Methods for Multilevel Analysis and Visualisation of Geographical Networks

Abstract

This Book Series is devoted to examining and solving the major methodological problems social sciences are facing. Take for example the gap between empirical and theoretical research, the explanatory power of models, the relevance of multilevel analysis, the weakness of cumulative knowledge, the role of ordinary knowledge in the research process, or the place which should be reserved to "time, change and history" when explaining social facts. These problems are well known and yet they are seldom treated in depth in scientific literature because of their general nature. So that these problems may be examined and solutions found, the series prompts and fosters the settingup of international multidisciplinary research teams, and it is work by these teams that appears in the Book Series. The series can also host books produced by a single author which follow the same objectives. Proposals for manuscripts and plans for collective books will be carefully examined. The epistemological scope of these methodological problems is obvious and resorting to Philosophy of Science becomes a necessity. The main objective of the Series remains however the methodological solutions that can be applied to the problems in hand. Therefore the books of the Series are closely connected to the research practices.

Visualizing and Interacting with Geospatial Networks: A Survey and Design Space

“…However, neither of these present a full survey or comprehensive typology of geospatial network visualizations. The application of visual analytics methods to geographic networks is discussed by Rozenblat and Melançon [RM13], but their focus is not on visualization methods as such, although they include an overview of edge bundling methods. Jenny et al [JSM*18] have established design principles for flow networks.…”