Exploring the economic geography of the North East
The EGotNE project is part of the programme of
evidence being developed to meet the needs of regional and local strategy. The work should be finished in November, but some
interesting findings are already emerging.
EGotNE builds on work done in 2006 on spatial
analysis of economic flows, and aims to address further issues, such as :-
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identifying economic linkages between parts
of the region, functional economic areas and eonomic hotspots;
-
resultant implications for housing,
transport, etc;
-
exploring links between pockets of
persistent, significant deprivation and economic hotspots;
-
pinpointing economic linkages between this
region and other parts of the UK;
The project has generated a large number of maps
that will inform and influence regional and local strategy at some level and for some time to come, all of which are accessible from this page. The following maps are
available for different parts of the region:
Standard maps:
- context
and key locations
- deprived areas
- employment centres
- short-range
commuting
- long range commuting
- locations of businesses -
agriculture
- locations of businesses - business services
- locations of
businesses - construction
- locations of businesses - hotel and catering
-
locations of businesses - production
- retail and wholesale
Commuting
maps:
- context and key locations
- commuting footprints of employment
centres
- commuting footprints of deprived areas
The Standard and Commuting maps were presented and discussed at a
joint NERIP, Centre for Rural and Urban Development Studies and One North East
event on 8th September 2009. The programme, presentations and discussion notes
can be found here
