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Publications of Gary Higgs
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Bracken,
I., Higgs, G., Martin, D.J. and Webster, C.J. (1990) 'A Classification
of Geographical Information Systems Literature and Applications'.
Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography (CATMOG) 52, 96pp. ISBN
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Kidner, D.B., Higgs, G. and White, S.D. (2002) 'Socio-economic Applications in Geographical Information Science: Innovations in GIS 9', London, Taylor and Francis, April 2002 |
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Editor of special issues :
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HIGGS, G. (Ed.) (2002) Special Issue of Health and Place volume 8(1); Health GIS sessions at GISRUK 2001, University of Glamorgan. |
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HIGGS, G. and KIDNER, D.B. (Eds.) (2002) Special Issue of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems; volume 26 (2/3), Geocomputation/GIS sessions at GISRUK 2001, University of Glamorgan. |
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Edited Proceedings :
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KIDNER, D.B. and HIGGS, G. (2001) Proceedings of the GISRUK2001 conference held University of Glamorgan, April 18-20th 2001, GIS Centre, University of Glamorgan, 635pp, ISBN 1-840540-26-5. |
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Chapters in Books :
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SMITH, D.P., GOULD, M.I. and HIGGS, G. (2002) 'Investigating variations in GIS uptake in the National Health Service', in Kidner, D.B., Higgs, G. and White, S.D. (Eds.) Innovations in GIS 9: Socio-economic Applications in Geographical Information Science, London, Taylor and Francis. |
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HIGGS, G., KIDNER, D.B. and WHITE, S.D. (2002) 'Introduction', in Kidner, D.B., Higgs, G. and White, S.D. (Eds.) Innovations in GIS 9: Socio-economic Applications in Geographical Information Science, London, Taylor and Francis. |
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Higgs, G. (1997) 'Proposed Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wales - Site Descriptions', in Chapter 3, (Co-ordinated by Lewin, J.) in Gregory, K. (Ed.) Fluvial Geomorphology of Great Britain, (Chapman and Hall, London), 115-171, ISBN 0-412-78930-2. |
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Martin, D. and Higgs, G. (1996) 'Georeferencing People and Places: a comparison of detailed data sets', in Parker, D. (Ed) Innovations 3 (Taylor and Francis, London), Chapter 4, 43-53, ISBN 0-7484-0458-9. |
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Longley,
P.A., Higgs, G. and Martin, D.
(1994) 'The Council Tax for Great Britain: a GIS-based sensitivity
analysis of capital valuations', in A.S. Fotheringham and P. Rogerson
(Eds.) GIS and Spatial Analysis, (Taylor and Francis New York), Chapter
13, 261-276. ISBN. 0-7484-0104-0 |
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HIGGS, G., MARTIN, D. and LONGLEY, P.A. (1992) 'A Street-based Geographical Information System for local government revenue monitoring' in CADOUX - HUDSON, J and HEYWOOD,D.I (Eds), Association of Geographic Information Yearbook 1992, (Taylor and Francis, London) ISBN. 0-7484-0046-X Chapter 67, 491-500. |
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HIGGS, G. (1987) ' Environmental Change and Hydrological Response; A case study of flooding on the Severn', in K.J. GREGORY, J. LEWIN and J.B. THORNES (eds) 'Palaeo-hydrology in Practice: A River Basin Analysis', (Wileys, Chichester) 131-159. ISBN. 0-471-91618-8. |
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A selection of important papers :
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Higgs,G. (1999) 'Investigating Trends in Rural Health Outcomes: A Research Agenda, Geoforum, 30 (3), 203-221. |
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Higgs, G., Senior, M and Williams, H.C.W.L (1998) ‘Spatial and Temporal Variations of Mortality and Deprivation I: Widening health inequalities’, Environment and Planning A, 30, 1661-1682 (Winner of Environment and Planning A Anniversary Prize for 1998) |
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Senior,
M.L., Williams, H.C.W.L and Higgs,G. (1998) ‘Spatial and Temporal
Variations of Mortality and Deprivation II: Statistical Modelling,
Environment and Planning A, 30, 1815-1834. |
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Refereed journal articles
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HIGGS, G. and RICHARDS, W. (2002) The use of Geographical Information Systems in examining variations in socio-demographic profiles of dental practice catchments: a case study of a Swansea practice, Primary Dental Care, in press. |
