Local authority RUC distance
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Description
Rankings, match-scores and labels for local authorities based on compoiste rural urban classifcation data emissions data
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Table: Local Authority RUC Similarity
Description:
Dataset of distance calculations based on RUC data.
This distance is based on:
- Proportion of population in urban area
- Proportion of population in rural area
- Proportion of population in highly rural area
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 rural-urban profile labels
Description:
A short category based on rural-urban 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 rural-urban profile of authority. | No | Sparse and rural, Urban, Rural, Urban with rural areas |
Table: Local authority rural-urban labels
Description:
Map of short labels to longer descriptions for rural-urban categories.
Data description
| Column name | Data type | Description | Unique | Required values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| label | string | Short label for rural-urban profile. | Yes | Sparse and rural, Urban, Rural, Urban with rural areas |
| desc | string | Longer description of rural-urban profile. | Yes | Local authority predominately made up of large and low-density rural neighbourhoods, Local authority predominately made up of urban neighbourhoods, Local authority predominately made up of rural neighbourhoods, Local authority mostly made up of urban neighbourhoods, but with a significant number of rural neighbourhoods |
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