Regions Of Great Britain Research Articles

Household Food Consumption and Expenditure: 1973

The Annual Report of the National Food Survey Committee, published recently, presents statistical information on the economic, social and nutritional aspects of household food consumption in Great Britain in 1973. It describes the levels of food consumption, expenditure, prices and nutrition in private households during the year, and makes various comparisons with the previous year. In addition to national averages; the Report contains tabulations of average food consumption and expenditure in the standard regions of Great Britain and corresponding averages for families of various sizes and different income levels.

Types of Unemployment in the Regions of Great Britain

Types of Unemployment in the Regions of Great Britain

Linear programming as a forecasting device for interregional freight flows in Great Britain

This paper reports some experiments testing the efficacy of linear programming (LP) as a method for predicting flows of commodities between regions of Great Britain. ‘Transportation problem’ solutions were found for the annual movement by road of eleven commodity categories between 78 origin and destination zones in 1964. Road distances were used as a surrogate for freight costs. Data on actual flows of these commodities in that year were available for comparison. For the more homogeneous commodity classes the LP solutions replicated the actual pattern quite well. Another experiment was carried out using the same commodities, on a subset of zones which were more homogeneous with respect to areal extent - namely the 24 major cities in Great Britain: the correspondence between LP solutions and actual flows was much closer than for all 78 zones. A further test involved finding LP solutions for total road plus rail traffic with six commodities which might be described as ‘heavy’ and which use the rail system extensively. These solutions for total flows proved to correlate with actual flows better than solutions for road movements alone. These results would appear to justify continuation of investigations of this kind using a finer commodity - and if possible zonal - breakdown. It is hoped that data on actual flows for 1967/68, which have a more disaggregated commodity classification, will be available soon. The ‘shadow prices’ of the minimizing dual of the transportation problem were produced and examined to see if they made sense in terms of notions of geographical comparative cost advantage variations for production and consumption.

A Regional Analysis of Hidden Unemployment in Great Britain, 1951–1966

This paper investigates the discrepancy between recorded unemployment and real unemployment in the regions of Great Britain. The study was prompted in part by the numerous attempts made to measure hidden unemployment for the US economy (see Mincer(5)), but it differs from earlier studies on two counts. First, unlike these earlier studies, which have concentrated on measuring hidden cyclical unemployment, an attempt is made here to explore the possibility of measuring the structural variety of hidden employment. Second, a different method has been used to calculate hidden cyclical unemployment than in earlier studies. The paper is in five parts. Part 1 examines the gap between real unemployment and recorded unemployment, and argues for a division of this gap into cyclical and structural components. The second part describes operationally useful methods of measuring hidden unemployment. In parts 3 and 4, the methods of measuring hidden unemployment are applied to the regions of Great Britain and to a sample...

Experience under the British Local Employment Acts of 1960 and 1963

Discusses a study that examined the results of the efforts to reduce unemployment in regions of Great Britain which have not matched the national record. Provision of the Local Employment Act of 1960; Distribution of employment; Reduction of long-term unemployment; Distribution of industrial development certificates. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

Changes in Level and Diversity of Employment in Regions of Great Britain, 1939-47

Changes in Level and Diversity of Employment in Regions of Great Britain, 1939-47

Modern Farming in the Vale of Evesham

HE market-gardening and fruitgrowing district of the Vale of Evesham, occupying the Worcestershire section of the Avon Valley, is unique among agricultural regions of Great Britain. It is a major fruit-growing area of Britain; its orchards at blossom-time draw sightseers from all over the Midlands. It is the leading asparagus growing area in the country, the second sprout-growing area and important producer of crops ranging from radishes to gilliflowers, from leeks to loganberries. In terms of aggregate human and mechanical power applied per unit area it is probably one of the most intensively cultivated spots on the earth's surface. Most important of all it is home of one of the most

Distribution of Colour-blind Men in Great Britain

DURING the past two years the colour vision of many thousands of recruits for the Royal Navy has been tested by a modified form of the Ishihara and Stilling Tests. Thus for the first time it has become possible to compare the proportions of colour-blind men in different regions of Great Britain on a large scale. Significantly greater proportions have been found to occur in the western than in the eastern half of the country. The following table gives the percentages of defectives in nine major areas of Britain, each percentage being based on more than 6,000 cases. Each percentage has also been adjusted for the lower level of intelligence which occurs in some testing centres than in other centres, since it has been found that men of very low intelligence tend to do less well at the test.

Administrative Regions in Great Britain

In the administration of public affairs in Great Britain, several government departments have found it convenient to divide the country into varying numbers of regional districts, each covering a group of counties. These districts vary a good deal in number and in area for the different departments, though in some cases a similar area is used by more than one department. The largest area is Scotland, with an extensive organization of public administration under the Secretary of State for Scotland, and its own judicial system, while other departments also have branch headquarters for Scotland. Northern Ireland forms another important region, with a large degree of autonomy, under a separate parliament; while, as in the case of Scotland, several departments of the United Kingdom have branch headquarters in Belfast. Wales is also a distinct district for several departments.

Geological Survey and Museum: New Activities

A NEW publications stall, where the public may purchaatothe official guides and geological memoirs, including the series of handbooks on British Regional Geology referred to in NATUBE of September 5 (p. 389), has been opened in the entrance hall of the new Geological Museum at South Kensington. The Museum has also published an extensive series of excellent photographic postcards, price Id. each, which are likely to be of value to teachers of geology and physical geography. The postcards include reproductions of general views of the Museum, with dioramas and other interesting exhibits; and photographs of British localities of geological interest, with explanatory text, illustrating marine erosion and sea coasts, rock-weathering and denudation, vulcanism, glaciation, and similar subjects. A list is obtainable from the Museum. An experimental series of free public lantern lectures and lecture tours on the geology and scenery of various regions of Great Britain was given last month. The lectures were well attended, and will be continued throughout the winter. Facilities for special parties can be arranged. Recent additions to the exhibited collections include a series of specimens from H.M. Office of Works, illustrating the weathering of the building stone (Anston stone) of the Houses of Parliament; and a suite of ores illustrating the occurrence of copper at Kilembe, presented by the Geological Survey of Uganda. This occurrence, which is in granulitic rocks, is remarkable for the presence of the cobalt ore linnseite, although arsenic and antimony are absent. Among the donations recently received by the petrographical department there is a valuable series of rock-specimens from the Pre-Cambrian of the Adirondacks, New York State, collected and presented by Dr. A. F. Buddington of Princeton University; and a second fine collection from the Charnwood Forest and Nuneaton areas, presented by Mr. H. H. Gregory of the Leicester Museum.