Elements of Spatial Structure is a contribution to the literature on spatial series.

1. Introduction; Part I. Static Aspects of Regional Structure: 2. Regions as combinatorial structures; 3. Regions as ordered series; 4. Regions as surfaces; Part II. Dynamic Aspects of Regional Structure: 5. Spatial comparison of time series: a framework; 6. Spatial comparison of time series: I. Contagious processes; 7. Spatial comparison of time series: II. Unemployment in South-West England; Part III. Autocorrelation and Forecasting: 8. Spatial autocorrelation; 9. The analysis of regional patterns by nearest-neighbour methods; 10. Regional forecasting; Appendices.