Alasdair Rae
Biographic Data
| ID | 3719843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alasdair Rae |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alasdair |
| FAMILY NAME | Rae |
| SIGNATURE | RAE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0136-7659 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Dog fouling and potholes
Local governments around the world are increasingly coproducing services with citizens, commonly as a response to austerity. A common approach is to use ‘citizen sensors’, relying on citizens to report issues digitally through web portals or apps. There is mixed evidence about how different citizens act in different environments with concerns about resulting (in)equity in outcomes. This paper examines citizen-reporting of maintenance of the publi…
Mapping the 2019 Indices of Deprivation
Regions from the ground up
In this paper, we consider the question of what is ‘in’ a region, from an economic perspective, based on commuting data. This follows a long line of studies on labour market delineation, including the widely used ‘travel-to-work area’ approach. Using Combo, a network partitioning algorithm, we analyse commuting data from the 2011 UK Census in order to define a discrete set of regions. Our aim is twofold: to contribute to methodological advances i…
From neighbourhood to “globalhood”? Three propositions on the rapid rise of short‐term rentals
This Commentary is an attempt to understand the recent, rapid rise of short‐term property rentals in some of the world's most popular neighbourhoods, and what it means for communities, whether urban or rural. The literature to date has tackled the issue from a number of different perspectives, but there is no clear consensus on what the key issues are within this sector of the so‐called “sharing economy.” Despite claims to the contrary, I argue t…
Open to whom? Open-access publishing and global knowledge networks
The role of open access in a changing academy
How website users segment a city
This paper explores spatial patterns of housing search in London, using data generated by users of the UK's most popular real estate portal. By focusing on the variable geographies of ‘search extent’, it attempts to make a contribution to a long line of studies focused on understanding the fragmented geography of metropolitan housing markets. It also builds upon more recent work in economics on the utility of user-generated search data. After int…
Online Housing Search and the Geography of Submarkets
The importance of search behaviour has long been recognised in the study of housing markets, but research in this area has frequently been hampered by lack of data. In many nations, the vast majority of initial housing search queries are now conducted online and the data this generates could, in theory, provide us with better insights into how housing market search operates spatially, in addition to generating new knowledge on the geography of lo…
Putting big data in its place
Featured Graphic. The Geography of Mortgage Lending in London
English urban policy and the return to the city
Open access and Regional Studies, Regional Science
This first editorial marks the launch of Regional Studies, Regional Science, a new journal from the Regional Studies Association (RSA), published by Taylor & Francis. This enlarges our current port
Spatially Concentrated Deprivation in England
n The spatial concentration of deprivation is a well documented phenomenon and is of interest to a diverse constituency of academics and policy makers. Despite the widely accepted view of concentrated deprivation as a problem, however, the empirical basis for understanding it remains under-developed. Therefore, an attempt is made here to provide an empirical assessment of spatially concentrated deprivation in England, using a spatial statistical …
Isolated Entities or Integrated Neighbourhoods? An Alternative View of the Measurement of Deprivation
The use of area-based deprivation indices is now a firmly established means of assessing which areas ought to be the focus of government policy, with separate indices of deprivation established for each constituent part of the UK. In England, the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 has been widely used to support decision-making for key urban policies and in more local assessments of deprivation. Implicit in the development and use of these indica…
People on the Move
Given the neighbourhood focus of much regeneration policy, we need to know more about the functional roles that neighbourhoods play in the way that households move within the housing market and hence about the different functional types of neighbourhood amongst deprived areas. Such knowledge would help both to guide the priorities of policy and to interpret the probability of policy interventions being successful. This exploratory study draws on …
Spatially Concentrated Deprivation in England
n The spatial concentration of deprivation is a well documented phenomenon and is of interest to a diverse constituency of academics and policy makers. Despite the widely accepted view of concentrated deprivation as a problem, however, the empirical basis for understanding it remains under-developed. Therefore, an attempt is made here to provide an empirical assessment of spatially concentrated deprivation in England, using a spatial statistical …
People on the Move
Given the neighbourhood focus of much regeneration policy, we need to know more about the functional roles that neighbourhoods play in the way that households move within the housing market and hence about the different functional types of neighbourhood amongst deprived areas. Such knowledge would help both to guide the priorities of policy and to interpret the probability of policy interventions being successful. This exploratory study draws on …
Online Housing Search and the Geography of Submarkets
The importance of search behaviour has long been recognised in the study of housing markets, but research in this area has frequently been hampered by lack of data. In many nations, the vast majority of initial housing search queries are now conducted online and the data this generates could, in theory, provide us with better insights into how housing market search operates spatially, in addition to generating new knowledge on the geography of lo…
How website users segment a city
This paper explores spatial patterns of housing search in London, using data generated by users of the UK's most popular real estate portal. By focusing on the variable geographies of ‘search extent’, it attempts to make a contribution to a long line of studies focused on understanding the fragmented geography of metropolitan housing markets. It also builds upon more recent work in economics on the utility of user-generated search data. After int…
