Cook, Sally and Poole, Michael A and Moore, Adrian J and Pringle, Dennis G.
(2000)
Methodological issues in cross-border analyses of European small-area data: a case study.
Environment and Planning A, 32.
pp. 361-376.
ISSN 0308-518X
Abstract
The growing trends for political and economic integration within the European Union
signal a need for improved cohesion of national data sets to allow for comparative cross-national
research on socioeconomic topics. Difficulties in achieving comparability of variables and spatial
bases can apply whether analysis is undertaken at the most macro level (that of entire nations) or at
more micro spatial scales. In this paper we will discuss the methodological problems which can arise
from comparative cross-border analysis by using small-area census data within Ireland (North and
South) as illustration. As this analysis demonstrates, limited overlap between the specific variables in
national data sets, different national contexts for socioeconomic indicators, and variations between
data sets in the size of spatial units can all cause analytical problems at this spatial scale. In
particular, scale mixing can potentially result in very misleading interpretations. Possible solutions
to these problems are discussed, and policy recommendations are made in relation to microscale
spatial data sets at the national, as well as at the pan-European, level.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Methodological issues; cross-border; analyses; European
small-area data; case study; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
13818 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1068/a3278 |
| Depositing User: |
Dennis Pringle
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| Date Deposited: |
13 Jan 2021 11:20 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Environment and Planning A |
| Publisher: |
Pion |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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