Spatial Analysis Using Big Data

Chapter Ten

Spatial scenario creation based on downscale methods

Daisuke Murakami ¹ , and Yoshiki Yamagata ^{2       1} The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan      ² Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Abstract

This chapter introduces a spatial econometric model application to a downscaling of global socioeconometric scenarios. Section 10.1 provides a brief review of relevant literature. Section 10.2 describes our downscale approach and Section 10.3 employs it to estimate populations and GDPs by 0.5-degree grids. Finally, Section 10.4 concludes our discussion.

Keywords

City growth; Downscale; Socioeconomic scenarios; Spatial econometrics ...