The Use of Small-Scale Spatial Analysis to Evaluate Primate Behavior and Welfare in Captive Settings

The article explores the relationship between urban sprawl and the urban system. Urban sprawl is not considered to be a static, unsustainable urban form, but rather a dynamic process of urban deconcentration through which the urban structure evolves. After identifying the main characteristics of urban sprawl, this article investigates the connection between urban sprawl and the urban system through the concept of polycentricity. Finally, the two-way relationship between urban sprawl and the urban system is highlighted. Based on the above, an integrated theoretical, conceptual and methodological framework is formulated. A key finding was the emergence of ?small-scale? polycentricity, which implies increasing monocentricity over a wider spatial area. This raises questions over the distinction between the negative phenomenon of urban sprawl and sustainable polycentric forms, and points out a need to review the explanatory devices and theories used in spatial analysis and planning. Empirical evidence was extracted from Thessaloniki?s Influence Area.

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An Early Mesolithic Seasonal Hunting Site in the Kennet Valley, Southern England

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society ◽

10.1017/s0079497x00001274 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 69 ◽

pp. 107-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

C. J. Ellis ◽

Michael J. Allen ◽

Julie Gardiner ◽

Phil Harding ◽

Claire Ingrem ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Food Waste ◽

Dairy Farm ◽

Small Scale ◽

Restricted Range ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

Animal Bones ◽

Considerable Length ◽

Wild Pig ◽

Activity Areas

A small-scale excavation, undertaken in advance of building works at Faraday Road, Newbury, Berkshire, encountered an apparently intact Early Mesolithic layer containing abundant worked flint directly associated with animal bones. The site lay on the floodplain of the River Kennet in an area already well-known for Mesolithic remains and certainly represents an extension of the site found at nearby Greenham Dairy Farm in 1963. The flint assemblage was dominated by obliquely-blunted microlithic forms accompanied by a restricted range of other items. The animal bones were, unusually, dominated by wild pig with clear evidence of both primary butchery and food waste. Spatial analysis of the bone and flint assemblages indicated discrete activity areas, possibly associated with hearths. Both pollen and molluscan data were recovered which, together with the results of soil micromorphological examination, confirmed an Early Holocene date for the formation of the Mesolithic layer. Radiocarbon dates place the site in the late 10th–early 9th millennium BP. The paper re-examines the nature of known Early Mesolithic activity in this part of the Kennet valley, with particular reference to the specific environmental conditions that seem to have prevailed. It is concluded that the Faraday Road site represents one part of a continuum of Early Mesolithic occupation that stretches along a considerable length of the floodplain, with each focus of activity witnessing repeated, but intermittent, occupation spanning a period of more than a millennium.

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Spatial Analysis of Small Scale Debris from a Late Prehistoric Site in the Lower Missouri Valley, Kansas

Journal of Field Archaeology ◽

10.1179/jfa.2000.27.3.241 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 241-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Brad Logan ◽

Matthew E. Hill

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Small Scale ◽

Late Prehistoric

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Small-scale spatial analysis shows the specular distribution of excess mortality between the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

Public Health ◽

10.1016/j.puhe.2021.03.008 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Davide Golinelli ◽

Jacopo Lenzi ◽

Kadjo Yves Cedric Adja ◽

Chiara Reno ◽

Francesco Sanmarchi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Excess Mortality ◽

Small Scale ◽

Second Wave

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A MAPPING METHOD OF INTEGRATING MULTI-SCALE RIVER THEMATIC MAPS

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w7-573-2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol XLII-2/W7 ◽

pp. 573-577

Author(s):

W. Zhang ◽

C. Yue ◽

C. Cui ◽

L. Meng

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Large Scale ◽

Mapping Method ◽

Experimental Results ◽

Small Scale ◽

Thematic Maps ◽

Fast Calculation ◽

Thematic Map ◽

Multi Scale ◽

Scale Line

Small-scale maps are generally used in spatial analysis for fast calculation, but part of important features are missing due to its generalization level, which makes the analysis results less accurate. Therefore, it is necessary to improve feature completeness of smallscale maps. The goal of this paper is to put forward a mapping method of integrating the existing multi-scale river thematic maps. In order to achieve this goal, this paper proposed an algorithm for multi-scale line features matching by calculating the distance from node to polyline and an integrating algorithm by simplifying, shortening and merging the features from the original multi-scale thematic maps. The experimental results proved that the new map produced by the method proposed in this paper keeps the same scale as the original small-scale map and it is consistent with the original large-scale map in terms of feature completeness. The strategy proposed in this paper can be used to produce a new river thematic map concluding all the features that users need; moreover, the new map not only expresses features completely but also takes up less storage.

