Local authority emissions distance
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Description
Rankings, match-scores and labels for local authorities based on BEIS 2020 emissions data
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Table: Local Authority Emissions Similarity
Description:
Dataset of distance calculations based on BEIS Emissions data.
This distance is based on:
- Winsorized population density
- Public Sector emissions per person (winsorised)
- Transport Emissions per person (winsorised)
- Domestic emissions per person
- Industrial emissions per unit of GDP
- Commerical emissions per unit of GDP
- Agriculture emissions per unit of GDP
Data description
| Column name | Data type | Description | Unique | Required values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| local-authority-code_A | string | A three/four letter code for the local authority | No | |
| local-authority-code_B | string | A three/four letter code for the local authority | No | |
| distance | number | The distance between the two local authorities (not meaningful except for comparisons) | No | |
| match | number | A score between 0 and 100 indicting how similar a council is (based on all known distances for a council) | No | |
| position | number | The rank of how much local authority B is similar to local authority A (1 is most similar). | No |
Table: Local authority emissions profile labels
Description:
A short category based on emissions profile for each local authority
Data description
| Column name | Data type | Description | Unique | Required values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| local-authority-code | string | 3/4 letter local authority code. | Yes | |
| label | string | Label to describe emissions profile of authority. | No | Urban Mainstream, Transport/Domestic, Public sector, Agriculture, Industry/Commerical/Domestic, City of London |
Table: Local authority emissions labels
Description:
Map of short labels to longer descriptions for emissions categories.
Data description
| Column name | Data type | Description | Unique | Required values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| label | string | Short label for emissions profile. | Yes | Urban Mainstream, Transport/Domestic, Public sector, Agriculture, Industry/Commerical/Domestic, City of London |
| desc | string | Longer description of emissions profile. | Yes | Below average for all emissions scores, Above average transport/domestic score, Well above average public sector (government, education, health), below average in other areas., Above average agriculture, domestic score, Above average for industry/domestic/doemestic, below average public sector emissions., City of London does not have a comparable emissions profile |
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