Alan Strachan
Biographic Data
| ID | 103492 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Strachan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Strachan |
| SIGNATURE | STRACHAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Glasgow: The Socio-Spatial Development of the City
The Origins Mercantile Town Advent of Industrial Urbanism Urban Expansion in Nineteenth Century Population and Society in Nineteenth Century Urban Economy Housing People Government of the City Urban Challenge Popular Images
A New Social Atlas of Britain
Soldier Recruitment to the British Army: A Spatial and Social Methodology for Analysis and Monitoring
This article reports on the findings of a study undertaken for the Army Eastern District into applications and recruitment in the county of Essex. The data were for one year, 4 January 1988-3 January 1989, and were taken from the 951 DAR1 forms of young people who applied to join the Army. The data were entered and manipulated using INGRES and SPSS-X and the mapping, based on POSTCODE/Grid Referencing, used the GIMMS 5.1 computer mapping package.…
National Economic and Social Council, The Economic and Social Implications of Emigration , Dublin, March 1991. 318pp
The Urban Dimension of European Return Migration: The Case of Bari, Southern Italy
Amongst a growing literature on intra-European return migration there has been little attention paid to urban settlements. This paper, based on 211 interviews of returned migrants in the south Italian city of Bari, aims to rectify this deficiency. A number of hypotheses concerning the distinctiveness of urban return are put forward and tested using official migration statistics and the questionnaire information, including data from a control samp…
Bridging the gap between school and college: Evidence from the University of Leicester 1978–82
It has long been recognised that students enter higher education lacking some of the essential elements of geographical knowledge and understanding. In a systematic investigation of these factors, a survey of five years of Leicester University geography freshers shows them to have good factual knowledge, but alarmingly low levels of understanding. It further suggests that A level grade is a poor predictor of performance in higher education and co…
Return Migration and Tertiary Development: A Calabrian Case-Study
The impact of return migration to Southern Europe is examined using the example of the coastal town of Amantea in Calabria Italy. The authors demonstrate that returning migrants capital and initiative have led to the development of a thriving tourist industry. Problems of this industrys conflicts with agriculture and with the poorest sector of the community are considered. (ANNOTATION)
Return Migration and the Development of the Italian Mezzogiorno
The authors interviewed return migrants in 3 regions--Puglia Basilicata and Calabria--of the Italian Mhezzogiorno. Prosperous provinces such as Taranta have low emigration rates and therefore low rates of return migration. When net emigration is plotted for each province most reveal a positive balance starting in about 1973 very similar to the national trend. The study investigates employment patterns before and after return migration and the use…
Housing Patterns and Values in a Medium Sized Third World City: Georgetown, Guyana
Patterns of Sardinian Migration
In the first part of this paper, the authors trace "the history of Sardinian migration from the late nineteenth century to the present time. In the second part an attempt is made to test some of the hypothesized causes of migration. Census variables related to these causes and to the spatial pattern of migration are identified and analysed by the technique of stepwise multiple regression." The analysis, based on data for communes, covers the inte…
The Effects of Return Migration on a Gozitan Village
Sicilian Agro-Towns
Glasgow: The Socio-Spatial Development of the City
The Origins Mercantile Town Advent of Industrial Urbanism Urban Expansion in Nineteenth Century Population and Society in Nineteenth Century Urban Economy Housing People Government of the City Urban Challenge Popular Images
The Effects of Return Migration on a Gozitan Village
A New Social Atlas of Britain
Bridging the gap between school and college: Evidence from the University of Leicester 1978–82
It has long been recognised that students enter higher education lacking some of the essential elements of geographical knowledge and understanding. In a systematic investigation of these factors, a survey of five years of Leicester University geography freshers shows them to have good factual knowledge, but alarmingly low levels of understanding. It further suggests that A level grade is a poor predictor of performance in higher education and co…
Soldier Recruitment to the British Army: A Spatial and Social Methodology for Analysis and Monitoring
