TY  - JOUR
T1  - Geographical Analysis of the Urban Communitie’s Distribution in Ma’an Governorate using
Geographic Information Systems
AU - Mohammad Ayed Taran, Ayed AU - Mnawer Shafi Al-Mayouf, Faisal AU - Mohamed Hassan Bani Khaled, Hamzeh 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
SP  - 186
EP  - 195
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2020.186.195
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2020.186.195
KW  - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
KW  -urban communities
KW  -geographical analysis
KW  -neighborhood
KW  -Moran’s index
AB  - This study aims to analyze the geographical
distribution of urban communities in Ma’an Governorate
(South of Jordan) and analyze their geographic locations
and spread using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
techniques through spatial analysis tools available within
GIS environment. The study adopted the descriptive
approach to study the urban communities in the
Governorate in terms of distribution and geographical
spread as well as the spatial distribution of population on
these localities. The analytical approach was used to
determine the geographical area of the urban
communities, to measure the geographical distribution
density of the population and the nature of their spread, to
reveal spatial patterns taken by the urban communities in
the Governorate and the form of their spatial extension
according to the population. The results showed that there
is a convergence of the spatial mean and the spatial
median according to the population in the urban
communities. The spatial distribution pattern of the urban
communities took the accumulated pattern through the
application of the neighborhood Index. The Moran’s
index indicates that the spatial distribution of urban
communities has taken the random pattern according to its
population. The results also showed that the actual
weighted trend for the distribution of urban communities
in the Governorate, depending on the number of
population has taken a form elliptical direction extends
Southeast and Northwest.
ER  -