Raymond S Franklin
Biographic Data
| ID | 258049 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond S Franklin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond S |
| FAMILY NAME | Franklin |
| SIGNATURE | FRANKLIN R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2614-4665 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 170 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1962 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Mind the gap: Gender, geography and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on publication in Regional Studies Association (RSA) journals
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were deep and lasting, and the effects on research and researchers have been widely documented. This paper contributes to this literature through an investigation of the gendered and geographical impacts of the pandemic on the five Regional Studies Association (RSA) journals. With the cooperation of Taylor & Francis, the RSA’s journal publisher, we generate a database of manuscripts submitted between January 2…
A spatial decision support framework for equitable sensor network distribution in the smart city
This paper introduces a proof-of-concept spatial decision support system (SDSS) that assists decision-makers to generate equitably distributed sensor networks and evaluate their placement with reference to specific population-based coverage criteria. Our approach centres equity in infrastructure distribution; we focus on the decision-making process required to achieve the best possible sensor coverage of the geographical area for selected vulnera…
Digital twins on trial: Can they actually solve wicked societal problems and change the world for better
The longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution exposure and dementia in the UK: Results from the cognitive function and ageing study II and Wales
In contrast to the literature, this study did not find clear associations between air pollution and dementia. Future research needs to investigate how methodological and contextual factors can affect evidence in this field and clarity the influence of air pollution exposure on cognitive health over the lifecourse
Regional varieties of ‘left-behindness’ in the EU15
Recent debates about ‘left behind’ places have opened up new opportunities to understand the interconnected challenges faced by many regions in the Global North. At the same time, the application of this label to a wide variety of places with different characteristics has been accused of obscuring as much as it reveals. In this paper, we shed light on the variegated nature of ‘left behind’ regions through a cluster analysis of NUTS-3 regions in t…
Left Behind' neighbourhoods in England: Where they are and why they matter
The term 'left behind' has come to connote political disaffection, alongside social and spatial inequalities in wealth and opportunity. Yet the term is also widely contested, often prioritising a regional and economic perspective at the expense of a more local and nuanced approach. In response, we argue that neighbourhood context is integral to understanding and identifying 'left behind' places. Building a neighbourhood classification of 'left be…
Making Space in Geographical Analysis
In this commentary we reflect on the potential and power of geographical analysis, as a set of methods, theoretical approaches, and perspectives, to increase our understanding of how space and place matter for all . We emphasize key aspects of the field, including accessibility, urban change, and spatial interaction and behavior, providing a high‐level research agenda that indicates a variety of gaps and routes for future research that will not o…
Left behind and left out: Evaluating (dis)connections in the spatially focused migration network of England and Wales
Previous research has often linked socioeconomic decline and 'left behind' places with out‐migration and depopulation. Few analyses have reflected on the role of connectivity in the migratory system, and how this varies across groups and places to produce peripheralisation. Using detailed migration in England and Wales, we examine the level of spatial focusing of migration flows between local authority origins and destinations, using the Gini ind…
The changing demography of hurricane at‐risk areas in the United States (1970–2018)
Hurricanes have proven to be one of the most deadly and costly natural hazards in the Gulf and Atlantic coast regions of the United States. Looming climate change and increasing population in coastal areas means these hazards could become even more devastating in the future. This paper first develops estimates of areas most impacted by hurricane flooding and wind damage and then assesses the generalised patterns of demographic change in those at‐…
Quantitative methods III: Strength in numbers
In this third and final report on quantitative methods, I focus on academic community: what we do, what we call ourselves, and why this is a matter of importance for the entire discipline of geography, but especially quantitative human geographers. I first highlight the increasingly diverse ways in which quantitative methods community is produced and manifested, before turning to the shifting, ever-expanding, and overlapping names and labels used…
Left behind places’: A geographical etymology