This article reports on the findings of a study undertaken for the Army Eastern District into applications and recruitment in the county of Essex. The data were for one year, 4 January 1988-3 January 1989, and were taken from the 951 DAR1 forms of young people who applied to join the Army. The data were entered and manipulated using INGRES and SPSS-X and the mapping, based on POSTCODE/Grid Referencing, used the GIMMS 5.1 computer mapping package.…
Return Migration and Tertiary Development: A Calabrian Case-Study
The impact of return migration to Southern Europe is examined using the example of the coastal town of Amantea in Calabria Italy. The authors demonstrate that returning migrants capital and initiative have led to the development of a thriving tourist industry. Problems of this industrys conflicts with agriculture and with the poorest sector of the community are considered. (ANNOTATION)
The Urban Dimension of European Return Migration: The Case of Bari, Southern Italy
Amongst a growing literature on intra-European return migration there has been little attention paid to urban settlements. This paper, based on 211 interviews of returned migrants in the south Italian city of Bari, aims to rectify this deficiency. A number of hypotheses concerning the distinctiveness of urban return are put forward and tested using official migration statistics and the questionnaire information, including data from a control samp…
Sicilian Agro-Towns
Patterns of Sardinian Migration
In the first part of this paper, the authors trace "the history of Sardinian migration from the late nineteenth century to the present time. In the second part an attempt is made to test some of the hypothesized causes of migration. Census variables related to these causes and to the spatial pattern of migration are identified and analysed by the technique of stepwise multiple regression." The analysis, based on data for communes, covers the inte…
The Effects of Return Migration on a Gozitan Village
Housing Patterns and Values in a Medium Sized Third World City: Georgetown, Guyana
Return Migration and the Development of the Italian Mezzogiorno
The authors interviewed return migrants in 3 regions--Puglia Basilicata and Calabria--of the Italian Mhezzogiorno. Prosperous provinces such as Taranta have low emigration rates and therefore low rates of return migration. When net emigration is plotted for each province most reveal a positive balance starting in about 1973 very similar to the national trend. The study investigates employment patterns before and after return migration and the use…
Bridging the gap between school and college: Evidence from the University of Leicester 1978–82
It has long been recognised that students enter higher education lacking some of the essential elements of geographical knowledge and understanding. In a systematic investigation of these factors, a survey of five years of Leicester University geography freshers shows them to have good factual knowledge, but alarmingly low levels of understanding. It further suggests that A level grade is a poor predictor of performance in higher education and co…
Return Migration and Tertiary Development: A Calabrian Case-Study
The impact of return migration to Southern Europe is examined using the example of the coastal town of Amantea in Calabria Italy. The authors demonstrate that returning migrants capital and initiative have led to the development of a thriving tourist industry. Problems of this industrys conflicts with agriculture and with the poorest sector of the community are considered. (ANNOTATION)
The Urban Dimension of European Return Migration: The Case of Bari, Southern Italy
Amongst a growing literature on intra-European return migration there has been little attention paid to urban settlements. This paper, based on 211 interviews of returned migrants in the south Italian city of Bari, aims to rectify this deficiency. A number of hypotheses concerning the distinctiveness of urban return are put forward and tested using official migration statistics and the questionnaire information, including data from a control samp…
National Economic and Social Council, The Economic and Social Implications of Emigration , Dublin, March 1991. 318pp
Soldier Recruitment to the British Army: A Spatial and Social Methodology for Analysis and Monitoring
This article reports on the findings of a study undertaken for the Army Eastern District into applications and recruitment in the county of Essex. The data were for one year, 4 January 1988-3 January 1989, and were taken from the 951 DAR1 forms of young people who applied to join the Army. The data were entered and manipulated using INGRES and SPSS-X and the mapping, based on POSTCODE/Grid Referencing, used the GIMMS 5.1 computer mapping package.…
Glasgow: The Socio-Spatial Development of the City
The Origins Mercantile Town Advent of Industrial Urbanism Urban Expansion in Nineteenth Century Population and Society in Nineteenth Century Urban Economy Housing People Government of the City Urban Challenge Popular Images
A New Social Atlas of Britain
Geography (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Cartography (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Emigration (3 works) · Historical and Environmental Studies (3 works) · Rural development and sustainability (3 works)