Professor Bob Haining, MA MSc PhD

Professor of Human Geography and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College

Methodologies for spatial data analysis with applications in health services research, the geography of crime and economic geography.

Biography

Career:

1974-1976: Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast
1977-2000: University of Sheffield (Personal Chair awarded 1993; Head of Department 1994-97)
2000-present: Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.
- 2002-2007 Head of Department

Qualifications

MA University of Cambridge
MSc Northwestern University, USA
PhD Northwestern University, USA

Research

Spatial analysis with GIS:

Confirmatory spatial data analysis methods: development and applications
Bayesian methods for the spatial modelling of discrete valued attributes
Spatial sampling

Health services, Spatial epidemiology and related research:

Air pollution levels in relation to hospital admissions and mortality from respiratory conditions, heart disease and stroke
Applications of geographical epidemiology

Geography of crime:

Modelling high intensity crime areas
GIS based mapping and analysis for local area crime reduction
Modelling offence and offender geographies

Economic geography:

Modelling price variation in spatially interdependent markets

Publications

Selected publications:

Spatial analysis with GIS

'Sample surveying to estimate the mean of a heterogeneous surface: reducing the error variance through zoning.' International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2010, 24(4), 523-43. (with J.Wang and Z.Cao).
'The nature of georeferenced data.' In M.Fischer and A.Getis (Eds). Handbook of Applied Spatial Analysis, 2010, Springer, Heidelberg, p.197-217.
'Analyzing small area geographic datasets containing values having high levels of uncertainty.' In N.Tate and P.Fisher (Eds), Accuracy 2010, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. (University of Leicester, 20-23 July), Leicester, UK. MPG Books Group, pp.289-292. (with D.A.Griffith).
'Geography, spatial data analysis and geostatistics: an overview'. Geographical Analysis, 2010, 42, 7-31. (with R.Kerry and M.Oliver.) Click here for extended literature review (see footnotes 2 and 3)
'The special nature of spatial data.' In A.Fotheringham and P.Rogerson (eds) The SAGE Handbook of Spatial Analysis, 2009, Sage, Los Angeles, p.5-23.
'Spatial autocorrelation and the Quantitative Revolution.' Geographical Analysis, 2009, 41, 364-74.
'Modelling small area counts in the presence of overdispersion and spatial autocorrelation.' Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 2009, 53, 2923-37. (with J.Law and D.Griffith)
'Beyond mule kicks: the Poisson distribution in geographical analysis' Geographical Analysis, 2006, 38, 123-139. (with D.Griffith).
'Basic issues in geographical analysis.' In R.Maheswaran and M.Craglia (eds) GIS in Public Health Practice, Taylor and Francis, London, 2004, 13-29 (with R.Maheswaran).
'A Bayesian approach to modelling binary data: the case of high intensity crime areas.' Geographical Analysis, 2004, 36 (3), 197-216 (with J. Law).
'GIS and spatial data analysis: converging perspectives'. Papers in Regional Science 2004, 83, 363-385 (with M.Goodchild).
'Spatial Data Analysis: Theory and Practice.' Cambridge University Press. April, 2003, pp 432.
'Providing spatial statistical data analysis functionality for the GIS user: the SAGE project' International Jo. Geographical Information Science 2001, 15, 239-54 (with S.Wise and J.Ma).
'Providing scientific visualisation for spatial data analysis: criteria and an assessment of SAGE' Jo. Geographical Systems, 2000, 2, (121), p140. (with S.Wise and P.Signoretta).
'Designing and implementing software for spatial statistical analysis in a GIS environment' Jo. Geographical Systems 2000, 2, 257-286 (with S.Wise and J.Ma).
'Scientific visualization and the exploratory analysis of area data'. Environment and Planning A, 1999, 31, 1825-38 (with S. Wise and P. Signoretta).
'Uncertainty and error propagation in map analyses involving arithmetic and overlay operations: inventory and prospects'. In K.Lowell and A.Jaton (eds) Spatial Accuracy Assessment: Land Information Uncertainty in Natural Resources.1999. Proc. 3rd International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Ann Arbor Press: Michigan, p11-26 (with D. Griffith and G. Arbia).
'Error propagation modeling in raster GIS: adding and ratioing operations'. Cartography and Geographical Information Science, 1999, 26, 297-315 (with G. Arbia and D. Griffith).
'Error propagation modelling in raster GIS; overlay operations' Int. Jo. of Geog. Info. Science 12, 1998, 145-167 (with G. Arbia and D. Griffith).
'Exploratory spatial data analysis in a GIS environment'. The Statistician. 1998, 47, 457-69 (with S. Wise and J. Ma).
'Design of a software system for interactive spatial statistical analysis linked to a GIS' Computational Statistics, 11, 1996, 449-66. (with J. Ma and S. Wise).

