Public and private sector organisations look towards spatial analysis and what it can do for their business or organisation. This book, structured in two complementary parts to convey this public private focus, provides readers with various global applications from business and local/national government.

Only applications-driven book dealing with commerically-sponsored spatial analysis research. * Focuses on business and public sector planning case studies, offering readers a snapshot of the use of spatial analysis across a broad range of areas. * Internationally-renowned editors and contributors present a broad variety of global applications, and demonstrate GIS components and spatial methodologies in practice.