Zone design for environment and health studies using pre-aggregated data
Zone design for environment and health studies using pre-aggregated data
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.005
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Martin, D
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作者：
Cockings, S;Martin, D
许多环境和健康研究采用地理区域作为分析单位，无论是通过选择还是必要性。这些区域的设计可以极大地影响任何观察到的空间关系或模式，这种效应被称为可变面积单元问题。在本文中，我们确定的现象和过程，通常在环境和健康的研究，并提出了一个概念化的空间分析中的数据对象的表示。我们讨论的情况下，我们发现自己使用的代表性领域，并概述了区域设计技术的应用，创造这样的领域在环境和健康研究。剥夺和限制长期疾病之间的关系，在前县的埃文，英国的实证研究，证明了潜在的实用性的区域设计技术，创造稳定的估计区域和探索的敏感性的关系，在分区系统的变化。特别是，我们说明了不适当的1991年人口普查查点区和病房分区系统进行这样的分析，并得出结论，自动设计的聚合可能是一个更合适的分析基础比任何预先存在的分区系统。(c)2004爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Many environment and health studies employ geographical areas as the units of analysis, either through choice or necessity. The design of these areas can greatly influence any observed spatial relationships or patterns-an effect known as the modifiable areal unit problem. In this paper we identify the phenomena and processes which are typically measured in environment and health studies and present a conceptualisation for their representation as data objects in spatial analysis. We discuss the circumstances under which we find ourselves using areas for representation and outline the application of zone design techniques for the creation of such areas in environment and health studies. An empirical study of the relationship between deprivation and limiting long-term illness in the former county of Avon, UK, is employed to demonstrate the potential usefulness of zone design techniques for creating zones with stable estimates and for exploring the sensitivity of relationships to changes in the zoning system. In particular, we illustrate the inappropriateness of the 1991 Census enumeration district and ward zoning systems for such an analysis and conclude that automatically designed aggregations may be a more appropriate basis for analysis than any pre-existing zoning system. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.