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Geographical and Environmental Modelling
[Issue 20 : January 1997]

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A Major International Journal of Research on Geographical, Ecological, Environmental and Spatial Modelling

New Geographical Journal Announcement

" the Earth is not a brute fact to be take as given, but always inserted between Man and the Earth is an 'interpretation', a structure and a perspective on the world, an 'enlightenment' which reveals the real within the real, a point of departure from which understanding develops." Eric Dardel: L'Homme et la Terre (1952, in C. Copeta, 1986)

Aims and Scope

In 1997 a new International journal, Geographical & Environmental Modelling, is being launched by Carfax Publishing (U. K.).

GEM intends to become the international journal of choice in its field. It expects to be at the global forefront of research and commentary in the modelling of contemporary ecological, social and spatial problems. Its perspective will be truly international, with Regional Editors encouraging submissions from every corner of the world. A Special Editor in Women's and Gender Studies will support publication in feminist and gender issues in geographical, environmental, and spatial modelling.

Typical papers will focus on the modelling of spatial topics in disciplines as diverse as anthropology, civil engineering, ecology, economics, environmental studies, history, geography, geosciences, mathematics and statistics, planning, political science, psychology, regional science, sociology, and women's and gender studies. Approaches to modelling may be conceptual or mathematical, empirical or theoretical. Critique and commentary, and especially debate and dialogue, are welcome and advocated. In addition to the presentation of the results of empirical model building, debates about purpose, methodology, and relevance will be conspicuous in the journal. Efforts to remodel - to rethink the status quo - will be supported, as will efforts to remodel existing theories in a gender sensitive manner. New and innovative approaches to spatial, ecological and environmental modelling are encouraged.

Editor

Jim Pooler, Department of Geography, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Women's and Gender Studies Edito

Patricia Gober, Arizona State University, USA

Regional Editors

South America: Joao Francisco de Abreu, Catholic University of Minas Gerais
United Kingdom: A. Stewart Fotheringham, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Asia/Japan: Atsuyuki Okabe, University of Tokyo
Australia/New Zealand: John Roy, CSIRO-Australia
Europe: Harry Timmermans, Eindhoven University of Technology

Editorial Board

Carl Amrhein, University of Toronto, Canada;
Marc Armstrong, University of Iowa, USA;
Ferenc Csillag, University of Toronto, Canada;
Frank Davis, Deputy Director, National Center for Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA;
Robin Flowerdew, University of Lancaster, UK;
Gary Gaille, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA;
Tony Gatrell, Lancaster University, UK;
Joachim Genosko, Catholic University of Eichstaett, Germany;
Michael Goodchild, Director, National Center for Geographic Information
and Analysis, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA;
Ian R. Gordon, The University of Reading, UK;
Guenter Haag, University of Stuttgart, Germany;
Kingsley Haynes, George Mason University, USA;
Jean-Marie Huriot, Université de Bourgogne, France;
Yoshitaka Ishikawa, Kyoto University, Japan;
Ronald Johnston, University of Bristol, UK;
Pavlos Kanaroglou, McMaster University, Canada;
Nina Lam, Louisiana State University, USA;
Jacques Ledent, Université du Québec, Canada;
Kao-Lee Liaw, McMaster University, Canada;
Lucia Lo, York University, Canada;
Gunther Maier, University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria;
George Malanson, University of Iowa, USA;
William Milne, University of New Brunswick, Canada;
John Odland, Indiana University, USA;
Y.Y. Papageorgiou, McMaster University, Canada;
David Plane, University of Arizona, USA;
James Proctor, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA;
Tony Smith, University of Pennsylvania, USA;
James Wheeler, University of Georgia at Athens, USA

A journal is defined by the nature of the contributions to it. Geographical & Environmental Modelling will be a beacon to those modellers who are interested in contributing to the international body of knowledge in which the spatial dimension plays a significant role. Submissions will be refereed vigorously, with an eye to promoting outstanding scholarship in the journal that intends to be the world leader in the field of geographical and environmental modelling.

Faster Review Process

Geographical & Environmental Modelling is adopting a faster approach to the refereeing of manuscripts. The process will be carried out electronically. Once a manuscript is submitted (in paper and on disk), the remainder of the review process will be carried out, via e-mail and digital document encoding and decoding. All communications and document transfer between editors, referees and authors will take place electronically, resulting in a much faster publication decision.

Call for Papers

Submissions to Geographical & Environmental Modelling will be refereed fully. Papers are invited for submission in the areas of Spatial Modelling Ecological Modelling Location Modelling Regional Science Spatial Statistics Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data GIS/LIS Spatial Choice and Decision Spatial Interaction Transportation Urban, Regional and Rural Modelling Spatial Theory Environmental Modelling Thought and Philosophy Modelling in Planning Gender Sensitive Modelling Geographic Decision Support Models of Spatial Processes

The following papers are among the contributions to the first volume:
Michael F. Goodchild and James Proctor. Scale in a Digital Geographic World.
M. John Hodgson and Oded Berman. A Billboard Location Model.
George P. Malanson and Marc P. Armstrong. Issues in Spatial Representation: Effects of Number of Cells and Between-Cell Step Size on Models of Environmental Processes.
Stan Openshaw and Joanna Schmidt. A Social Science Benchmark (SSB/1) Code for Serial, Vector, and Parallel Supercomputers.
John R. Roy. A More Consistent Retail Demand Model: Integration of Discrete and Continuous Choice.
Waldo Tobler. Movement Modeling on the Sphere.

For more information on the names and addresses of editors, and instructions for contributors, visit the Carfax Web Site at http://www.carfax.co.uk.

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