UCGIS Urban Indicators
Mission Statement
Urban indicators provide valuable comparative
information, but often the average or summary statistic masks a wide
distribution of values that might occur at the individual level or in
concentrated areas. Analysis of geographic distributions, to
identify "hot spots" or patterns, and the coincidence of spatial
patterns provides insight and understanding. This is of interest to
geographers and others concerned with the internal structure and
functioning of cities.
The spatial patterns of related urban indicators
can be compared to the spatial patterns of urban service provision to
examine participation rates and spatial access (or conversely,
distance decay). This can be used in the locational analysis of
different service patterns and to determine optimal locations of
service providers.
