地理信息系统及空间模型在区域发展中的研究-以北京为例 GIS and Spatial Modeling in Regional Development Studies Case Study on the Greater Beijing Area.docVIP

GIS and Spatial Modeling in Regional Development Studies: Case Study on the Greater Beijing Area Danlin Yu Ph.D. Candidate Department of Geography University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Tel: (414) 229-5818 Fax: (414) 229-3981 Email: danlinyu@uwm.edu 1 INTRODUCTION GIS application in regional studies has recently attracted scholars’ interests. However, most of the studies focused on GIS’s mapping and monitoring functionalities. As a spatial data management system, its spatial analytical aspects remained largely unexploited. This study intends to integrate spatial modeling into GIS to investigate the