Robin Flowerdew
Biographic Data
| ID | 1043764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Flowerdew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Flowerdew |
| SIGNATURE | FLOWERDEW R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 291 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Methods in Human Geography: A Guide for Students Doing a Research Project
Does neighbourhood influence ethnic inequalities in economic activity? Findings from the ONS Longitudinal Study
This article aims to test whether geographical factors have an important role in explaining ethnic inequalities in transitions between economic activities. It is based on the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study, which links together results from successive censuses in England for a random sample of respondents. It allows us to estimate the probability of transition into and out of employment and the labour market. Our analyses repor…
Is travel-time to a specialist centre a risk factor for non-referral, non-attendance and loss to follow-up among patients with hepatitis C (HCV) infection
Does geographic access to primary healthcare influence the detection of hepatitis C
Geographic Analysis of Cultural Consumption
Neighbourhood effects on health: Does it matter where you draw the boundaries
Shrinking areas and mortality: An artefact of deprivation effects
There is evidence that mortality rates are highest in areas that are experiencing population decline, and researchers have recommended that this should be accounted for in health resource allocation. This research finds a significant negative association between population change and mortality for small areas in Scotland, which remains when low social class is accounted for. However, this relation disappears when the area deprivation is accounted…
Introduction: Internal Migration in the Contemporary World
This article does not have an abstract
The role of population change in widening the mortality gap in Scotland
The social gradient in health and mortality has been acknowledged for some time and, more recently, there is some evidence that the gap between the richer and poorer is widening in Britain. Other studies have also shown that health and mortality outcomes are worse in places that are experiencing population decline and better in places that are growing. This analysis examines, first, whether there is a mortality gap between the least and most depr…
The relationship between marriage, divorce and migration in a British data set
Family and kinship factors are important as motivations for moving and as major considerations promoting or deferring migration. This is most obviously the case for family events that involve the establishment of new households or the dissolution of old ones, through cohabitation, marriage, separation and divorce. The overall importance of such events can be gauged from life‐history data where the timing of residential moves and family events are…
Predicting smoking behaviour in census output areas across Scotland
Modelling Inter-ward Migration in Hereford and Worcester: The Importance of Housing Growth and Tenure
In this paper, we use the 1991 Special Migration Statistics to analyse inter-ward flows in the British county of Hereford and Worcester. New modelling techniques...based on the Poisson distribution are used in this research which partially overcome the under-dispersion problem resulting from modelling zero and very small flows.... Analysis at this scale provides the potential for more detailed generalization about migration processes such as subu…
Reacting to Ground Truth
Ground Truth, a set of papers, edited by John Pickles, about the social implications of GIS, has contributed to the revival of an old debate between qualitative and quantitative approaches in human geography, This paper is intended to be a contribution to the debate: reactions and reflections triggered by the book rather than a review or evaluation of it. After acceptance of some of the criticisms of GIS and quantitative geography, attempts are m…
Migration of Elderly People to Join Existing Households: Some Evidence from the 1991 Household Sample of Anonymised Records
In this paper the extent to which migration of the elderly is linked to changing family living situations is explored. The work described is part of a larger project concerned with the relationship between migration, kinship, and household change. Discussions of the living arrangements of older people have often referred to moves made to join adult children or other relatives. In this paper we use the Household Sample of Anonymised Records to inv…
Migration Models Incorporating Interdependence of Movers
Models of migration between regions are often based on the assumption that individual moves can be modelled by a Poisson distribution whose parameter is a function of origin and destination characteristics, and generalized cost; this is true of Poisson regression models and spatial interaction models. The Poisson assumption is that each individual acts independently from others making the same move. In fact, migration is usually engaged in by hou…
The relationship between inter-constituency migration and postal voting
Modelling Sparse Interaction Matrices: Interward Migration in Hereford and Worcester, and the Underdispersion Problem
Recently, it has been argued that migration models in which ordinary least squares regression is used are inappropriate, because the dependent variable (number of migrants) is a count. Instead, a Poisson regression approach can be adopted. Goodness of fit can be evaluated by using a deviance (log-likelihood) or X2 statistic, whose significance can be compared with a χ2 distribution with appropriate degrees of freedom. In this paper, such an appro…
Some applications of Murphy's law: Using computers for geography practical teaching
We have used computers in geography practicals for several years and our efforts in this direction have helped us isolate several new applications of Murphy's Law. We review some of our discoveries in the areas of classroom demonstrations and hands‐on practicals, in terms of hardware, software and ‘liveware’. In general, we share others’ enthusiasm for using computers in teaching, but we are convinced that such usage will normally be liable to su…