Health services, spatial epidemiology and related research

'Inference from ecological models:estimating the relative risk of stroke from air pollution exposure using small area data.' Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology, 2010, 1, 123-131. (with G.Li, R.Maheswaran, M.Blangiardo, J.Law, N.Best and S.Richardson)
'Bayesian modelling of environmental risk: example using a small area ecological study of coronary heart disease mortality in relation to modelled outdoor nitrogen oxide levels.' Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2007, 21(5), 501-509. (with J. Law, R. Maheswaran, T. Pearson and P. Brindley).
'Outdoor NOx and stroke mortality - adjusting for small area level smoking prevalence using a Bayesian approach.' Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2006, 15, 499-516 (with R.Maheswaran, P.Brindley, J.Law, T.Pearson, N.Best).
'Outdoor air pollution and stroke in Sheffield, United Kingdom - a small area level geographical study.' Stroke, 2005, 36, 239-243. (with R Maheswaran, T.Pearson, M.Campbell, P.Brindley, S.Wise, J.Law).
'The effect of alternative representations of population location in the area interpolation of air pollution exposure.' Computers, Environmental and Urban Systems, 2005, 29, 455-469. (with P.Brindley, S.Wise, and R.Maheswaran).
'Analysing the relationship between smoking and coronary heart disease at the small area level.' Geographical Analysis 2006, 38, 140-159. (with J.Law, R.Maheswaran, and T.Pearson).
'Using modelled outdoor air pollution data for health surveillance.' In R.Maheswaran and M.Craglia (eds) GIS in Public Health Practice, Taylor and Francis, London, 2004, 125-149 (with P.Brindley, R.Maheswaran, T.Pearson, S.Wise).
'Using a scan statistic to map the incidence of an infectious disease: measles in the USA 1962-1995. In L.Toubiana, C.Viboud, A.Flahault, and A-J.Valleron (eds) Geography & Health. 2003, Chapter 16, 177-194. Proceedings of GEOMED 2001, Paris. Inserm, Paris (with A.Cliff).
'Basic issues in geographical analysis.' In R.Maheswaran and M.Craglia (eds) GIS in Public Health Practice. Taylor and Francis, London. 13-29 (with R.Maheswaran).
'Using modelled outdoor air pollution data for health surveillance.' In R.Maheswaran and M.Craglia (eds) GIS in Public Health Practice. Taylor and Francis, London. 125-149 (with P.Brindley, R.Maheswaran, T.Pearson, S.Wise).
'Identifying areas of multiple social need: a case study in the preparation of children services plans.' Environment and Planning C, 2003, 21, 259-276 (with M.Craglia and P.Signoretta).
'Levels of satisfaction of 'low risk' mothers with their current health visiting services'. Jo. of Advanced Nursing, 2000, 31(4), 805-811. (with I.Bowns, D.Crofts, T.Williams, A.Rigby, D.Hall).
'Hitting the Target: the equitable distribution of health visitors across caseloads' Jo. Public Health Medicine, 2000, 22, 295-301. (with D.Crofts, I.Bowns, T.Williams, A.Rigby, D.Hall).
'Spatial statistics and the analysis of health data'. In A C Gatrell and M. Loytonen (eds) GIS and Health, 1998. Taylor and Francis, London, 29-47.
'Errors in postcode to enumeration district mapping and their effect on small area analyses of health data' Jo. of Public Health Medicine, 1998, 20, 325-30 (with S. Collins, I. Bowns, D. Crofts, T. Williams, A. Rigby and D. Hall).