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SEISMIC ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS OF TRANSVERSE WAVES BY GAJIGABUL EARTHQUAKE WHICH OCCURRED 10 FEBRUARY 2014 ML = 5,8

Геология и геофизика Юга России ◽

10.23671/vnc.2016.3.20837 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

С.Э. Казымова ◽

И.Э. Казымов

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Seismic Anisotropy ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Digital Signal ◽

Dynamic Processes ◽

Small Scale ◽

Transverse Waves ◽

Anisotropy Parameters ◽

Birefringence Effect ◽

Dimensional Graph

В статье представлен анализ параметров расщепленных поперечных волн от глубокого (h = 56 км) землетрясения, произошедшего в пределах Нижнекуринской впадины 10 февраля 2014 г. с Ml = 5,8. Пространственный анализ волновых форм ведется с использованием 3‑хкомпонентных цифровых записей сигнала. Для выделенных участков 3‑хкомпонентной записи в программе «DIMAS» строится трехмерный график траектории движения частиц и проекции траектории движения на плоскости NE, NZ, EZ. Установлен эффект двулучепреломления, когда поперечная волна расщепляется на две (S1 и S2), каждая из которых имеет свою поляризацию и скорость для широкополосных трехкомпонентных записей (BHE, BHN, BHZ) 4‑х сейсмических станций («QUB», «GAN», «LKR», «GOB»). Это дает возможность изучения мелкомасштабных деформаций для лучшего понимания динамических процессов и свойств среды с глубиной In the article presents an analysis of the parameters of split shear waves from deep (h = 56 km) the earthquake occurred within the Lower Kura depression February 10, 2014 with Ml = 5,8. Spatial analysis of waveforms is conducted with use 3‑component digital signal records. For selected areas of 3‑component records in the program «DIMAS» construct a three-dimensional graph of the trajectory of particle motion and trajectory of the projection on the plane NE, NZ, EZ. Established the birefringence effect, ie, shear wave splits into two (S1 and S2), each of which has its polarization and the rate for broadband three component records (BHE, BHN, BHZ) of 4 seismic stations («QUB», «GAN», «LKR», «GOB»). This makes it possible to study small-scale deformations for a better understanding of dynamic processes and properties with depth media

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Spatial Analysis of Small Scale Debris from a Late Prehistoric Site in the Lower Missouri Valley, Kansas

Journal of Field Archaeology ◽

10.2307/530441 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 241 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Brad Logan ◽

Matthew E. Hill

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Small Scale ◽

Late Prehistoric

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Small-Scale Abiotic Factors Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Phytophthora cinnamomi under Declining Quercus ilex Trees

Forests ◽

10.3390/f11040375 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 375

Author(s):

Rafael Sánchez-Cuesta ◽

Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo ◽

José L. Quero ◽

Francisco J. Ruiz-Gómez

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Spatial Patterns ◽

Quercus Ilex ◽

Phytophthora Cinnamomi ◽

Abiotic Factors ◽

Canopy Cover ◽

Holm Oak ◽

Small Scale ◽

Aggregation Index ◽

Phytophthora Root Rot

Phytophthora root rot is considered one of the main factors associated with holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) mortality. The effectiveness and accuracy of soilborne pathogen and management could be influenced by soil spatial heterogeneity. This factor is of special relevance in many afforestation of southwestern Spain, which were carried out without phytosanitary control of the nursery seedlings. We selected a study area located in a 15 year-old afforestation of Q. ilex, known to be infested by Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands. Soil samples (ntotal = 132) were taken systematically from a grid under 4 trees, and analysed to quantify 12 variables, the colony forming units (cfu) of P. cinnamomi plus 11 physical and chemical soil properties. The combined analysis of all variables was performed with linear mixed models (GLMM), and the spatial patterns of cfu were characterised using an aggregation index (Ia) and a clustering index (ν) by SADIE. Cfu values ranged from 0 to 211 cfu g−1, and the GLMM built with the variables silt, P, K and soil moisture explained the cfu distribution to the greatest extent. The spatial analysis showed that 9 of the 12 variables presented spatial aggregation (Ia > 1), and the clustering of local patches (νi ≥ 1.5) for organic matter, silt, and Ca. The spatial patterns of the P. cinnamomi cfu under planted holm oak trees are related to edaphic variables and canopy cover. Small-scale spatial analysis of microsite variability can predict which areas surrounding trees can influence lower oomycetes cfu availability.

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