應(yīng)用空間分析和政策利用空間分析來(lái)收集和解釋證據(jù)，解決諸如犯罪和剝奪、移民和人口結(jié)構(gòu)調(diào)整、零售活動(dòng)和就業(yè)變化、資源管理和環(huán)境改善等問(wèn)題。該雜志利用來(lái)自交通、警務(wù)、教育、衛(wèi)生、環(huán)境和休閑等方面的應(yīng)用研究，提供不同領(lǐng)域和地點(diǎn)之間的比較政策分析，并鼓勵(lì)在不同政策背景下應(yīng)用空間分析方法。

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy draws on spatial analysis for the assembly and interpretation of evidence, addressing such issues as crime and deprivation, immigration and demographic restructuring, retail activity and employment change, resource management and environmental improvement.The journal draws on applied research from such sources as transport, policing, education, health, environment and leisure to offer comparative policy analysis between domains and locations, and to stimulate ideas on the application of spatial analysis methods across varied policy contexts.