Geography of crime

'Applying geostatistical analysis to crime data: car related thefts in the Baltic States.' Geographical Analysis, 2010, 42, 53-77. (with R.Kerry, P.Goovaerts, V.Ceccato.)
'Spatial methodologies to support local policing in the UK: glimpsing the future.' 21^st Century Society, 2009, 4, 161-74.
'Short and medium term dynamics and their influence on acquisitive crime rates in the transition states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania'. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2008, 1, 215-244. (with V.Ceccato)
'Crime map analyst: a GIS to support local area crime reduction' In S.Wise and M.Craglia (eds) GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making, 2008, Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, p.113-131. (with P.Brindley, M.Craglia and Young Hoon-Kim),
'Combining police perceptions with police records of serious crime areas: a modelling approach.' Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), 2007, 170(4), 1019-1034 (with J.Law).

'The Geography of homicide in Sao Paolo, Brazil.' Environment and Planning, A, 2007, 39(7), 1632-53 (with V.Ceccato and T.Kahn).
'Assessing the geography of vandalism: evidence from a Swedish city.' Urban Studies, 2005, 42, 1637-1656. (with V.Ceccato)
'Modelling high intensity crime areas: comparing police perceptions with offence/offender data in Sheffield.' Environment & Planning A. 2005, 37(3), 503-524. (with M.Craglia and P.Signoretta).
'Crime in border regions: the Scandinavian case of Oresund 1998-2001.' Annals, Association of American Geographers, 2004, 94, 807-826. (with V.Ceccato).
'Exploring offence statistics in Stockholm City using spatial analysis tools' Annals, Association of American Geographers, 2002, 92, 29-51. (with V.Ceccato and P.Signoretta)
'Modelling high intensity crime areas in English cities'. Urban Studies, 2001, 38, 1921-41. (with M.Craglia and P.Signoretta).
'A comparative evaluation of approaches to urban crime pattern analysis' Urban Studies, 2000, 37, 711-29. (with M.Craglia and P.Wiles)

Economic Geography

'Spatial pricing in interdependent markets: a case study of petrol retailing in Sheffield.' Environment and Planning A, 2003, 35, 2131-2159. [Download data]
'Spatial pricing in interdependent markets: testing assumptions and modelling price variation. A case study of gasoline retailing in St. Cloud, Minnesota.' Environment and Planning A 30, 1998, 67-84 (with P. Plummer and E. Sheppard).
'Profit rate maximization in interdependent markets: a research note.' Jo. Regional Science, 1998, 38, 659-667 (with P. Plummer and E. Sheppard).
'Modeling spatial price competition: Marxian versus neo classical approaches'. Annals, Association of American Geographers, 1998, 88, 575-594. (with P. Plummer and E. Sheppard).
'On economists and geographers: a response to Harwitz' Jo. Regional Science, 1998, 38, 675-676 (with P. Plummer and E. Sheppard)
'Spatial price equilibrium in interdependent markets: price and sales configurations', Papers in Regional Science (with P. Plummer and E. Sheppard). 1996, 75, 41-64.

Teaching

Geographical Tripos (Undergraduate level)

Part 1a: Spatial data analysis and GIS.
Part 1b: Geographical Ideas: The Quantitative Revolution
Part Ib: Geography and Public Policy
Part II:Geographical Information Science: Applications in the study of disease and crime (not currently offered)

MPhil in Environmental Science

Monitoring the Environment - Techniques: spatial data analysis

Social Science Research Methods Training

Spatial data analysis

Journal activities

Associate Editor: Geographical Analysis; Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology
Editorial Board: Journal of Geographical Systems; Co,putational Statistics