Regional Studies

Lever, W.F.

doi: 10.1080/09595237200185331pmid: N/A

Lever W. F. (1972) Industrial movement, spatial association and functional linkage. Reg. Studies 6, 371–384. Much of the Government's distribution of industry policy depends upon the availability of mobile industry which can be diverted from the congested South East and Midlands to the regions of high unemployment. Recent work has suggested that external economies, particularly those associated with access to suppliers of inputs and customers, may be more important than regional planners assume. The paper uses correlation coefficients to measure the degree of spatial association between pairs of industries and input-output tables to measure the importance of functional linkages between pairs of industries. Functional linkages are found to have a strong locational effect even upon such modern expanding industries as engineering, metal goods industries and motor vehicle manufacture. The paper concludes that there is an important distinction to be drawn for regional employment policies between the expanding metal and engineering industries of the West Midlands and the expanding science-based industries of the London Metropolitan region.

Hall, R.K.

doi: 10.1080/09595237200185341pmid: N/A

Hall R. K. (1972) The movement of offices from Central London, Reg. Studies 6, 385–392. An analysis of the policy of moving offices from Central London shows that the policy is oriented towards the solution of planning problems in London, and that it was developed on dubious statistical grounds. Because of the lack of comprehensive data on the volume of decentralization, the paper reports research carried out to quantify the volume of movement from Central London, and shows that between 1963 and 1969 it was about 24,000 jobs per year. While it is difficult to evaluate the policy in terms of its original aims, decentralization has brought other benefits. The main cause of the movement lies in the spatial structure of office costs. While it is likely that office movement from London will continue, and that decentralization will remain a planning policy for the South East, greatly improved statistics on office location and movement are needed.

Hillyard, P.A.R.; Roche, D.J.D.; Murie, A.S.; Birrell, W.D.

doi: 10.1080/09595237200185351pmid: N/A

Hillyard P. A. R., Roche D. J. D., Murie A. S. and Birrell W. D. (1972) Variations in the standards of housing provision in Northern Ireland, Reg. Studies 6, 393–399. Housing has been identified in a number of studies as an important factor in the Northern Ireland problem. Little analysis exists, however, of the nature and extent of differences in housing provision throughout the Province. This paper describes one possible method of measuring provision. Principal component analysis has been applied to selected variables for various administrative divisions, and an index compiled from the eigenvalues. Units within administrative divisions are rank ordered. In conclusion, it is emphasized that this technique could be used more extensively by central and local government to measure provision.

Karlqvist, A.; Lundqvist, L.

doi: 10.1080/09595237200185361pmid: N/A

Karlqvist A. and Lundqvist L. (1972) A contact model for spatial allocation, Reg. Studies 6, 401–419. A mathematical model for the spatial allocation of activities within an urban region is discussed. It is based on the idea of mutual contacts between activities, which are located simultaneously. This formulation leads to a quadratic programming model, non-convex in general. Some simple optimality properties are derived, and a case-study based on the regional planning in Stockholm is presented. Different plan alternatives are evaluated with respect to accessibility and optimal location patterns are derived. The optimal solutions are especially sensitive to changes in the transportation network and the modal split.

Burby, R.J.; Donnelly, T.G.; Weiss, Shirley F.

doi: 10.1080/09595237200185371pmid: N/A

Burby R. J. III, Donnelly T. G. and Weiss S. F. (1972) Vacation home location: A model for simulating the residential development of rural recreation areas, Reg. Studies 6, 421–439. Vacation home communities are becoming increasingly common on the periphery of large metropolitan areas. While these developments pose a number of serious environmental and service problems for affected local governments, existing planning methodologies have ignored the spatial structure of vacation housing. Analysis of the vacation home development process highlights factors leading to environmental deterioration and indicates the extent to which urban and vacation home location decisions are based on different locational criteria. Utilizing this information and data describing the Lake Norman, North Carolina, and Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, reservoir areas, a computer model for simulating urban and vacation home development patterns is presented and evaluated. The model provides planners and policy makers with a useful tool to evaluate the effects of policy alternatives on recreation area development patterns and forecast the probable location of residential growth.

doi: 10.1080/09595237200185381pmid: N/A