Putting big data in its place
Dog fouling and potholes
Local governments around the world are increasingly coproducing services with citizens, commonly as a response to austerity. A common approach is to use ‘citizen sensors’, relying on citizens to report issues digitally through web portals or apps. There is mixed evidence about how different citizens act in different environments with concerns about resulting (in)equity in outcomes. This paper examines citizen-reporting of maintenance of the publi…
English urban policy and the return to the city
Isolated Entities or Integrated Neighbourhoods? An Alternative View of the Measurement of Deprivation
The use of area-based deprivation indices is now a firmly established means of assessing which areas ought to be the focus of government policy, with separate indices of deprivation established for each constituent part of the UK. In England, the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 has been widely used to support decision-making for key urban policies and in more local assessments of deprivation. Implicit in the development and use of these indica…
From neighbourhood to “globalhood”? Three propositions on the rapid rise of short‐term rentals
This Commentary is an attempt to understand the recent, rapid rise of short‐term property rentals in some of the world's most popular neighbourhoods, and what it means for communities, whether urban or rural. The literature to date has tackled the issue from a number of different perspectives, but there is no clear consensus on what the key issues are within this sector of the so‐called “sharing economy.” Despite claims to the contrary, I argue t…
Featured Graphic. The Geography of Mortgage Lending in London
The role of open access in a changing academy
People on the Move
Given the neighbourhood focus of much regeneration policy, we need to know more about the functional roles that neighbourhoods play in the way that households move within the housing market and hence about the different functional types of neighbourhood amongst deprived areas. Such knowledge would help both to guide the priorities of policy and to interpret the probability of policy interventions being successful. This exploratory study draws on …
Isolated Entities or Integrated Neighbourhoods? An Alternative View of the Measurement of Deprivation
The use of area-based deprivation indices is now a firmly established means of assessing which areas ought to be the focus of government policy, with separate indices of deprivation established for each constituent part of the UK. In England, the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 has been widely used to support decision-making for key urban policies and in more local assessments of deprivation. Implicit in the development and use of these indica…
Spatially Concentrated Deprivation in England
n The spatial concentration of deprivation is a well documented phenomenon and is of interest to a diverse constituency of academics and policy makers. Despite the widely accepted view of concentrated deprivation as a problem, however, the empirical basis for understanding it remains under-developed. Therefore, an attempt is made here to provide an empirical assessment of spatially concentrated deprivation in England, using a spatial statistical …
English urban policy and the return to the city
Open access and Regional Studies, Regional Science
This first editorial marks the launch of Regional Studies, Regional Science, a new journal from the Regional Studies Association (RSA), published by Taylor & Francis. This enlarges our current port
Featured Graphic. The Geography of Mortgage Lending in London
Online Housing Search and the Geography of Submarkets
The importance of search behaviour has long been recognised in the study of housing markets, but research in this area has frequently been hampered by lack of data. In many nations, the vast majority of initial housing search queries are now conducted online and the data this generates could, in theory, provide us with better insights into how housing market search operates spatially, in addition to generating new knowledge on the geography of lo…
Putting big data in its place
How website users segment a city
This paper explores spatial patterns of housing search in London, using data generated by users of the UK's most popular real estate portal. By focusing on the variable geographies of ‘search extent’, it attempts to make a contribution to a long line of studies focused on understanding the fragmented geography of metropolitan housing markets. It also builds upon more recent work in economics on the utility of user-generated search data. After int…
The role of open access in a changing academy
Open to whom? Open-access publishing and global knowledge networks
From neighbourhood to “globalhood”? Three propositions on the rapid rise of short‐term rentals
This Commentary is an attempt to understand the recent, rapid rise of short‐term property rentals in some of the world's most popular neighbourhoods, and what it means for communities, whether urban or rural. The literature to date has tackled the issue from a number of different perspectives, but there is no clear consensus on what the key issues are within this sector of the so‐called “sharing economy.” Despite claims to the contrary, I argue t…
Mapping the 2019 Indices of Deprivation
Regions from the ground up
In this paper, we consider the question of what is ‘in’ a region, from an economic perspective, based on commuting data. This follows a long line of studies on labour market delineation, including the widely used ‘travel-to-work area’ approach. Using Combo, a network partitioning algorithm, we analyse commuting data from the 2011 UK Census in order to define a discrete set of regions. Our aim is twofold: to contribute to methodological advances i…
Dog fouling and potholes
Local governments around the world are increasingly coproducing services with citizens, commonly as a response to austerity. A common approach is to use ‘citizen sensors’, relying on citizens to report issues digitally through web portals or apps. There is mixed evidence about how different citizens act in different environments with concerns about resulting (in)equity in outcomes. This paper examines citizen-reporting of maintenance of the publi…
Geography (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Regional science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Data science (4 works) · Economic geography (4 works)