Situations and Strategies in American Land-Use Planning
The Characteristics of British Migrants in the 1990s: Evidence from a New Survey
New data on migrants in Great Britain have been collected as part of a Gallup Poll. Data are available for 18 010 respondents on the length of time since they last moved, and for 3605 of these on whether the move was intra-urban, intra-county or intercounty. Respondents' personal characteristics are also available, including sex, age, marital status, household size, tenure, education, employment status, occupation and social class. These characte…
The Effect of Data Aggregation on a Poisson Regression Model of Canadian Migration
A Statistics Canada data set for Canadian migration data at the census division level incorporating information on income tax for 1986 has already been presented. This matrix of 260 × 260 flows was used to calibrate a set of Poisson regression models by utilizing flows for the aggregate population. In this paper, the relatively high spatial resolution is used to test for aggregation effects as the original 260 units are combined to form fewer, sy…
Using Areal Interpolation Methods in Geographic Information Systems
Using areal interpolation methods in geographic information systems
Poisson regression models of Canadian census division migration flows
Poisson Regression Models of Canadian Census Division Migration Flows
Neighbourhood effects on health: Does it matter where you draw the boundaries
The relationship between marriage, divorce and migration in a British data set
Family and kinship factors are important as motivations for moving and as major considerations promoting or deferring migration. This is most obviously the case for family events that involve the establishment of new households or the dissolution of old ones, through cohabitation, marriage, separation and divorce. The overall importance of such events can be gauged from life‐history data where the timing of residential moves and family events are…
Search Strategies and Stopping Rules in Residential Mobility
After a discussion of residential search, a number of stopping-rule models are introduced and reviewed, including the 'marriage problem' and the 'house-hunting problem'. Requirements for a search and stopping-rule model in residential selection are outlined. Such a model would incorporate adaptive, systematic and hierarchical search models, and the con- straining effects of discrimination and competition. GEOGRAPHICAL studies of migration and res…
The role of population change in widening the mortality gap in Scotland
The social gradient in health and mortality has been acknowledged for some time and, more recently, there is some evidence that the gap between the richer and poorer is widening in Britain. Other studies have also shown that health and mortality outcomes are worse in places that are experiencing population decline and better in places that are growing. This analysis examines, first, whether there is a mortality gap between the least and most depr…
The Characteristics of British Migrants in the 1990s: Evidence from a New Survey
New data on migrants in Great Britain have been collected as part of a Gallup Poll. Data are available for 18 010 respondents on the length of time since they last moved, and for 3605 of these on whether the move was intra-urban, intra-county or intercounty. Respondents' personal characteristics are also available, including sex, age, marital status, household size, tenure, education, employment status, occupation and social class. These characte…
Using areal interpolation methods in geographic information systems
Does neighbourhood influence ethnic inequalities in economic activity? Findings from the ONS Longitudinal Study
This article aims to test whether geographical factors have an important role in explaining ethnic inequalities in transitions between economic activities. It is based on the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study, which links together results from successive censuses in England for a random sample of respondents. It allows us to estimate the probability of transition into and out of employment and the labour market. Our analyses repor…
Migration between labour market areas in Great Britain, 1970–1971
Flowerdew R. and Salt J. (1979) Migration between labour market areas in Great Britain, 1970–1971, Reg. Studies 13, 211–231. Using a set of 126 areal units (Standard Metropolitan Labour Areas) intended to represent labour markets, this paper describes and analyses 1970–71 migration flows. It begins with a description of the most important flows between labour market areas, in both absolute and relative terms. The effects of labour market size are…
Shrinking areas and mortality: An artefact of deprivation effects
There is evidence that mortality rates are highest in areas that are experiencing population decline, and researchers have recommended that this should be accounted for in health resource allocation. This research finds a significant negative association between population change and mortality for small areas in Scotland, which remains when low social class is accounted for. However, this relation disappears when the area deprivation is accounted…
Predicting smoking behaviour in census output areas across Scotland
Population Structures and Models
The Effect of Data Aggregation on a Poisson Regression Model of Canadian Migration
A Statistics Canada data set for Canadian migration data at the census division level incorporating information on income tax for 1986 has already been presented. This matrix of 260 × 260 flows was used to calibrate a set of Poisson regression models by utilizing flows for the aggregate population. In this paper, the relatively high spatial resolution is used to test for aggregation effects as the original 260 units are combined to form fewer, sy…
Reacting to Ground Truth
