This volume is in honour of the remarkable career of the Father of Spatial Econometrics, Professor Jean Paelinck, presently of the Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam. Jean Paelinck, arguably, is the founder of modern spatial econometrics. The impact on the profession through his work in spatial...

1. Introduction to spatial statistics and data handling -- 1.1. A brief historical background -- 1.2. The principal problem of spatial statistics -- 1.3. Spatial sampling perspectives -- 1.4. Models of spatial autocorrelation -- 1.5. Towards a theory of spatial statistics -- 1.6 References --...

This book treats the notion of morphisms in spatial analysis, paralleling these concepts in spatial statistics (Part I) and spatial econometrics (Part II). The principal concept is morphism (e.g., isomorphisms, homomorphisms, and allomorphisms), which is defined as a structure preserving the...