title: The generation of spatial population distributions from census centroid data.
abstract: "Census data are commonly used in geographical analysis and to inform planning purposes, though at the disaggregate level the basis of enumeration poses difficulties.  In this paper an approach to surface generation is described that offers the prospect of revealing an underlying population distribution from centroid-based data which is independent of zonal geography.  It is suggested that this can serve a wide variety of analytical, cartographic, and policy purposes, including the creation of spatial indicators of economic and social conditions and enhancing the value of census data.  The approach is illustrated by reference to an analysis of part of the valleys of South Wales, in the United Kingdom."
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bracken
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D019352:Censuses; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005843:Geography; D008722:Methods; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012942:Social Sciences; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom; D014852:Wales
keywords: Census; Developed Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Estimation Technics; Europe; Geographic Factors; Geography; Macroeconomic Factors; Methodological Studies; Northern Europe; Population; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; United Kingdom; Wales