06.06.2014 Views

crime concentration index

crime concentration index

crime concentration index

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

The MAUP<br />

• The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem<br />

– Occurs when areal units of aggregation are created<br />

through an arbitrary (non-spatial) process such as<br />

census enumeration polygons<br />

– Does not represent anything in physical geography<br />

– Can create problems in the statistical analysis of<br />

spatially arrayed data

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!