‘Left behind places’ has become the leitmotif of geographical inequalities since the 2008 crisis. Yet, the term’s origins, definition and implications are poorly specified and risk obscuring the differentiated problems and pathways of different kinds of areas. This paper explicates the geographical etymology and spatial imaginary of ‘left behind places’. It argues that the appellation and its spatial expression have modified how geographical ineq…
Prevalence of risk behaviors and correlates of Sars-CoV-2 positivity among in-school contacts of confirmed cases in a Georgia school district in the pre-vaccine era, December 2020–January 2021
This analysis highlights the high prevalence of risk behaviors in an unvaccinated population exposed to COVID-19 in school and identifies an association between student sports participation and SARS-CoV-2 positivity. These findings illustrate the importance of school-level prevention measures to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission, including limiting close-contact indoor sports and promoting consistent mask use in unvaccinated individuals. Future rese…
Estimating the social and spatial impacts of Covid mitigation strategies in United Kingdom regions: Synthetic data and dashboards
This study advances understanding of the broader social and spatial impacts of COVID-19 restrictive measures, particularly how they may have impacted individuals and households and, in turn, the geographic areas in which these individuals and households are concentrated. Data are combined and linked to a novel individual-level synthetic dataset and an interactive dashboard is developed to assist with the identification and understanding of the so…
Quantitative methods I: Reckoning with uncertainty
In this report, I address the timeless topic of uncertainty. Quantitative methods are in flux and uncertainty provides a useful vantage point for assessing these changes. I draw particular attention to two forces at odds with each other: on the one hand, innovative methods and data that allow researchers to embrace uncertainty, and on the other, recent trends towards deliberate amplification of uncertainty, in the form of differential privacy met…
Quantitative methods II: Big theory
In this second report on quantitative methods, I consider the foundational triumvirate that underpins the sub-discipline: data, methods, and theory. I argue that, although ‘big data’ and, more recently, ‘big code’ may have captured the limelight, theory is invaluable and should not be disregarded. Showcasing the integral role of theory in quantitative human geography, I identify three kinds of useful theory (old school, enduring and conceptual) a…
Optimizing for Equity: Sensor Coverage, Networks, and the Responsive City
Decisions about sensor placement in cities are inherently complex, balancing social-technical, digital, and structural inequalities with the differential needs of populations, local stakeholder priorities, and the technical specificities of the sensors themselves. Rapid developments in urban data collection and geographic data science have the potential to support these decision-making processes. Focusing on a case study of air-quality sensors in…
Who Counts? Gender, Gatekeeping, and Quantitative Human Geography
How academic disciplines are represented and reproduced is a charged issue. In geography in particular, the challenge is not only who counts, especially with regard to gender and other factors, but also how the boundaries of the discipline are drawn and which subfields are acknowledged. This article contributes to both aspects of the discussion by extending recent research on gender, internationalization, and academic gatekeeping to additional su…
Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Special Issue: Happy Birthday, Geographical Analysis
Geographical Analysis at Midlife
In this commentary, I reflect on geographical analysis as it enters middle age, focusing on what I perceive to be central elements—for both field and journal—of past growth and development, as well as future robustness and potential. My particular interest lies in evaluating “geographical analysis” as it stands today, taking the journal as one proxy for the larger field, and placing this within a wider context of quantitative human geography. As …
Differential drivers of rent burden in growing and shrinking cities
Urban inequality and the demographic transformation of shrinking cities: The role of the foreign born
The sensor desert quandary: What does it mean (not) to count in the smart city
As a central component of the smart city, sensor infrastructures locate and measure a wide range of variables in order to characterise the urban environment. Perhaps the most visible expression of the smart city, sensor deployment is a key equity concern. As new sensor technologies and Big Data interact with social processes, they have the potential to reproduce well‐documented spatial injustices. Contrary to promises of providing new knowledge a…
Livability for all? Conceptual limits and practical implications
An Examination of the Geography of Population Composition and Change in the United States, 2000–2010: Insights from Geographical Indices and a Shift–Share Analysis
