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TY - JOUR
T1 - A new approach to the analysis of urbanisation
T2 - the agglomerations of England and Wales (1871- 2001)
AU - Mojica, Laia
AU - Gregory, Ian
AU - Marti-Henneberg, Jordi
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This article describes a new approach for analyzing data within national historical geographic information system databases that can be used to explore long-term trends in landscape evolution. The methodology is based on clustering together areas with similar demographic characteristics to define urban agglomerations whose territorial extents and populations vary over time. The resulting database can be used in a wide range of ways that allow the empirical study of urban growth and urban sprawl. The article is based on data for England and Wales but given the increasing availability of national historical geographic information system databases for countries around the world, the approach could be replicated for a wide range of different places.
AB - This article describes a new approach for analyzing data within national historical geographic information system databases that can be used to explore long-term trends in landscape evolution. The methodology is based on clustering together areas with similar demographic characteristics to define urban agglomerations whose territorial extents and populations vary over time. The resulting database can be used in a wide range of ways that allow the empirical study of urban growth and urban sprawl. The article is based on data for England and Wales but given the increasing availability of national historical geographic information system databases for countries around the world, the approach could be replicated for a wide range of different places.
KW - agglomerations
KW - England
KW - geographical information systems
KW - quantification
KW - urbanization
KW - Wales
U2 - 10.1080/01615440.2012.721720
DO - 10.1080/01615440.2012.721720
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
SP - 90
EP - 101
JO - Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
JF - Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
SN - 0161-5440
IS - 2
ER -