Introduction to unit Spatial Dependency

Figure 2.1

The question of the dependency is thus more complex to formulate in the case of predefined objects resulting from a spatial division. There are two distinct situations:

Discontinuous spatial distributions for resulting features

Resulting spatial features Resulting spatial features
Fig 2.2a: Landcover categories (nominal scale) Fig 2.2b: Units of aptitude for agriculture (ordinal scale)
Figure 2.2

Discontinuous spatial distributions for predefined features

Predefined spatial features (districts) Predefined spatial features (cells)
Fig 2.3a: Categories of major economic sector (nominal scale) Fig 2.3b: Units of soil quality for agriculture (ordinal scale)
Figure 2.3

Thus, one can summarize the various situations in the following way: