Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences: Investigating Space and Place

is the first book to take a cutting-edge approach to integrating spatial concepts into the social sciences. In this text, authors Steven J. Steinberg and Sheila L. Steinberg simplify GIS for practitioners and students in the social sciences. Through the use of examples and actual program exercises, readers will become comfortable incorporating this research tool into their repertoire and scope of interest. The authors provide learning objectives for each chapter, chapter summaries, links to relevant Web sites, and suggestions for student research projects.