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An efficient algorithm to generate official statistical reporting areas : the case of the 1984 travel-to-work areas revision in Britain
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Coombes, M. G., Green, Anne E. and Openshaw, S. (1986) An efficient algorithm to generate official statistical reporting areas : the case of the 1984 travel-to-work areas revision in Britain. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Volume 37 (Number 10). pp. 943-953. doi:10.2307/2582282 ISSN 0160-5682.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2582282
Abstract
Travel-to-work areas (T.T.W.A.s) are used by the Department of Employment for the reporting of monthly local unemployment statistics. T.T.W.A.s are also used to demarcate those parts of Britain to benefit from the public expenditure on industry under regional policy. The 1984 revision of T.T.W.A. boundaries provided academics with a rare opportunity to help rationalize official statistical areas. This involved the specification of zone-design criteria and the implementation of these in a regionalization methodology. It was found that methods based on the model of local labour market areas yielded the most reasonable set of boundaries. The final methodology is detailed here, together with the actual parameter values used in the analysis that produced the new T.T.W.A.s. The paper ends by considering the implementation of the results, and evaluates the new areas against the old T.T.W.A.s.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Travel--Research--Great Britain--Statistical methods, Labor supply--Great Britain--Statistical methods, Regional economic disparities--Great Britain--Statistical methods, Unemployment--Great Britain--Statistical methods, Economic geography--Great Britain--Statistical methods, Commuting--Great Britain--Statistical methods | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of the Operational Research Society | ||||
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Journals | ||||
| ISSN: | 0160-5682 | ||||
| Official Date: | October 1986 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 37 | ||||
| Number: | Number 10 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 943-953 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2307/2582282 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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