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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Paul A. Longley is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with significant focus on sociology and political science, transportation, general health professions, economics and econometrics, and geography, planning, and development.

The scientist's recent publication record features several peer-reviewed articles across multiple domains. Notable papers include:

  • Using Linked Consumer Registers to Estimate Residential Moves in the United Kingdom, 2021, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)
  • The Provenance of Loyalty Card Data for Urban and Retail Analytics, 2021, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
  • Ethnic Inequalities in Hospital Admissions in England: An Observational Study, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Family Name Origins and Intergenerational Demographic Change in Great Britain, 2020, Annals of the American Association of Geographers
  • Ethnic Variation in Outcome of People Hospitalised during the First COVID-19 Epidemic Wave in Wales (UK): An Analysis of National Surveillance Data Using Onomap, a Name-Based Ethnicity Classification Tool, 2021, BMJ Open

Frequent collaborators in their research include Justin van Dijk, Tian Lan, Jens Kandt, Alex Singleton, and Maurizio Gibin.

Longley has published multiple times in prominent venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Geographical Journal, and the Journal of Maps.

Their work covers a range of topics related to urban and spatial analysis, including:

  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Geographic Information Systems Studies
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Demographic Modeling and Climate Adaptation
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

Within social sciences, Longley's research addresses issues such as urban dynamics, mobility patterns, ethnic inequalities in healthcare, and the use of large-scale consumer data for spatial analytics.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Geographic Information Systems and Science

    Paul A. Longley;Mike Goodchild;David J. Maguire;David W. Rhind

  • Fractal Cities: A Geometry of Form and Function

    Michael Batty;Paul Longley

  • Geospatial Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to Principles, Techniques and Software Tools

    Michael J. de Smith;Michael F. Goodchild;Paul A. Longley

  • Geographical information systems

    Paul A. Longley;James A. Cheshire

  • The emergence of geoportals and their role in spatial data infrastructures

    David J. Maguire;Paul A. Longley

  • Geographic Information Science and Systems

    Paul A. Longley;Michael F. Goodchild;David J. Maguire;David W. Rhind

  • Remote Sensing and Urban Analysis: GISDATA 9

    Jean-Paul Donnay;Mike J. Barnsley;Paul A. Longley

  • Urban Growth and Form: Scaling, Fractal Geometry, and Diffusion-Limited Aggregation

    M. Batty;P. Longley;Stewart Fotheringham

  • Geographical information systems : principles, techniques, management, and applications

    Paul Longley

  • Geospatial Analysis: a Comprehensive Guide to Principles, Techniques and Software Tools

    MJ de Smith;MF Goodchild;PA Longley

  • Spatial analysis: Modelling in a GIS environment

    Paul Longley;Michael Batty

  • The geography of Twitter topics in London

    Guy Lansley;Paul A. Longley

  • Geographic Information Systems and Science (second edition)

    PA Longley;MF Goodchild;DJ Maguire;DW Rhind

  • The geotemporal demographics of Twitter usage

    Paul A Longley;Muhammad Adnan;Guy Lansley

  • THE FRACTAL SIMULATION OF URBAN STRUCTURE

    M Batty;P A Longley

  • Remote Sensing and Urban Analysis

    Jean-Paul Donnay;Michael J Barnsley;Paul A Longley

  • GIS for Business and Service Planning

    Paul Longley;Graham Clarke

  • On the Measurement and Generalisation of Urban Form

    Paul A Longley;Victor Mesev

  • Geocomputation: a primer

    PA Longley;SM Brooks;R Mcdonnell;W Macmillan

  • GIS : teoria i praktyka

    Arur Magnuszewski;Paul A. Longley

  • Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Management and Applications (Abridged Edition)

    PA Longley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Batty
Michael Batty University College London
A. Stewart Fotheringham
A. Stewart Fotheringham Arizona State University
Neil Wrigley
Neil Wrigley University of Southampton
Richard Cookson
Richard Cookson University of York
Kate E. Pickett
Kate E. Pickett University of York
Graham Clarke
Graham Clarke University of Leeds
Neil Small
Neil Small University of Bradford
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mark Mon-Williams
Mark Mon-Williams University of Leeds
Daisy Fancourt
Daisy Fancourt University College London

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