Fully updated using the latest version of ArcGIS Pro and open-source platform KNIME. Features two brand new chapters on agent-based modeling and big data analytics. Provides newly automated tools for regionalization, functional region delineation, accessibility measures, planning for maximum equality in accessibility, and agent-based crime simulation. Includes many compelling examples and real-world case studies related to social science, urban planning, and public policy. Provides a web site for downloading data and programs for implementing all case studies included in the Lab Manual.

The first hands-on, open source, KNIME lab manual written in tutorial style and focused on GIS applications in Social Sciences Includes 22 case studies from USA and China that parallel the methods developed in the textbook Provides clear step-by-step explanations on how to use open-source platform KNIME to understand basic and advanced analytical methods through real life case studies Enables readers to easily replicate and expand their work with new data and models A valuable guide for students and practitioners worldwide engaged in efforts to develop GIS automation in spatial analysis Provides support materials for downloading data and programs for implementing all case studies included in the book and the KNIME lab manual