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Measuring Neighbourhood Deprivation: A Critique of the Index of Multiple Deprivation

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  • Iain Deas

    (School of Planning and Landscape, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England)

  • Brian Robson

    (School of Geography, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England)

  • Cecilia Wong

    (Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZQ, England)

  • Michael Bradford

    (School of Geography, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England)

Abstract

There is now a sustained interest in measuring geographical variation in social and economic circumstances in order to guide urban policy resource allocation decisions. The most recent attempt to measure local area deprivation in England has come through the government's Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). The authors aim to consider the degree to which the IMD provides a reliable mechanism for doing so and to suggest the ways in which its successors might best be refined. They argue that although the IMD, in many respects, represents a commendable advance in terms of the development of techniques to quantify deprivation, there remain significant limitations that future approaches could profitably address.

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  • Iain Deas & Brian Robson & Cecilia Wong & Michael Bradford, 2003. "Measuring Neighbourhood Deprivation: A Critique of the Index of Multiple Deprivation," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 21(6), pages 883-903, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:21:y:2003:i:6:p:883-903
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    1. Burke, Amanda & Jones, Andy, 2019. "The development of an index of rural deprivation: A case study of Norfolk, England," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 227(C), pages 93-103.
    2. Birgitta Rabe & Mark Taylor, 2010. "Residential mobility, quality of neighbourhood and life course events," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 173(3), pages 531-555, July.

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