Development of a methodology for spatial composite indicators: a case study on landscape.

This thesis proposes a methodology for the construction of spatial composite indicators (SCI). The study starts from the premise that Composite Indicators (CIs) are regarded as very reliable tools to support decision processes. They are usually developed to describe complex phenomena of the reality in various domains, and more specifically, to rank spatial units (usually countries) in which a given indicator is calculated. Despite their wide use and their development, no attention has generally been paid to the spatial dimension of their input data and of their final score. Data are treated as normal statistical sampling, therefore their spatial structure and their spatial importance are considered to be equal across the spatial domain, without considerations about possible spatial variations. Nowadays, this appears to be a serious limit, considering the development of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI), which makes a large amount of spatial data available, and the development of spatial statistical techniques implemented in GIS, with combined together offer unprecedented opportunity for the spatialization of CIs.

Grantor dc:publisher

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• TROGU, DANIELE

• composite indicators
• compositi spaziali
• indicatori compositi
• infrastrutture dati spaziali
• landscape planning
• pianificazione paesaggistica
• spatial composite
• spatial data infrastructure
• spatial statistics
• statistica spaziale
• Settore ICAR/20 - Tecnica e Pianificazione Urbanistica

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• license:Non specificato

Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11584/266364

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:iris.unica.it:11584/266364