When people talk about evictions, the conversation usually focuses on numbers. We hear about eviction rates, percentages, and housing statistics. But those numbers rarely show where these problems are happening. That is where Geographic Information Systems (GIS) become useful. GIS helps us move beyond simple statistics and see the geography behind social issues. By mapping eviction rates, we can start
Tag: spatial statistics
Abstract This study examines the spatial distribution of Airbnb listings in Albany, New York, and evaluates their statistical clustering using the Getis-Ord Gi* local indicator of spatial association. Listing locations were aggregated into 8,000-foot hexagonal areal units to address spatial structure and mitigate point-level noise. A fixed distance band of 12,000 feet with row-standardized spatial weights was applied to identify