Yr Athro Scott Orford

Reader in Spatial Analysis and GIS

: OrfordS@caerdydd.ac.uk
: +44 29208 75272
: Adeilad Morgannwg, Ystafell Room 2.81, Rhodfa’r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3WA

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His research interests are in GIS and quantitative human geography, particularly modelling socio-economic processes using techniques that are sensitive to spatial context. He has particular expertise in multi-level modelling, multivariate statistics, and visualization. He has worked on projects in a variety of social science areas such as health, population studies and electoral studies, all within a GIS and spatial modelling framework, and he has a special interest in housing and housing markets. He is currently working on aspects relating to meta-data and data integration in the social sciences and has a growing interest in Qualitative GIS and the use of administrative data in research. He has published his work in a variety of books, policy reports and international academic journals. He has undertaken joint policy research with the Welsh Assembly Government and research funded by the ESRC, HEFCW, NIHR, the JRF and the Electoral Commission. He is very familiar with the principal socio-economic and environmental data sets for Wales and the UK.

He is Data Integration Co-ordinator to the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) and leads on the WISERD Data Portal project.

Innovation and Engagement

I am responsible for managing the knowledge exchange activities associated with the WISERD Data Portal including training and capacity building events, chairing user groups, the technical support panel and the advisory panel. I have lead on knowledge exchange events with the Welsh Government (e.g. Wales Statistical Liaison Committee); other data providers in Wales (e.g. InfoBase Cymru; SAIL databank at Swansea University); Third Sector organisations (e.g. Shelter Cymru; Sports Wales; Countryside Commission for Wales), local government and other organisations (AGI Cymru, SRA).

News

New paper published in Urban Studies

Orford, S., and Leigh, C.: (2013) The relationship between self-reported definitions of urban neighbourhood and respondent characteristics: a study of Cardiff, UK, Urban Studies, Published online before print August 23, 2013 doi: 10.1177/0042098013499795

New research grant award

Scott Orford is a co-investigator on a successful bid to host the Wales Administrative Data Research Centre. This is a joint venture between Swansea University's School of Medicine and WISERD at Cardiff. The bid is worth £8M over 5 years in the first instance. More information can be found here http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/press-releases/28673/the-big-data-family-is-borndavid-willetts-mp-announces-the-esrc-big-data-network.aspx

2020

Fry, R., Orford, S., Rogers, S., Morgan, J. and Fone, D. 2020. A best practice framework to measure spatial variation in alcohol availability. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 47(3), pp. 381-399. (10.1177/2399808318773761)

2019

Orford, S. and Webb, B. 2019. Situating social policy analysis: Possibilities from quantitative and qualitative GIS. In: Whitworth, A. ed. Towards A Spatial Social Policy: Bridging the gap between geography and social policy. Policy Press, pp. 169-194.

2018

Orford, S. and Webb, B. 2018. Mapping the interview transcript: identifying spatial policy areas from daily working practices. Area 50(4), pp. 529-541. (10.1111/area.12408)
Orford, S. 2018. The capitalisation of school choice into property prices: a case study of grammar and all ability state schools in Buckinghamshire, UK. Geoforum 97, pp. 231-241. (10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.09.009)
Potoglou, D., Maoh, H., Wang, Y. and Orford, S. 2018. The impact of public transport infrastructure on land values: using spatial analysis to uncover policy-relevant processes. In: Briasoulis, H., Soulakellis, N. and Kavroudakis, D. eds. The practice of spatial analysis: Essays in memory of Professor Pavlos Kanaroglou.. Springer, pp. 275-293.
Cooper, C., Harvey, I. and Orford, S. 2018. Testing the ability of multivariate hybrid spatial network analysis to predict the effect of a major urban redevelopment on pedestrian flows. Presented at: GISRUK 2018: 26th GIScience Research UK Conference, University of Leicester, 17-20 April 2018.

2017

Fry, R. J., Rodgers, S. E., Morgan, J., Orford, S. and Fone, D. L. 2017. Using routinely collected administrative data in public health research: geocoding alcohol outlet data. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 10(2), pp. 301-315. (10.1007/s12061-016-9184-4)

2016

Xiao, Y., Webster, C. and Orford, S. 2016. Can street segments indexed for accessibility form the basis for housing submarket delineation?. Housing Studies 31(7), pp. 829-851. (10.1080/02673037.2016.1150433)
Fone, D. et al. 2016. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE): a comprehensive record-linked database study in Wales. Public Health Research 4(3), pp. 1-184. (10.3310/phr04030)
Xiao, Y., Webster, C. and Orford, S. 2016. Identifying house price effects of changes in urban street configuration: An empirical study in Nanjing, China. Urban Studies 53(1), pp. 112-131. (10.1177/0042098014560500)
Xiao, Y., Orford, S. and Webster, C. J. 2016. Urban configuration, accessibility, and property prices: a case study of Cardiff, Wales. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 43(1), pp. 108-129. (10.1177/0265813515600120)
Rodgers, S. et al. 2016. Alcohol outlet density and hospital admissions for alcohol-related injury: an electronic record-linked cohort study. Presented at: 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Tampere, Finland, 18-21 September, 2016.

