The Generation of Spatial Population Distributions from Census Centroid Data

• DOI: 10.1068/a210537
• Publication Date: 2006-10-12T16:18:09Z
• Authors: I Bracken; D Martin
• Keywords: Centroid

"Census data are commonly used in geographical analysis and to inform planning purposes, though at the disaggregate level basis of enumeration poses difficulties. In this paper an approach surface generation is described that offers prospect revealing underlying population distribution from centroid-based which independent zonal geography. It suggested can serve a wide variety analytical, cartographic, policy including creation spatial indicators economic social conditions enhancing value census data. The illustrated by reference part valleys South Wales, United Kingdom."