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Book Chapter: The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP)
| Title | The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) |
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| Issue Date | 2004 |
| Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
| Citation | The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). In Janelle, DG, Warf, B, Hansen, K (Eds.), WorldMinds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems, p. 571-575. The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands, 2004 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Even though Gehlke and Biehl (1934) discovered certain aspects of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), the term MAUP was not coined formally until Openshaw and Taylor (1979) evaluated systematically the variability of correlation values when different boundaries systems were used in the analysis. The problem is called “the modifiable areal unit” because the boundaries of many geographical units are often demarcated artificially, and thus can be changed. For example, administrative boundaries, political districts, and census enumeration units are all subject to be redrawn. When data are gathered according to different boundary definitions, different data sets are generated. Analyzing these data sets will likely provide inconsistent results. This is the essence of the MAUP. |
| Description | Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Association of American Geographers 1904–2004 |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192434 |
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| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Wong, WSD | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-05T07:48:47Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-05T07:48:47Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). In Janelle, DG, Warf, B, Hansen, K (Eds.), WorldMinds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems, p. 571-575. The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands, 2004 | - |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-4020-1613-4 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192434 | - |
| dc.description | Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Association of American Geographers 1904–2004 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Even though Gehlke and Biehl (1934) discovered certain aspects of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), the term MAUP was not coined formally until Openshaw and Taylor (1979) evaluated systematically the variability of correlation values when different boundaries systems were used in the analysis. The problem is called “the modifiable areal unit” because the boundaries of many geographical units are often demarcated artificially, and thus can be changed. For example, administrative boundaries, political districts, and census enumeration units are all subject to be redrawn. When data are gathered according to different boundary definitions, different data sets are generated. Analyzing these data sets will likely provide inconsistent results. This is the essence of the MAUP. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Springer Netherlands | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | WorldMinds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems | - |
| dc.title | The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) | en_US |
| dc.type | Book_Chapter | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Wong, WSD: dwong2@hku.hk | - |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-1-4020-2352-1_93 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 571 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 575 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | The Netherlands | - |