Ground Truth, a set of papers, edited by John Pickles, about the social implications of GIS, has contributed to the revival of an old debate between qualitative and quantitative approaches in human geography, This paper is intended to be a contribution to the debate: reactions and reflections triggered by the book rather than a review or evaluation of it. After acceptance of some of the criticisms of GIS and quantitative geography, attempts are m…
Some applications of Murphy's law: Using computers for geography practical teaching
We have used computers in geography practicals for several years and our efforts in this direction have helped us isolate several new applications of Murphy's Law. We review some of our discoveries in the areas of classroom demonstrations and hands‐on practicals, in terms of hardware, software and ‘liveware’. In general, we share others’ enthusiasm for using computers in teaching, but we are convinced that such usage will normally be liable to su…
Analysing geographic variations in mortality using poisson regression: The example of ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales 1969–1973
Does geographic access to primary healthcare influence the detection of hepatitis C
Modelling Inter-ward Migration in Hereford and Worcester: The Importance of Housing Growth and Tenure
In this paper, we use the 1991 Special Migration Statistics to analyse inter-ward flows in the British county of Hereford and Worcester. New modelling techniques...based on the Poisson distribution are used in this research which partially overcome the under-dispersion problem resulting from modelling zero and very small flows.... Analysis at this scale provides the potential for more detailed generalization about migration processes such as subu…
Migration of Elderly People to Join Existing Households: Some Evidence from the 1991 Household Sample of Anonymised Records
In this paper the extent to which migration of the elderly is linked to changing family living situations is explored. The work described is part of a larger project concerned with the relationship between migration, kinship, and household change. Discussions of the living arrangements of older people have often referred to moves made to join adult children or other relatives. In this paper we use the Household Sample of Anonymised Records to inv…
British geography: Development and challenge
Is travel-time to a specialist centre a risk factor for non-referral, non-attendance and loss to follow-up among patients with hepatitis C (HCV) infection
Introduction: Internal Migration in the Contemporary World
This article does not have an abstract
Modelling Sparse Interaction Matrices: Interward Migration in Hereford and Worcester, and the Underdispersion Problem
Recently, it has been argued that migration models in which ordinary least squares regression is used are inappropriate, because the dependent variable (number of migrants) is a count. Instead, a Poisson regression approach can be adopted. Goodness of fit can be evaluated by using a deviance (log-likelihood) or X2 statistic, whose significance can be compared with a χ2 distribution with appropriate degrees of freedom. In this paper, such an appro…
Using Areal Interpolation Methods in Geographic Information Systems
Poisson regression models of Canadian census division migration flows
Preference Rankings on Several Attributes: Applications in Residential Site Selection
Residential site selection, the process by which a migrant evaluates and chooses among housing opportunities, can be regarded as an example of multi-attribute decision making. If certain simple assumptions are made about the decision, preference rankings of the alternatives can be derived. A classification of these rankings is presented on the basis of preference between various combinations of attributes, and additive utility functions in accord…
Preference Rankings on Several Attributes: Applications in Residential Site Selection
Residential site selection, the process by which a migrant evaluates and chooses among housing opportunities, can be regarded as an example of multi-attribute decision making. If certain simple assumptions are made about the decision, preference rankings of the alternatives can be derived. A classification of these rankings is presented on the basis of preference between various combinations of attributes, and additive utility functions in accord…
Search Strategies and Stopping Rules in Residential Mobility
After a discussion of residential search, a number of stopping-rule models are introduced and reviewed, including the 'marriage problem' and the 'house-hunting problem'. Requirements for a search and stopping-rule model in residential selection are outlined. Such a model would incorporate adaptive, systematic and hierarchical search models, and the con- straining effects of discrimination and competition. GEOGRAPHICAL studies of migration and res…
Migration between labour market areas in Great Britain, 1970–1971
Flowerdew R. and Salt J. (1979) Migration between labour market areas in Great Britain, 1970–1971, Reg. Studies 13, 211–231. Using a set of 126 areal units (Standard Metropolitan Labour Areas) intended to represent labour markets, this paper describes and analyses 1970–71 migration flows. It begins with a description of the most important flows between labour market areas, in both absolute and relative terms. The effects of labour market size are…
A Method of Fitting the Gravity Model Based on the Poisson Distribution
"In this paper, [the authors] suggest an alternative method for fitting the gravity model. In this method, the interaction variable is treated as the outcome of a discrete probability process, whose mean is a function of the size and distance variables. This treatment seems appropriate when the dependent variable represents a count of the number of items (people, vehicles, shipments) moving from one place to another. It would seem to have special…
Analysing geographic variations in mortality using poisson regression: The example of ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales 1969–1973