Between 2000 and 2010, almost all states in the United States experienced population growth. However, as contributions to this growth made by racial/ethnic groups and age cohorts varied from place to place, any discussion of population ‘change’ necessarily refers not only to numerical but also compositional change. This paper presents an analysis of the sources of US population change in the first decade of the new millennium, with an emphasis on…
Sustainable prosperity and societal transitions: Long-term modeling for anticipatory management
Left behind places’: A geographical etymology
‘Left behind places’ has become the leitmotif of geographical inequalities since the 2008 crisis. Yet, the term’s origins, definition and implications are poorly specified and risk obscuring the differentiated problems and pathways of different kinds of areas. This paper explicates the geographical etymology and spatial imaginary of ‘left behind places’. It argues that the appellation and its spatial expression have modified how geographical ineq…
The sensor desert quandary: What does it mean (not) to count in the smart city
As a central component of the smart city, sensor infrastructures locate and measure a wide range of variables in order to characterise the urban environment. Perhaps the most visible expression of the smart city, sensor deployment is a key equity concern. As new sensor technologies and Big Data interact with social processes, they have the potential to reproduce well‐documented spatial injustices. Contrary to promises of providing new knowledge a…
Left Behind' neighbourhoods in England: Where they are and why they matter
The term 'left behind' has come to connote political disaffection, alongside social and spatial inequalities in wealth and opportunity. Yet the term is also widely contested, often prioritising a regional and economic perspective at the expense of a more local and nuanced approach. In response, we argue that neighbourhood context is integral to understanding and identifying 'left behind' places. Building a neighbourhood classification of 'left be…
Optimizing for Equity: Sensor Coverage, Networks, and the Responsive City
Decisions about sensor placement in cities are inherently complex, balancing social-technical, digital, and structural inequalities with the differential needs of populations, local stakeholder priorities, and the technical specificities of the sensors themselves. Rapid developments in urban data collection and geographic data science have the potential to support these decision-making processes. Focusing on a case study of air-quality sensors in…
Sustainable prosperity and societal transitions: Long-term modeling for anticipatory management
The Political Economy of Black Power
Black Power is a coherent ideology incorporating a philosophy, an ethic, a strategy for confrontation, and a view of the Negro as a man in relation to the broad contours of society. Giving force to the viability of the Black Power ideology are new urban conditions and a general discontent derived from the characteristics of American capitalism. Because the salvation of the black community is increasingly being viewed as existing outside the priva…
Regional varieties of ‘left-behindness’ in the EU15
Recent debates about ‘left behind’ places have opened up new opportunities to understand the interconnected challenges faced by many regions in the Global North. At the same time, the application of this label to a wide variety of places with different characteristics has been accused of obscuring as much as it reveals. In this paper, we shed light on the variegated nature of ‘left behind’ regions through a cluster analysis of NUTS-3 regions in t…
An Examination of the Geography of Population Composition and Change in the United States, 2000–2010: Insights from Geographical Indices and a Shift–Share Analysis
Between 2000 and 2010, almost all states in the United States experienced population growth. However, as contributions to this growth made by racial/ethnic groups and age cohorts varied from place to place, any discussion of population ‘change’ necessarily refers not only to numerical but also compositional change. This paper presents an analysis of the sources of US population change in the first decade of the new millennium, with an emphasis on…
Quantitative methods II: Big theory
In this second report on quantitative methods, I consider the foundational triumvirate that underpins the sub-discipline: data, methods, and theory. I argue that, although ‘big data’ and, more recently, ‘big code’ may have captured the limelight, theory is invaluable and should not be disregarded. Showcasing the integral role of theory in quantitative human geography, I identify three kinds of useful theory (old school, enduring and conceptual) a…
A spatial decision support framework for equitable sensor network distribution in the smart city
This paper introduces a proof-of-concept spatial decision support system (SDSS) that assists decision-makers to generate equitably distributed sensor networks and evaluate their placement with reference to specific population-based coverage criteria. Our approach centres equity in infrastructure distribution; we focus on the decision-making process required to achieve the best possible sensor coverage of the geographical area for selected vulnera…
Left behind and left out: Evaluating (dis)connections in the spatially focused migration network of England and Wales
