Basak updated a book
Basak started following the work of Adam Dennett, University College London, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
Basak started following the work of Ekim Tan, Delft University of Technology, Department of Urbanism.
Department Member, Bartlett School of Architecture, Building, Environmental Design & Planning
University College London, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
Thesis Title: Changing settlement patterns for home and work in England and Wales, 1981-2001
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Prof. Sir Peter Hall
Prof. Michael Batty |
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My PhD research was primarily concerned in looking at a critical historical juncture in the global and UK economy: the transition into the post-industrial economy. The analysis focused on the Censuses of Population for England and Wales for 1981, 1991 and 2001. It incorporates several different research methods to highlight some of the changes that have occurred in the settlement pattern focusing on home and work locations of varying demographic groups.
This research is aimed at capturing the effects of this broad socio-economic transformation on the settlement structure of home and work in England and Wales. The analysis focuses on the changes in structural and functional change through the use of commuting data for 1981 through 2001. Changes are investigated by bringing together and expanding current spatial analysis techniques. The selection and composition of these techniques is informed by the major theoretical representations of employment and housing patterns and social structure. In order to bring together the patterns that I observe, I will focus on
spatial elements that support major theories of housing and labour economics, sociology and geography. I have sought to provide a novel way of approaching and interpreting the effects of socio-economic change by combining these three different perspectives within a multi-variate spatial analysis framework that is relayed with consistent objects and attributes. Thus I have brought together theories in housing and labour economics as well as incorporating knowledge in social stratification. This has allowed me to unravel some of the complex settlement patterns that have been observed. These representations have also demonstrated their effectiveness in linking different strands of socio-economic theory through spatial analysis, providing a bridge between these fields.