British geography: Development and challenge
Population Structures and Models
Poisson regression models of Canadian census division migration flows
Poisson Regression Models of Canadian Census Division Migration Flows
Geodemographics in Practice: Developments in North America
Commercial applications of geodemographic data and associated techniques of market analysis are described from the perspective of companies in North America. After a discussion of the development of the industry and the types of data and services available, some important current trends are identified. Possible developments in the short-term future are reviewed, and the paper concludes with an evaluation of the prospects for the industry
Using Areal Interpolation Methods in Geographic Information Systems
Using areal interpolation methods in geographic information systems
Some applications of Murphy's law: Using computers for geography practical teaching
We have used computers in geography practicals for several years and our efforts in this direction have helped us isolate several new applications of Murphy's Law. We review some of our discoveries in the areas of classroom demonstrations and hands‐on practicals, in terms of hardware, software and ‘liveware’. In general, we share others’ enthusiasm for using computers in teaching, but we are convinced that such usage will normally be liable to su…
Situations and Strategies in American Land-Use Planning
The Characteristics of British Migrants in the 1990s: Evidence from a New Survey
New data on migrants in Great Britain have been collected as part of a Gallup Poll. Data are available for 18 010 respondents on the length of time since they last moved, and for 3605 of these on whether the move was intra-urban, intra-county or intercounty. Respondents' personal characteristics are also available, including sex, age, marital status, household size, tenure, education, employment status, occupation and social class. These characte…
The Effect of Data Aggregation on a Poisson Regression Model of Canadian Migration
A Statistics Canada data set for Canadian migration data at the census division level incorporating information on income tax for 1986 has already been presented. This matrix of 260 × 260 flows was used to calibrate a set of Poisson regression models by utilizing flows for the aggregate population. In this paper, the relatively high spatial resolution is used to test for aggregation effects as the original 260 units are combined to form fewer, sy…
The relationship between inter-constituency migration and postal voting
Modelling Sparse Interaction Matrices: Interward Migration in Hereford and Worcester, and the Underdispersion Problem
Recently, it has been argued that migration models in which ordinary least squares regression is used are inappropriate, because the dependent variable (number of migrants) is a count. Instead, a Poisson regression approach can be adopted. Goodness of fit can be evaluated by using a deviance (log-likelihood) or X2 statistic, whose significance can be compared with a χ2 distribution with appropriate degrees of freedom. In this paper, such an appro…
Migration Models Incorporating Interdependence of Movers
Models of migration between regions are often based on the assumption that individual moves can be modelled by a Poisson distribution whose parameter is a function of origin and destination characteristics, and generalized cost; this is true of Poisson regression models and spatial interaction models. The Poisson assumption is that each individual acts independently from others making the same move. In fact, migration is usually engaged in by hou…
Migration of Elderly People to Join Existing Households: Some Evidence from the 1991 Household Sample of Anonymised Records
In this paper the extent to which migration of the elderly is linked to changing family living situations is explored. The work described is part of a larger project concerned with the relationship between migration, kinship, and household change. Discussions of the living arrangements of older people have often referred to moves made to join adult children or other relatives. In this paper we use the Household Sample of Anonymised Records to inv…
Modelling Inter-ward Migration in Hereford and Worcester: The Importance of Housing Growth and Tenure
In this paper, we use the 1991 Special Migration Statistics to analyse inter-ward flows in the British county of Hereford and Worcester. New modelling techniques...based on the Poisson distribution are used in this research which partially overcome the under-dispersion problem resulting from modelling zero and very small flows.... Analysis at this scale provides the potential for more detailed generalization about migration processes such as subu…
Reacting to Ground Truth
Ground Truth, a set of papers, edited by John Pickles, about the social implications of GIS, has contributed to the revival of an old debate between qualitative and quantitative approaches in human geography, This paper is intended to be a contribution to the debate: reactions and reflections triggered by the book rather than a review or evaluation of it. After acceptance of some of the criticisms of GIS and quantitative geography, attempts are m…
Predicting smoking behaviour in census output areas across Scotland
Introduction: Internal Migration in the Contemporary World
This article does not have an abstract
The role of population change in widening the mortality gap in Scotland
The social gradient in health and mortality has been acknowledged for some time and, more recently, there is some evidence that the gap between the richer and poorer is widening in Britain. Other studies have also shown that health and mortality outcomes are worse in places that are experiencing population decline and better in places that are growing. This analysis examines, first, whether there is a mortality gap between the least and most depr…
Geography (19 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Demography (13 works) · Mathematics (12 works) · Population (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Statistics (9 works)