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HIGGS, G. (2002) Researching Applications of Geographical Information Systems in Health: An introduction, Health and Place, 8(1), in press. |
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HIGGS, G. and KIDNER, D.B. (2002) Innovation at the Interface of Social and Physical GIS Applications, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 26(2/3), 85-87. |
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SMITH, D.P., HIGGS, G. and Gould, M.I. (2001) The use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) within Health Authorities: Preliminary analysis from a national survey, The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management, 18 (10), 36-38. |
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SMITH, D.P., HIGGS, G. and Gould, M.I. (2001) Clarifying the current and potential use of GIS within NHS organisations: optimism or pessimism? The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management, 18(7), 24-26. |
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HIGGS, G. and WHITE, S.D. (2001) Using measures of social capital to monitor the impacts of community-led regeneration policies in Wales, in Jones, R.W. (Ed.) Contemporary Wales, 14, 144-163. |
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HIGGS, G. and GOULD, M. (2001) Is there a role for GIS in the 'New NHS'?, Health and Place, 7(3), 247-259. |
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HIGGS, G, and GOULD, M. (2000) Health Care Commissioning: The Modern NHS and Geographical Information Systems, Commentary, Environment and Planning A, 32, 1905-1908. |
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SENIOR, M. L., WILLIAMS, H.C.W.L and HIGGS, G. (2000) Urban-rural health differentials: Controlling for Material Deprivation, Social Science and Medicine, 51(2), 289-305. |
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HIGGS, G. and WHITE, S.D. (2000) 'Alternative Indicators of Social Disadvantage in rural communities: The example of Rural Wales', Progress in Planning, 53(1), 1-81. |
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GILL, S. HIGGS, G. and NEVITT, P. (1999) 'GIS in planning departments; preliminary results from a survey of local authorities in Wales', Planning Policy and Practice, 14(3), 341-361. |
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BELLIN, W., FARRELL, S., HIGGS, G. and WHITE, S.D. (1999) 'The social context of Welsh medium bilingual education in anglicised areas, Journal of Sociolinguistics, 3(2), 173-193. |
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HIGGS,G. (1999) Devolution and rational planning - some threats and opportunities for the break-up of GIS (Invited Editorial), Computers, Environment and Urban Systems,23(2), 71-73. |
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HIGGS, G. (1999) Sharing environmental data across organisational boundaries: Lessons from the Rural Wales Terrestrial Database Project, Annals of Regional Science, 33, 233-249. |
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HIGGS, G. (1999) 'Investigating Trends in Rural Health Outcomes: A Research Agenda, Geoforum, 30 (3), 203-221. |
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SENIOR,
M.L., WILLIAMS, H.C.W.L and HIGGS, G. (1998) 'Spatial and Temporal
Variations of Mortality and Deprivation II: Statistical Modelling,
Environment and Planning A, 30, 1815-1834. * *Winner of Environment and Planning A Anniversary Prize for 1998 |
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HIGGS,
G., SENIOR, M and WILLIAMS, H.C.W.L (1998) 'Spatial and Temporal
Variations of Mortality and Deprivation I: Widening health inequalities',
Environment and Planning A, 30, 1661-1682. * *Winner of Environment and Planning A Anniversary Prize for 1998 |
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GALLENT, N., TEWDWR-JONES, M. and HIGGS, G. (1998) 'Planning for residential tourism in rural Wales', in Day, G. and Thomas, D. (Eds), Contemporary Wales, 10, 103-126. |
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HIGGS, G and WHITE, S.D (1998) 'A comparison of community level indices in measuring disadvantage in Wales', in Day, G. and Thomas, D. (Eds), Contemporary Wales, 10, 127-170. |
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WHITE, S.D, GUY, C.M and HIGGS, G (1997) 'Changes in service provision in rural areas: Part 2: Changes in Post Office provision in Mid Wales: A GIS based evaluation, Journal of Rural Studies, 13(4), 451-465. |
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HIGGS, G and WHITE, S.D. (1997) 'Changes in service provision in rural areas: Part 1: The use of GIS in analysing accessibility to services in rural deprivation research, Journal of Rural Studies, 13(4), 441-450. |
