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Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps

Posted on Tuesday 29 October 2019 by Oliver O’Brien

Perhaps the world’s most famous historical geodemographic maps, the London Poverty Maps were created by Charles Booth over the course of a decade in the late 19th century, exhaustively colouring each individual house in the capital, on the basis …

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Changes in Deprivation in England, 2010-15

Posted on Monday 12 October 2015 by Oliver O'Brien

I’ve just now published a number of maps on the CDRC Maps platform which uses the DataShine mapping style (more about DataShine) to show demographic data relating to consumer and other datasets. The maps relate to the Indices of Deprivation 2015, small-areas measure of deprivation in England, which were compiled and published at the end … Continue reading Changes in Deprivation in England, 2010-15 →

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The Tube Map: A tool for promoting social equality?

Posted on Friday 12 October 2012 by James Cheshire

Most government statistics are mapped according to offi […]

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GCSE Scores and Poverty in London

Posted on Wednesday 24 August 2011 by James Cheshire

This week, thousands of teenagers across the capital wi […]

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Mapping GCSE Scores

Posted on Tuesday 16 August 2011 by James Cheshire

In the UK, August is exam results month for 16-18 year olds. Every year, photos of leaping teenagers clutching their results are accompanied by reports of record attainment rates, debates around how challenging modern exams are and, more so recently than ever, concerns for the number of sixth form and university places. Back in March …

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