GIS DAY Belgium diedrik gaus_elsverhasselt_gent_onderwijs
GIS DAY Belgium mike tacker_porism
1. Geo-analysis for implementing policy
Analysis of the socio-economic profiles
in Europe
Mike Thacker, Porism Limited (UK)
Kortrijk – 20 November 2013
2. To discuss
1. Evidence-led policy
2. Metrics structures
3. Example data analysis by area
4. Socio-economic profiles
5. Profiling by area across Europe
6. Small area profiles
7. Natural neighbourhoods
8. Further information
How open data applied to geography can
influence and be used to implement policy
4. Metrics structure
Examples
• Miles of roads
• Road accidents
• Spending on roads
Metric
type
has
Metric
value
has
has
Date/
Time
At a point 2012
or
Over a period 2010-12
2011/12
has
Dimensions
Examples
• Age
• Gender
• Severity
has
governs
Organis
ation
Example
• Norfolk County
Council £75.3M
Σ EoE £573.2M
Σ England £208.8M
Area
Example 6,142.5 353
• Norfolk administrative area
• East of England 24,027.8 2,473
• England 183,003.4 21,534
6. Socio-economic profiles
• Use statistical clustering techniques to see
which groups have similar metrics values
• Label these groups and describe their
characteristics
• Identify services and message which modify
outcomes for each