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HIGGS, G and MARTIN, D (1997) 'The use of GIS with Address-based information in planning', Town Planning Review, 68(4), 467-485. |
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WHITE, S.D and HIGGS, G. (1997) 'Identifying deprivation in Wales: A review of the measures adopted by Unitary Authorities to monitor the extent and nature of deprivation or social disadvantage', Regional Studies, 31(6), 614-619. |
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MARTIN,D and HIGGS, G. (1997) 'The visualisation of urban GIS data using virtual reality tools', Transactions in Geographical Information Systems, 1(4), 255-266. |
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FARRELL, S., BELLIN, W., HIGGS, G. and WHITE, S.D. (1997) 'The Distribution of Younger Welsh Speakers in Anglicised Areas of South East Wales', Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 18(6), 489-495. |
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HIGGS, G., BELLIN, W., FARRELL, S and WHITE, S.D. (1997) 'Educational attainment and Social disadvantage: Contextualising school league tables', Regional Studies, 31(8), 779-793. |
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MARTIN, D. and HIGGS, G. (1997) 'Population geo-referencing in England and Wales: basic spatial units reconsidered', Environment and Planning A, 29(1), 333-347. |
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HIGGS, G., WEBSTER, C.J and WHITE, S.D. (1997) 'The use of Geographical Information Systems in assessing spatial and socio-economic impacts of parental choice', Research Papers in Education 12(1), 27-48. |
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BELLIN, W., FARRELL, S., HIGGS, G. and WHITE, S.D. (1996) 'A strategy for using census information in comparisons of school performance, The Welsh Journal of Education, 5(2), 3-25. |
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LONGLEY, P.A, HIGGS, G. and MARTIN, D. (1996) 'The rates revisited? A geographical reassignment of property valuations and local tax burdens under the Council Tax', Environment and Planning C, 14, 101-120. |
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HIGGS, G. (1994) 'GIS in Local Government: Analysing the spatial implications of the Council Tax, Local Government Policy Making, 21(1), 30-37. |
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HIGGS, G. (1994) 'Review of the role of Geographical Information Systems in Housing: potential areas for future research', Housing Studies, 9(3), 329-340. |
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MARTIN, D. LONGLEY, P.A. and HIGGS, G. (1994) 'The use of GIS in the analysis of diverse urban databases', Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 18(1), 55-66. |
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LONGLEY, P.A., HIGGS, G. and MARTIN, D. (1994) 'The predictive use of GIS to model property valuations', International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 8 (1), 217-235. |
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HIGGS, G., AITCHISON, J., BRACKEN, I., CROSWELLER, H., JONES, P. (1994) 'The National GIS Demonstrator of Common Lands for England and Wales', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 37 (1), 33-51. |
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LONGLEY, P.A., MARTIN, D. & HIGGS, G. (1993) 'The geographical implications of changing local taxation regimes', Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 18, 86-101. |
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LONGLEY, P.A., HIGGS, G., and MARTIN D. (1993), 'A GIS-based appraisal of Council Tax valuations', Journal of Property Valuation and Investment, 11 (4), 375-383. |
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MARTIN, D., LONGLEY, P.A. and HIGGS, G. (1992) 'The geographical incidence of local government revenues: an intra-urban case study', Environment and Planning C, 10, 253-265. |
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HIGGS, G. and BRACKEN, I. (1990) 'Statutory Designation and Land Use Change - A Case Study from Mid Wales', Journal of Rural Studies, 6 (3), 279-90. |
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HIGGS, G. and PETTS, G.E. (1988) 'Hydrological changes in UK Rivers', in 'River Regulation in the United Kingdom', Regulated Rivers Research and Management, 2 (3), 349-386. |
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HIGGS, G. (1988) 'Comparisons of two long term rainfall records in mid Wales', Journal of Meteorology, 13, 231-236. |
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Working papers :
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Higgs, G., GILL, S. and Nevitt, P. (1999) Obstacles to the use of GIS in Strategic Planning: A Research Agenda, Papers in Planning Research 165, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff. |
