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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132339103321

Autore

Mathian Hélène

Titolo

Spatio-temporal approaches : geographic objects and change process / / Helene Mathian, Lena Sanders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE Ltd/John Wiley and Sons Inc., , 2014

ISBN

1-118-64923-0

1-118-64921-4

1-118-64922-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Focus GIS and Territorial Intelligence Series, , 2051-249X

Disciplina

910.727

Soggetti

Spatial analysis (Statistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1: Building Objects in Time; 1.1. Different points of view on ontology; 1.1.1. Defining ontology; 1.1.2. Qualification of the objects from an ontological perspective: "bona fide" versus "fiat" objects; 1.1.3. Specification of ontologies in the field of spatial analysis and geographical sciences: objects versus fields; 1.1.4. An example of empirical objects' construction: the case of cities; 1.2. Locating spatial objects in time; 1.2.1. Objects' formalization in time: "endurant" and "perdurant" entities of philosophers

1.2.2. From change to objects' life1.3. Conclusion; 2: From Empirical Questioning to Spatio-temporal Modeling; 2.1. From the conception of entities to their analysis of responding to thematic issues; 2.1.1. Building the spatio-temporal objects from the empirical observations (challenge 1); 2.1.2. Representing and exploring change and movement (challenge 2); 2.1.3. Analyzing the evolution of statistical and spatial relationships (challenge 3); 2.1.4. Identifying the underlying processes of change: simulation and scenario testing (challenge 4)

2.2. Challenges and models: the possible misunderstandings2.3. Application examples; 2.3.1. Cities' dynamics: construction and follow-up of composite objects in time; 2.3.1.1. Step 1: to build a set of objects coherent in space and time: a harmonized database of European cities; 2.3.1.2. Step 2: to explore the dynamics of cities;



2.3.1.3. Step 3: to analyze the differences in the evolution of cities: a trajectories' typology; 2.3.1.4. Step 4: to simulate the dynamics of a system of cities

2.3.2. Distribution of urban functions in the intra-urban space: construction of spatio-temporal functional objects2.3.2.1. Step 1: to build a coherent set of functional objects in space and time; 2.3.2.2. Step 2: to explore the temporalities; 2.3.3. Evaluating the impact of mobile objects on a spatial support; 2.3.3.1. Step 1: construction of the entities (objects and properties) from the empirical data: identifying the "places of animal frequentation" from GPS readings, and characterizing the change in vegetation cover from satellite images

2.3.3.2. Step 2: to represent and to explore herds' movements and the changes in the vegetation cover2.3.3.3. Step 3: to analyze the relationship between the intensity of animal frequentation and the change in vegetation cover; 2.3.3.4. Step 4: to identify the processes linking animal behaviors and the change in the vegetation cover; 2.3.4.1. Step 1: construction of the objects and their properties from a multilevel perspective

2.3.4.2. Step 2: representing and exploring the pupils' choices of school and the consequences of these choices on the social composition of schools and their evolution

Sommario/riassunto

Spatio-temporal Approaches presents a well-built set of concepts, methods and approaches, in order to represent and understand the evolution of social and environmental phenomena within the space. It is basedon examples in human geography and archeology (which will enable us to explore questions regarding various temporalities) and tackles social and environmental phenomena. Chapter 1 discusses how to apprehend change: objects, attributes, relations, processes.Chapter 2 introduces multiple points of view about modeling and the authors try to shed a new light on the different, but complementar



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780069003321

Autore

Hart Robert A.

Titolo

Work and pay in Japan / / Robert A. Hart and Seiichi Kawasaki [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11340-7

0-511-01126-1

1-280-16165-5

0-511-11647-0

0-511-15229-9

0-511-32742-0

0-511-49342-8

0-511-05365-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

331.2/1/0952

Soggetti

Wages - Japan

Employee fringe benefits - Japan

Compensation management - Japan

Labor economics - Japan

Labor economics - United States

Labor economics - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Setting the scene -- 2. Labour market concepts -- 3. Industrial relations -- 4. Labour costs -- 5. The bonus system -- 6. Recruitment, training, promotion and retirement.

7. Employment, productivity and costs over the business cycle -- 8. Small businesses, subcontracting and employment -- 9. Schooling and earnings -- 10. Work and pay in Japan and elsewhere.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese labour market institutions and practices with respect to employment issues and labour payments. It contains extensive discussion of the effects of industrial relations, small business activity, business cycles and



schooling on work and pay. An early chapter is devoted to presenting, in an accessible manner, essential labour market ideas and concepts that recur throughout the text. Important topics covered include (i) unions and wage determination, (ii) the breakdown of total labour costs, (iii) the Japanese bonus system, (iv) the employment life-cycle, (v) small businesses and subcontracting, (vi) pay and productivity over the business cycle. A key feature is that subject areas and themes are examined within a comparative United States/European framework. This allows assessments of whether or not the structure and performance of the Japanese labour market has differed from experience elsewhere.