A classic that wasn’t: Statistical Geography and paths only later taken

Science is a cumulative activity, a body of knowledge sedimented in its publications, which form the foundation for further activity. Some items attract more attention than others; some are largely ignored. This paper looks at a largely overlooked book – Statistical Geography – published by three US sociologists at a time when geographers were launching their ‘quantitative revolution’. There was little literature within the discipline on which that revolution could be based, and a book with that title could have been seminal. But it was not, and as a consequence – as illustrated with three examples – major issues in spatial analysis were not addressed in the revolution’s early years. The paper explores why.

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Big Data, social physics, and spatial analysis: The early years

Big Data & Society ◽

10.1177/2053951714535365 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 205395171453536 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Trevor J Barnes ◽

Matthew W Wilson

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Spatial Analysis ◽

Early Years ◽

Social Physics

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Funds of Knowledge of Sorting and Patterning: Networks of Exchange in a Torres Strait Island Community

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education ◽

10.1017/jie.2012.20 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 131-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Bronwyn Ewing

Keyword(s):

Research Design ◽

Funds Of Knowledge ◽

Pilot Project ◽

Early Years ◽

Community Research ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Body Of Knowledge ◽

Parents And Children ◽

Island Community ◽

Torres Strait

This article focuses on the funds of knowledge that are mathematical in nature and how they might be used to support parents and children with their learning of mathematics that is taught and learned in the early years of school. Funds of knowledges are those that have been historically and culturally accumulated into a body of knowledge and skills essential for people's functioning and wellbeing. Drawing on community research design, where the process of learning is owned and framed by the community and its people, a consultative meeting was held to discuss the pilot project.

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Spatial analysis of food insecurity and obesity by area-level deprivation in children in early years settings in England

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology ◽

10.1016/j.sste.2017.07.001 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sara E Benjamin Neelon ◽

Thomas Burgoine ◽

John A Gallis ◽

Pablo Monsivais

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Early Years

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Perspectives in evaluating pedestrian facility within transit-oriented development context

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/878/1/012010 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 878 (1) ◽

pp. 012010

Author(s):

L Prayogi ◽

Y Sari ◽

T S Prima

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Literature Review ◽

Space Syntax ◽

Perceived Quality ◽

Transit Oriented Development ◽

Body Of Knowledge ◽

Development Context

Abstract Pedestrian facility is widely agreed an important component of transit-oriented development (TOD). The availability and quality of pedestrian facility relates to and affects other aspects of TOD. This article explores the role of pedestrian facility within TOD. This article is written through a literature review on the available body of knowledge regarding evaluation of pedestrian facility by using the concept of TOD as the base and framework for the literature review. It is found that the physical and perceived quality of the pedestrian facility are to be evaluated. It is found that there are some aspects to be evaluated network wide and some other aspects to be evaluated segment wide. Evaluated objects of the mentioned aspects can be analysed using various techniques and tools, including space syntax analysing using DepthMapX and other analysis using spatial analysis softwares. It is concluded that in order to comprehensively evaluate pedestrian facility within TOD context, various types of evaluation need to be carried out.

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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13009850 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (01) ◽

pp. 102-129

Author(s):

ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽

EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

El Salvador ◽

Early Years ◽

Left Wing ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Internal Coherence ◽

The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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Image quality vs data obtainment in biological electron microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100141950 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 42-43

Author(s):

J. E. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽

Electron Beam ◽

Image Quality ◽

High Speed ◽

Early Period ◽

Early Years ◽

Fluorescent Screen ◽

Embedding Medium

In the early years of biological electron microscopy, scientists had their hands full attempting to describe the cellular microcosm that was suddenly before them on the fluorescent screen. Mitochondria, Golgi, endoplasmic reticulum, and other myriad organelles were being examined, micrographed, and documented in the literature. A major problem of that early period was the development of methods to cut sections thin enough to study under the electron beam. A microtome designed in 1943 moved the specimen toward a rotary “Cyclone” knife revolving at 12,500 RPM, or 1000 times as fast as an ordinary microtome. It was claimed that no embedding medium was necessary or that soft embedding media could be used. Collecting the sections thus cut sounded a little precarious: “The 0.1 micron sections cut with the high speed knife fly out at a tangent and are dispersed in the air. They may be collected... on... screens held near the knife“.

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