[R-sig-Geo] "Islands" in spatial (area) analysis

[chris english]

Wolfgang,

The lake on the island in the bigger lake is a topological construct, and I
believe was covered by Bivand et al (1st ed.) A search of 'topology island
hole' or 'topology island hole GIS analysis' will get you out of the
Caribbean and into some serious papars. 'Gdal island hole' will direct
toward how things are generally handled in R.

Cheers,

Chris

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Ludwig-Mayerhofer, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. <
ludwig-mayerhofer at soziologie.uni-siegen.de> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm new to this list, and regrettably I have to  introduce myself with a
> question which is not necessarily related to R, even though any R-related
> answer will also help (as I do my spatial analyses mostly with R).
>
> My question is simply: Does anybody know a good (possibly
> systematic/comprehensive/dedicated/exhaustive) text about the
> role/problem of "islands", i.e. areas without neighbors, in (area data)
> spatial analysis? I know that some procedures don't run in the presence of
> islands, but others do (with the appropriate zero policies), but I'm not
> always sure whether this means that the results are really meaningful.
>
> I can only occasionally find reference to the "island" problem in the
> literature (many texts, among which are VERY good texts like those by
> Bivand et al or Banerjee et al, seem to ignore it entirely), and what
> little I have found is very superficial (aside remarks etc.). Regrettably,
> a search on the Internet (such as "islands spatial analysis") is futile, as
> all you will get are tons of references to the Caribbean, Canary, tropic,
> Auckland ... you name it... islands.
>
> So any suggestion as to where a more than casual treatment of the topic
> can be found would be very welcome.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer
>
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> Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer
> Universität Siegen/University of Siegen
> Philosophische Fakultät/Faculty of Arts
> Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2
> 57068 Siegen
> Germany
>
> Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer (2015): Arbeitsmarktpolitik  aus
> sozialwissenschaft­licher Sicht: Zur Spannung zwischen "Dekommodifizierung"
> und "Rekommodifizierung". In: Masuch, Peter et al.  (Hrsg.): Grundlagen und
> Herausforderungen des Sozialstaats (Band2): Bundessozialgericht und
> Sozialstaatsforschung. Richterliche Wissensgewinnung und Wissenschaft,
> Berlin, S. 377-393.
>
> Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer, Olaf Behrend (2015): Enforcing Mobility:
> Spatial Mobility Under the Regime of Activation, in: Mobilities, 10 (2), S.
> 326-343. DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2014.898930
>
> Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer (2014): Bildung zwischen Individualisierung und
> Exklusion. In: Schnei­der, W. und Kraus, W. (Hrsg.): Indivi­du­alisierung
> und die Legitimation sozialer Ungleich­heit in der reflexiven Moderne.
> Opladen: Barbara Budrich, S. 167-192
>
> Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer, Uta Liebeskind, Ferdinand Geißler  (2014):
> Statistik. Eine Einführung für Sozialwissenschaftler, Weinheim: Beltz
> Juventa, 2014. http://www.beltz.de/produkt_produktdetails/8819-statistik.
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