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White, S.D. and Higgs,G. (1997) 'The application of deprivation measures at the community level in Wales: A statistical and GIS-based approach', Papers in Planning Research 165, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff, 66 pp. |
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Higgs,
G. and White, S.D (1996) 'Using a Survey of Public Service Provision
at the community level in studies of disadvantage in rural Wales,
Papers in Environmental Planning Research, 13, Department of City
and Regional Planning, University of Wales College of Cardiff, 28pp. |
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Other
: Book Reviews since 1996
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Higgs, G. (2001) Review of Jean-Claude Thill (Ed.) ‘Spatial Multicriteria Decision Making and Analysis: A Geographic Information Sciences Approach’, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing, for International Planning Studies, forthcoming. |
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Higgs, G. (2001) Review of Moudon, A. V. and Hubner, M. (Eds.) ‘Monitoring Land Supply with Geographic Information Systems’, New York, John Wiley and Sons Inc., for International Planning Studies, forthcoming. |
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Higgs, G. (2000) Review of Morain, S. (Ed.) GIS Solutions in Natural Resource Management: Balancing the Technical-Political Equation, Environment and Planning B, 27(5), 789-790. |
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Higgs, G. (1999) Review of Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M.F., Maguire, D.J. and Rhind, D.W. (Eds.) Geographical Information Systems: Management Issues and Applications, Wiley, 2 volumes, for CTI in the Built Environment, forthcoming. |
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Higgs, G. (1999) Review of Birkin, M. et al (Eds) 'Intelligent GIS', for International Planning Studies, forthcoming. |
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Higgs, G. (1998) Review of Campbell, H.J and Masser, I (Eds) 'GIS and Organisations', for International Planning Studies, 3(1), 126-129. |
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Higgs, G. (1998) Review of Goodchild, M.F. et al (Eds) 'GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues', Environment and Planning B, 25(1), 157-159. |
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Higgs, G. (1996) Review of Heywood, I and Price, D.F (Eds) 'GIS in Mountain Environments', for Journal of Rural Studies, 12(2), 210-211. |
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Higgs, G. (1996) Review of Openshaw, S (Ed.) 'Census Users Handbook', for International Planning Studies, 1(2), 245-247. |
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Higgs,
G. (1996) Review of Goodchild, M.F., Parks, B.O. and Steyaert,
L.T. (Eds) 'Environmental Modelling with GIS', for Environment and
Planning B, 23(4), 501-503. |
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Official Reports since 1996 :
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Williams, H., Senior, M.L. and Higgs, G. (1999) Urban-Rural Mortality Differentials: A Case Study of Wales, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff. |
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Higgs, G. Hill, S., Roberts, A., and White, S.D. (1999) Key Rural Indicators, Report to Mid Wales Partnership, North Wales Economic Forum and South West Wales Economic Forum, February 1999. |
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Higgs, G. and White, S.D (1997) Incorporating GIS Accessibility Measures into Indicators of Rural Disadvantage, Final Report for ESRC Grant No. R000221827. |
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Bellin, W., Higgs, G. and Farrell, S. (1997) Halting or Reversing Language Shift: A Social and Spatial Analysis of South East Wales, Final Report for ESRC Grant no. R000236330. |
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White, S.D. and Higgs,G. (1997) 'Language and Differential Socio-economic Status in Wales: A Research Review', A report to Menter a Busnes, November 1997, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff. |
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Williams, H.C.W.L, Dodge, M., Higgs, G., Senior, M. and MOSS, N. (1997) 'Mortality and Deprivation in Wales', Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff. |
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Gallent, N. Higgs, G. and Tewdwr-Jones, M. (1996) ‘Second Homes in Focus’. Research commissioned by Gwynedd County Council, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff. |
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Publications of other Staff Members: Prof. Gary Higgs |