In a globalising world, a key question is: how can communities, cities, and regions continue to cope and prosper given the constraints within which they must work? The authors propose an approach to the geographical analysis of regional economic issues based on theoretically informed empirical...

The purpose of this paper is to compare two methods for the identification of priority areas for intervention and funding based on quantifiable assessments of multiple social need. This is an increasingly important aspect of evidence-based policy in a range of social programmes both in Britain,...