Assigned Readings Section 4   Taxonomic Processes and Advanced Topics

Abler, Adams and Gould 1971 Spatial Organization, Prentice-Hall, Chapter 6 "Classification", 149-189.

L King 1970 "Discriminant Analysis:  A Review of Recent Theoretical Contributions and Applications" Economic Geography, 46: (Supplement) 367-378.

J McConnell 1979 "The Export Decision:  An Empirical Study of Firm Behavior" Economic Geography, 55: 171-183.

B Pigozzi and S Bagchi-Sen. 1995.  "Impacts of Acquisitions and New Plants on the Employment in US Affiliates of Foreign Manufacturing Firms" Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 86: 328-38.

Hauser, D.P. "Some Problems in the Use of Stepwise Regression Techniques in Geographical Research" Canadian Geographer, Vol 18, No 2 (1974) p. 148-158.

J Jones  1984 "A Spatially-Varying Parameter Model of AFDC Participation: Empirical Analysis Using the Expansion Method."  Professional Geographer Vol 36, No 4 pp. 455-461.

J Biles and B Pigozzi. 2000. "The Interaction of Economic Reforms, Socio-economic Structure and Agriculture in Mexico." Growth and Change, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter) pp. 3-22.

Optional Readings:

B Stynes and B Pigozzi. 1983 "A Tool for Investigating Tourism-Related Seasonal Employment."  Journal of Travel Research, Vol 21, No 3 pp 19-24.

D Jeffrey 1974 "Regional Fluctuations in Unemployment within the U.S. Urban Economic System" Economic Geography, 50:  111-123 (335-347).

B.W. Pigozzi 1980 "Interurban Linkages through Polynomially Constrained Distributed Lags", Geographical Analysis, 12:4 p 340-352.

M Oliver; R Webster; and J Gerrard. 1989. "Geostatistics in Physical Geography. Part I: Theory." Transactions of the I.B.G. Vol 14, pp 259-269.

M Oliver; R Webster; and J Gerrard. 1989. "Geostatistics in Physical Geography. Part II: Applications." Transactions of the I.B.G. Vol 14, pp 270-286.

E Casetti and R Semple 1969 "Concerning the Testing of Spatial Diffusion Hypotheses" Geographical Analysis, v 1, p 254-259.

B Moriarty 1976 "The Distributed Lag Between Metropolitan Area Employment and Population Growth" Journal of Regional Science, 16: 195-212.

P Gould 1969 "Problems of Space Preference Measures and Relationships" Geographical Analysis, 1: 31-44.

D Amedeo and R Golledge 1975 An Introduction to Scientific Reasoning in Geography, New York:  Wiley, Chapter 5, 135-170.

Golledge, Briggs and Demko 1969 "The Configuration of Distances in Intra-Urban Space" Proceedings of the AAG, 1: 60-65.

R Johnston 1976 "Classification in Geography" CATMOG No. 6 (Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography) Study Group in Quantitative Methods of the Institute of British Geographers, London, 1-40.

R Alford 1972 "Critical Evaluation of the Principles of City Classifications" in B.J.L. Berry (ed) City Classification Handbook, New York:  Wiley, 331-358.

R Arkley 1968 "Statistical Methods in Soil Classification" Transactions of the International Congress on Soil Science, 4: 187-192.

R Arkley 1971 "Factor Analysis and Numerical Taxonomy of Soils" Proceedings of the American Soils Science Society, 35: 312-315.

B Berry 1967 "Grouping and Rationalizing:  An Approach to the Problem Using Multivariate Analysis" in Garrison ans Marble (eds), Quantitative Geography, Evanston:  Northwestern University Studies in Geography.

B Berry "A Synthesis of Formal and Functional Regions Using a General Field Theory of Spatial Behavior" in Berry and Marble (eds) Spatial Analysis, 419-428

B Berry 1961 "Method for Deriving Multifactor Uniform Regions" Przeglad Geograficzny, 33: 263-282.

D Grigg 1965 "The Logic of Regional Systems" Annals of the AAG, 55: 465-491.

P Lankford 1969 "Regionalization: Theory and Alternative Algorithms" Geographical Analysis, 1: 196-212.

H C Ronesburg 1979 "Use of Cluster Analysis in Leisure Research" Journal of Leisure Research, 11: 144-153.

S Adams 1979 "Segmentation of Recreational Fishing Market:  A Canonical Analysis of Fishing Atrributes and Party Composition" Journal of Leisure Research, 11: 82-91 (see bibliography).

D Grigg 1967 "Regions, Models, and Classes" in Chorley & Haggett (eds) Models in Geography, London: Methuen, 461-509.

R Johnston 1968 "Choice in Classification:  The Subjectivity of Objective Methods" Annals of the AAG, 58: 575-589.

R Johnston 1970 "Grouping and Rationalizing:  Some Methodological and Technical Observations" Economic Geography, 46: (Supplement) 293-305.
 

L King 1967 "Discriminatory Analysis of Urban Growth Patterns in Ontario and Quebec, 1951-1961" Annals of the AAG, 57: 566-578.

A Scott 1968 "Combinational Processes, Geographic Space, and Planning" Discussion Paper No. 1, University College, Department of Town Planning, London.

N Spence 1967 "Multifactor Uniform Regionalization:  A Selected Bibliographic Guide", Discussion Paper No. 6, London School of Economics, Graduate School of Geography, London.

N Spence and P Taylor 1970 "Quantitative Methods in Regional Taxonomy" in Board et al (eds), Progress in Geography, (the series of books not the journal) vol. 2, 1-64.

P Taylor 1969 "The Location Variable in Taxonomy" Geographical Analysis, 1: 181-96.

W Zelinsky 1974 "Selfward Bound? Personal Preference Patterns and the Changing Map of American Society" Economic Geography, 49: 144-179.

General References:

P Sneath and R Sokal 1973 Numerical Taxonomy:  The Principles and Practices of Numerical Calssification, San Francisco:  W H Freeman.

J Paelinck and P Nijkamp 1975 Operational Theory and Method in Regional Economics, Lexington, Mass., Lexington Books (Saxon House), Chapter 4.

B Everitt 1980 Cluster Analysis, New York:  Halsted (a Division of Wiley).

W Dillon and M Goldstein 1984 Multivariate Analysis: Methods and Applications. New York NY: John Wiley & Sons. (Ch 5 Cluster Analysis, Ch 9 Canonical Correlation, Ch 10 Discriminant Analysis: The Two Group Problem, Ch 11 Multiple Discriminant Analysis and Related Topics.)
 

 Also see bibliography in required Johnston reading