Previous research has often linked socioeconomic decline and 'left behind' places with out‐migration and depopulation. Few analyses have reflected on the role of connectivity in the migratory system, and how this varies across groups and places to produce peripheralisation. Using detailed migration in England and Wales, we examine the level of spatial focusing of migration flows between local authority origins and destinations, using the Gini ind…
The changing demography of hurricane at‐risk areas in the United States (1970–2018)
Hurricanes have proven to be one of the most deadly and costly natural hazards in the Gulf and Atlantic coast regions of the United States. Looming climate change and increasing population in coastal areas means these hazards could become even more devastating in the future. This paper first develops estimates of areas most impacted by hurricane flooding and wind damage and then assesses the generalised patterns of demographic change in those at‐…
Quantitative methods I: Reckoning with uncertainty
In this report, I address the timeless topic of uncertainty. Quantitative methods are in flux and uncertainty provides a useful vantage point for assessing these changes. I draw particular attention to two forces at odds with each other: on the one hand, innovative methods and data that allow researchers to embrace uncertainty, and on the other, recent trends towards deliberate amplification of uncertainty, in the form of differential privacy met…
Housing Prices in Tucson, Arizona
The hedonic approach is used to analyze selling prices for housing units in greater Tucson, Arizona, during 1998. Using over 6,400 Multiple Listing Service transactions, ordinary least-squares regression is used to estimate implicit prices for the amount of living space, age of the unit, and other housing attributes in this rapidly growing southwestern city. Price premiums are estimated for nine different real estate districts, which realtors bel…
Reply to Lembcke
A Framework for the Analysis of Interurban Negro-White Economic Differentials
Discusses a study that aimed to develop a framework to analyze interurban variations in discrimination against African-Americans in the form of income differences and industry-occupational exclusion propensities. Significance of the publication of the book The Economics of Discrimination, by Gary Becker; Economic differentials between white and African-American employees; Sources of discrimination against African-American employees. (Abstract cop…
The French Socio-economic Environment in the Eighteenth Century and Its Relation to the Physiocrats
The French Socio-economic Environment in the Eighteenth Century and Its Relation to the Physiocrats
A Framework for the Analysis of Interurban Negro-White Economic Differentials
Discusses a study that aimed to develop a framework to analyze interurban variations in discrimination against African-Americans in the form of income differences and industry-occupational exclusion propensities. Significance of the publication of the book The Economics of Discrimination, by Gary Becker; Economic differentials between white and African-American employees; Sources of discrimination against African-American employees. (Abstract cop…
The Negro and Equal Employment Opportunities: A Review of Management in Twenty Companies
The Political Economy of Black Power
Black Power is a coherent ideology incorporating a philosophy, an ethic, a strategy for confrontation, and a view of the Negro as a man in relation to the broad contours of society. Giving force to the viability of the Black Power ideology are new urban conditions and a general discontent derived from the characteristics of American capitalism. Because the salvation of the black community is increasingly being viewed as existing outside the priva…
The Challenge of Radical Political Economics
following headline appeared in the 11 February 1972 issue of the Wall Street Journal: The Unorthodox Ideas of Radical Economists Win A Wider Hearing. On 18 March 1972 the following appeared in Business Week: Radicals gain professional chic. Their academic status rises as their critique of capitalism gains depth and new listeners. Whether radical economists are gaining professional chic or acquiring more status is less important than the fact that…
Smithian Economics and Its Pernicious Legacy
(1976). Smithian Economics and Its Pernicious Legacy. Review of Social Economy: Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 379-390
American Capitalism: Two Visions
Shadows of Race and Class
Journal Article Shadows of Race and Class. By Raymond S. Franklin. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1991. xxviii + 189 pp. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-8166-1956-5. Paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-816-61957-3.) Get access John McCartney John McCartney Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 2, September 1993, Pages 751–752, https://do…
Reply to Lembcke
The Postindustrial Paradox: Growing Class Inequalities, Declining Class Politics
L'article aborde la question de la montee des inegalites parmi les classes sociales aux Etats-Unis et du declin de la classe politique americaine, qui sont lies et constituent ce que l'A. appelle le « paradoxe post-industriel ». L'A. examine les grandes tendances de la distribution des revenus aux Etats-Unis au cours des vingt dernieres annees et identifie les consequences pour la classe politique americaine
