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Constructing an Urban Deprivation Index: A Way of Meeting the Need for Flexibility

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  • M G Bradford
  • B T Robson
  • R Tye

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Key issues in constructing an urban deprivation index are discussed, with special reference to the need for flexibility. Governments use such an index for many purposes and for policies targeted at different spatial scales. The technical decisions and the criteria for the selection of indicators are discussed. A single index is rejected in favour of a matrix of results which captures the complex geography of deprivation. The matrix of districts includes measures of the degree of deprivation, its spatial extent, its intensity, and the spatial distribution of deprivation at the enumeration district scale. The profiles of various districts are discussed to illustrate the use of the matrix.

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  • M G Bradford & B T Robson & R Tye, 1995. "Constructing an Urban Deprivation Index: A Way of Meeting the Need for Flexibility," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 27(4), pages 519-533, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:27:y:1995:i:4:p:519-533
    DOI: 10.1068/a270519
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    1. Peter Kitchen, 2001. "An Approach for Measuring Urban Deprivation Change: The Example of East Montréal and the Montréal Urban Community, 1986 – 96," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 33(11), pages 1901-1921, November.
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    3. Allan Brimicombe, 2000. "Constructing and Evaluating Contextual Indices Using GIS: A Case of Primary School Performance Tables," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 32(11), pages 1909-1933, November.
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    5. A Sloggett & H Joshi, 1998. "Indicators of Deprivation in People and Places: Longitudinal Perspectives," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 30(6), pages 1055-1076, June.
    6. Ian Hodge & Jessica Dunn & Sarah Monk & Caroline Kiddle, 2000. "An Exploration of ‘Bundles' as Indicators of Rural Disadvantage," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 32(10), pages 1869-1887, October.
    7. C Connolly & M Chisholm, 1999. "The Use of Indicators for Targeting Public Expenditure: The Index of Local Deprivation," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 17(4), pages 463-482, August.
    8. Chris Gardiner, 1998. "Developing Indicators to Assess the Potential for Urban Regeneration: Improvements Using the 1991 Census of Population Samples of Anonymised Records," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 35(9), pages 1519-1540, August.

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