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THE MODIFIABLE AREAL UNIT PROBLEM (MAUP) VIA CLUSTER ANALYSIS METHODOLOGIES: A LOOK AT SCALE, ZONING, AND INSTANCES OF FORECLOSURE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
by
Matthew W. Davis
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF SCIENCE
(GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Matthew W. Davis
Object Description
| Title | The modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) via cluster analysis methodologies: a look at scale, zoning, and instances of foreclosure in Los Angeles County |
| Author | Davis, Matthew W. |
| Author email | m.w.davis1984@gmail.com;m.w.davis1984@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Geographic Information Science and Technology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-02-22 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-04 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-04 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-04 |
| Date published | 2012-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Swift, Jennifer |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Goldberg, Daniel Curtis, Andrew |
| Abstract | Spatial research has been plagued by the modifiable areal unit problem, or MAUP (Openshaw, 1979), for decades. The MAUP can be broken down into two categories, the scale or aggregation effect and the zoning or grouping effect. Recent advances in spatial science and technology have exacerbated the effects of the MAUP prevalent in many forms of research. In this paper, data was obtained depicting instances of foreclosures in Los Angeles County (also the study extent) in 2006-2008. This data was spatially joined to three sets of grids, or fishnets, covering Los Angeles County. The data was also spatially joined to three additional datasets: the individual parcels of Los Angeles County and two aggregations of these parcels. Five cluster analysis tools were used to analyze each of these seven total datasets. Each permutation involved the five tools, seven datasets, and multiple pre-selected distance thresholds to test for scale and zoning effects of the MAUP. There were a total of 137 successful iterations illustrating the aforementioned permutations. It was determined the MAUP is prevalent in this case study. Suggestions are made in determining future actions to combat the effects of the MAUP. |
| Keyword | modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP); hotspot |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Davis, Matthew W. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-DavisMatth-748.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | i THE MODIFIABLE AREAL UNIT PROBLEM (MAUP) VIA CLUSTER ANALYSIS METHODOLOGIES: A LOOK AT SCALE, ZONING, AND INSTANCES OF FORECLOSURE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY by Matthew W. Davis A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY) May 2012 Copyright 2012 Matthew W. Davis |
