Modelling Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Data

<p><strong>Modelling Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Data: A Bayesian Approach</strong> is aimed at statisticians and quantitative social economic and public health students and researchers who work with small-area spatial and spatial-temporal data. It assumes a grounding in statistical theory up to the standard linear regression model. The book compares both hierarchical and spatial econometric modelling providing both a reference and a teaching text with exercises in each chapter. The book provides a fully Bayesian self-contained treatment of the underlying statistical theory with chapters dedicated to substantive applications. The book includes WinBUGS code and R code and all datasets are available online.</p><p>Part I covers fundamental issues arising when modelling spatial and spatial-temporal data. Part II focuses on modelling cross-sectional spatial data and begins by describing exploratory methods that help guide the modelling process. There are then two theoretical chapters on Bayesian models and a chapter of applications. Two chapters follow on spatial econometric modelling one describing different models the other substantive applications. Part III discusses modelling spatial-temporal data first introducing models for time series data. Exploratory methods for detecting different types of space-time interaction are presented followed by two chapters on the theory of space-time separable (without space-time interaction) and inseparable (with space-time interaction) models. An applications chapter includes: the evaluation of a policy intervention; analysing the temporal dynamics of crime hotspots; chronic disease surveillance; and testing for evidence of spatial spillovers in the spread of an infectious disease. A final chapter suggests some future directions and challenges.</p>