应用空间分析和政策利用空间分析来收集和解释证据，解决诸如犯罪和剥夺、移民和人口结构调整、零售活动和就业变化、资源管理和环境改善等问题。该杂志利用来自交通、警务、教育、卫生、环境和休闲等方面的应用研究，提供不同领域和地点之间的比较政策分析，并鼓励在不同政策背景下应用空间分析方法。
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.