Shadows of Race and Class
Housing Prices in Tucson, Arizona
The hedonic approach is used to analyze selling prices for housing units in greater Tucson, Arizona, during 1998. Using over 6,400 Multiple Listing Service transactions, ordinary least-squares regression is used to estimate implicit prices for the amount of living space, age of the unit, and other housing attributes in this rapidly growing southwestern city. Price premiums are estimated for nine different real estate districts, which realtors bel…
Sustainable prosperity and societal transitions: Long-term modeling for anticipatory management
An Examination of the Geography of Population Composition and Change in the United States, 2000–2010: Insights from Geographical Indices and a Shift–Share Analysis
Between 2000 and 2010, almost all states in the United States experienced population growth. However, as contributions to this growth made by racial/ethnic groups and age cohorts varied from place to place, any discussion of population ‘change’ necessarily refers not only to numerical but also compositional change. This paper presents an analysis of the sources of US population change in the first decade of the new millennium, with an emphasis on…
Livability for all? Conceptual limits and practical implications
Differential drivers of rent burden in growing and shrinking cities
Urban inequality and the demographic transformation of shrinking cities: The role of the foreign born
The sensor desert quandary: What does it mean (not) to count in the smart city
As a central component of the smart city, sensor infrastructures locate and measure a wide range of variables in order to characterise the urban environment. Perhaps the most visible expression of the smart city, sensor deployment is a key equity concern. As new sensor technologies and Big Data interact with social processes, they have the potential to reproduce well‐documented spatial injustices. Contrary to promises of providing new knowledge a…
Who Counts? Gender, Gatekeeping, and Quantitative Human Geography
How academic disciplines are represented and reproduced is a charged issue. In geography in particular, the challenge is not only who counts, especially with regard to gender and other factors, but also how the boundaries of the discipline are drawn and which subfields are acknowledged. This article contributes to both aspects of the discussion by extending recent research on gender, internationalization, and academic gatekeeping to additional su…
Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Special Issue: Happy Birthday, Geographical Analysis
Geographical Analysis at Midlife
In this commentary, I reflect on geographical analysis as it enters middle age, focusing on what I perceive to be central elements—for both field and journal—of past growth and development, as well as future robustness and potential. My particular interest lies in evaluating “geographical analysis” as it stands today, taking the journal as one proxy for the larger field, and placing this within a wider context of quantitative human geography. As …
Prevalence of risk behaviors and correlates of Sars-CoV-2 positivity among in-school contacts of confirmed cases in a Georgia school district in the pre-vaccine era, December 2020–January 2021
This analysis highlights the high prevalence of risk behaviors in an unvaccinated population exposed to COVID-19 in school and identifies an association between student sports participation and SARS-CoV-2 positivity. These findings illustrate the importance of school-level prevention measures to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission, including limiting close-contact indoor sports and promoting consistent mask use in unvaccinated individuals. Future rese…
Estimating the social and spatial impacts of Covid mitigation strategies in United Kingdom regions: Synthetic data and dashboards
This study advances understanding of the broader social and spatial impacts of COVID-19 restrictive measures, particularly how they may have impacted individuals and households and, in turn, the geographic areas in which these individuals and households are concentrated. Data are combined and linked to a novel individual-level synthetic dataset and an interactive dashboard is developed to assist with the identification and understanding of the so…
Quantitative methods I: Reckoning with uncertainty
In this report, I address the timeless topic of uncertainty. Quantitative methods are in flux and uncertainty provides a useful vantage point for assessing these changes. I draw particular attention to two forces at odds with each other: on the one hand, innovative methods and data that allow researchers to embrace uncertainty, and on the other, recent trends towards deliberate amplification of uncertainty, in the form of differential privacy met…
Quantitative methods II: Big theory
In this second report on quantitative methods, I consider the foundational triumvirate that underpins the sub-discipline: data, methods, and theory. I argue that, although ‘big data’ and, more recently, ‘big code’ may have captured the limelight, theory is invaluable and should not be disregarded. Showcasing the integral role of theory in quantitative human geography, I identify three kinds of useful theory (old school, enduring and conceptual) a…
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