted Regression



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12/15




  • Spatio-temporal Analysis




  • A Spatial Scan Statistic (Kuldorff 1997)




  • SaTScan User Guide (Kuldorff 2006)




  • SaTScan



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3



12/22




  • Final Project Workshop




  • None




  • Open Lab



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3



12/29




  • Final Project Presentation


 

  • Potluck (Drinks and Snacks)



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3



1/5




  • Final Project Presentation


 

  • Potluck (Drinks and Snacks)



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3



1/12




  • Final Exam


 

  • Take-Home Final Exam



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Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TBA


Requirement/Grading

The final semester grade will be computed as:




  • 10% for the oral presentation of the final project

  • 40% for the  final project (3000-5000 words) 

  • 15% for the take-home final exam

  • 15% for the assignment

  • 10% for the classroom discussion

  • 10% for the participation


Textbook & Reference

 



 



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