In June 1999, the government of Ghana launched a new National Land Policy document that sought to address some fundamental problems associated with land administration and management in the country. One proposed solution was the adoption of computer-aided information systems in the ‘lands...

<title/> STILLWELL J. and GARCÍA COLL A. (2000) Inter-provincial migration of the Spanish workforce in 1988 and 1994, Reg. Studies 34, 693-711. Historically, labour migration has been an important component of aggregate longer distance population movements in Spain. This paper provides some new...

Japanese firms have a firmly established reputation as influential foreign investors, originating from the surge of foreign direct investment into North America and Europe during the 1980s. This paper examines trends in Japanese corporate behaviour in the United Kingdom, a key investment...

This book demonstrates the state of the art in the use of information systems and modelling methods in different spatial/geographical planning contexts. It provides a review of developments in the 1990s and detailed insights into the current application of geographical information technology in...

1 Comparative research, selected themes and data characteristics -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Themes and content -- 1.3 Data sources and spatial systems -- 1.4 Conclusions -- I Components of Population Change -- 2 Population projection: Dutch and English multiregional methods -- 3 The components...

This volume provides the first worldwide overview of Planning Support Systems (PSS) and of their application in practice. PSS are geo-technology related instruments consisting of theories, information, methods, tools, et cetera for support of unique professional public or private planning tasks...

1. Interaction data : definitions, concepts and sources / John Stillwell, Adam Dennett, Oliver Duke-Williams -- 2. Access to census interaction data / Adam Dennett, John Stillwell, Oliver Duke-Williams -- 3. Interaction data : confidentiality and disclosure / Oliver Duke-Williams -- 4. Analysing...

It has long been argued that spatial microsimulation models can be used to estimate the impact of major changes in the local labour market through job losses or gains, including local multiplier effects. In a previous paper we have used SimLeeds, which is a spatial microsimulation model for the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that applied spatial modelling can inform the planning, delivery and evaluation of retail services, offering improvements over traditional retail impact assessment (RIA), especially within localities which experience seasonal fluctuations in...