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Intro -- Introduction: Spatial Synthesis in Computational Social Science and Humanities -- 1. Towards Computational Spatial Social Science and Humanities -- 2. Synthesis and Convergence -- 3. Spatial Synthesis in Humanities, Regional Science, and Urban Science -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Contents -- Part IForeword -- 1 Foreword I: Charting Computational Social Science from a Spatial Perspective -- References -- 2 Foreword II: Convergence and Synthesis -- References -- Part IISpatial Synthesis in Humanities -- 3 The China Family Tree Geographic Information System -- 3.1 Family Tree and GIS -- 3.1.1 Family Tree -- 3.1.2 GIS and Family Tree Research -- 3.1.3 Concept and Objectives of Family Tree GIS -- 3.2 A Unified Spatial-Temporal Framework for Family Trees -- 3.2.1 Why Is a Unified Spatial-Temporal Framework Needed? -- 3.2.2 How Can a Unified Spatial-Temporal Framework Be Constructed? -- 3.3 FTGIS Data Model -- 3.3.1 Content and Information of Family Trees -- 3.3.2 Overview of the Models -- 3.4 Family Tree Information Specification and Sharing -- 3.4.1 Existing Specifications Associated with Family Trees -- 3.4.2 Family Tree Information Specification -- 3.5 Mass Family Tree Information Collection -- 3.6 FTGIS Platform -- 3.6.1 Architecture of the FTGIS Platform -- 3.6.2 Functions of the FTGIS Platform -- 3.7 Conclusions and Future Research -- References -- 4 GIS for Chinese History Research -- 4.1 The Construction of Typical Geographic Information Systems for China Study -- 4.2 The Research Regarding Climate, Rivers, Hydrology and Geomorphology Through the Application of the GIS Technology -- 4.2.1 The Historical Climate Research with the GIS -- 4.2.2 The Research of Rivers and Hydrology in History Through the GIS -- 4.2.3 The Geomorphology and the Research of Environmental Changes Through the GIS.

This book reports on the latest, cutting-edge scholarship on integrating social network and spatial analyses in the built environment. It sheds light on conceptualization and Implementation of such integration, integration for intra-city level analysis, as well as integration for inter-city level analysis. It explores the use of new data sources concerning human andurban dynamics and provides a discussion of how social network and spatial analyses could be synthesized for a more nuanced understanding of the built environment. As such this book will be a valuable resource for scholars focusing on city-related networks in a number of 'urban' disciplines, including but not limited to urbangeography, urbaninformatics, urban planning, urban sociology, andurban studies.

This research deepens the existing literature on the local nature of the globalization of business. The authors argue for a comparative perspective in the study of small business in China and the U.S. At the same time, we investigate the roles of institutions and human capital in local economic development. The analysis of these phenomena are conducted based on a geographic perspective, since the desire for wealth and entrepreneurial motives may be universal, but national and regional realities and cultural differences can influence the choice and success of methods to initiate and promote small businesses.

AbstractAsia is an increasingly significant player in the global economy, and Asia's unprecedented growth and multifaceted disparities have generated many fascinating issues for scholarly research. This paper summarizes the diverse regional policy and practices of Asia in the context of globalization and transition. We argue that research on Asia is embedded in the complex economic‐geographical processes and multiple trajectories of development. This paper highlights the important role of institutions and global‐local interactions in regional development and public policy.Resumen. Asia es un actor cada vez más importante en la economía mundial y su crecimiento sin precedentes y las múltiples facetas de sus disparidades han generado un buen número de tópicos fascinantes para la investigación académica. Este artículo resume las diversas políticas y prácticas regionales de Asia en el contexto de la globalización y la transición. Sostenemos que la investigación sobre Asia está inmersa en los complejos procesos económico‐geográficos y múltiples líneas de desarrollo. El artículo pone de relieve el importante papel de las instituciones y las interacciones globales‐locales en materia de desarrollo regional y políticas públicas.

AbstractExporters agglomerate either owing to export‐related information externalities or non‐exporting related agglomeration benefits. Using the annual survey of industrial firms in China, this study shows that exporting activities are highly concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Capital Region and Shandong and Liaoning Peninsula. Exporters in the export‐oriented industries are significantly more geographically agglomerated than non‐exporters. We also find that exporters strongly co‐locate with non‐exporters and foreign enterprises. Exploratory spatial data analysis reveals the existence of hot spots and cold spots of exporting activities in coastal and inland China. The conditional scatter plot further indicates a high level of diversity in spatial dependence conditioned on geographical location and the magnitude of previous exporting activities. Such localized variance should be taken into account for spatial modelling and policy recommendation.Resumen. Los exportadores se aglomeran, ya sea debido a las externalidades de información relacionadas con las exportaciones o bien a beneficios de aglomeración no relacionados con la exportación. Utilizando la encuesta anual de industrias de China, este estudio muestra que las actividades de exportación se concentran en gran medida en los deltas del río Yangtsé y del río Perla, la Región Capital y las penínsulas de Shandong y Liaoning. Los exportadores de industrias orientadas a la exportación están significativamente más aglomerados de manera geográfica que los no exportadores. También encontramos una fuerte coubicación de los exportadores con no exportadores y empresas extranjeras. El análisis exploratorio de datos espaciales revela la existencia de focos y periferias de las actividades de exportación tanto en la costa como en China continental. El diagrama de dispersión condicional indica, además, un alto grado de diversidad en la dependencia espacial condicionada a la localización geográfica y la escala de las actividades de exportación previas. Tal varianza localizada debería ser tenida en cuenta a la hora de realizar modelización espacial y recomendaciónes sobre políticas.