ABSTRACT
In Chapter 2, it was suggested that economies could be achieved in regard to size of computer ¢les, utilization of memory resources, and simpli¢ed processing by using more parsimonious polygons that did not purport to approximate circles closely as a basis for integrated vicinity indicators (IVIs). It was also suggested that octagons would be a candidate to consider in this regard. A related concern is how changes in the area basis of integrative indicators giving them more local or broader scope are re¥ected in distributional changes for the values of the indicators. This latter is the support effect in the jargon of geostatistics and can be probed as a multiscale aspect of analyses (Longley and Batty 2003). Another aspect of area apportionment arises when the support structures span several partial polygons. These subjects are pursued in this chapter, which also provides a process review for compilation of IVIs.