2015

Jones, S., Orford, S. and Higgs, G. 2015. Wales: a statistical perspective. In: Jones, M., Orford, S. and Macfarlane, V. eds. People, Places and Policy: Knowing Contemporary Wales through New Localities. Regions and Cities London: Routledge, pp. 42-78.
Burgess, S. and Moles, K. 2015. The heads of the valleys. In: Jones, M., Orford, S. and Macfarlane, V. eds. People, Places and Policy: Knowing contemporary Wales through new localities. Regions and Cities Vol. 88. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 79-94., (10.4324/9781315683904)
Wang, Y., Potoglou, D., Orford, S. and Gong, Y. 2015. Bus stop, property price and land value tax: A multilevel hedonic analysis with quantile calibration. Land Use Policy 42, pp. 381-391. (10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.07.017)
Jones, M., Orford, S. and McFarlane, V. eds. 2015. People, places, policies: knowing contemporary Wales. Abingdon: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315683904)
Fone, D. L. et al. 2015. Change in alcohol outlet density and the risk of violent crime. Presented at: 41st Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society, Munich, Germany, 1-5 June 2015.

2014

Clapham, D., Mackie, P., Orford, S., Thomas, I. and Buckley, K. 2014. The housing pathways of young people in the UK. Environment and Planning A 46(8), pp. 2016-2031. (10.1068/a46273)
Orford, S. and Leigh, C. 2014. The relationship between self-reported definitions of urban neighbourhood and respondent characteristics: a study of Cardiff, UK. Urban Studies 51(9), pp. 1891-1908. (10.1177/0042098013499795)
Harris, R. et al. 2014. Geographers count: a report on quantitative methods in geography. Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences 6(2), pp. 43-58. (10.11120/elss.2014.00035)

2013

Cooper, C., Orford, S., Webster, C. J. and Jones, C. B. 2013. Exploring the ripple effect and spatial volatility in house prices in England and Wales: regressing interaction domain cross-correlations against reactive statistics. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 40(5), pp. 763-782. (10.1068/b37062)
Harris, R. et al. 2013. Quantitative methods in geography: making the connections between schools, universities and employers. Project Report. [Online]. London: Royal Geographical Society with IBG. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/RichHarris1/report-25950490

2012

Fone, D. L. et al. 2012. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE). BMC Public Health 12(1), article number: 428. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-428)
Fone, D. L. et al. 2012. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE). BMC Public Health 12(1), pp. 428-437. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-428)
Fry, R., Berry, R., Higgs, G., Orford, S. and Jones, S. 2012. The WISERD geoportal: a tool for the discovery, analysis and visualization of socio-economic (Meta-) data for Wales. Transactions in GIS 16(2), pp. 105-124. (10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01308.x)
Clapham, D. F., Buckley, K., MacKie, P. K., Orford, S. and Thomas, I. 2012. Housing options and solutions for young people in 2020. Project Report. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

2011

Orford, S., Rallings, C., Thrasher, M. and Borisyuk, G. 2011. Changes in the probability of voter turnout when resiting polling stations: a case study in Brent, UK. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 29(1), pp. 149-169. (10.1068/c1013r)

2010

Orford, S. 2010. Towards a data-rich infrastructure for housing-market research: deriving floor-area estimates for individual properties from secondary data sources. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 37(2), pp. 248-264. (10.1068/b35082)
Clapham, D. F., Buckley, K., MacKie, P. K., Orford, S. and Thomas, I. 2010. Young people and housing in 2020: identifying key drivers for change. Project Report. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Orford, S. and Jones, S. 2010. Mapping Welsh neighbourhood types classified using attitudinal data from the national Living in Wales survey. Journal of Maps, pp. 346-353. (10.4113/jom.2010.1096)
Berry, R., Fry, R., Higgs, G. and Orford, S. 2010. Building a geo-portal for enhancing collaborative socio-economic research in Wales using open-source technology. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 2(1), pp. 78-92. (10.1108/17581184201000007)
Orford, S. 2010. A primer of GIS: fundamental geographic and cartographic concepts [Book Review]. International Planning Studies 15(1), pp. 75-77. (10.1080/13563471003737009)
Burgess, S. and Orford, S. 2010. Qualitative GIS: combining theory and method. Presented at: NCRM Research Methods Festival, Oxford.
Orford, S. and Burgess, S. J. 2010. Combining the spatial and platial: QGIS and knowing Wales. Presented at: WISERD Summer Conference: Knowing Wales: People, Place and Policy, Cardiff University.

2009

Orford, S., Rallings, C., Thrasher, M. and Borisyuk, G. 2009. Electoral salience and the costs of voting at national, sub-national and supra-national elections in the UK: a case study of Brent, UK. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 34(2), pp. 195-214. (10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00335.x)
Dorling, D., Mitchell, R., Orford, S., Shaw, M. and Tunstall, H. 2009. Health inequalities. In: Kitchin, R. and Thrift, N. eds. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 46–50.

2008

Orford, S., Rallings, C., Thrasher, M. and Borisyuk, G. 2008. Investigating differences in electoral turnout: the influence of ward-level context on participation in local and parliamentary elections in Britain. Environment and Planning A 40(5), pp. 1250-1268. (10.1068/a39169)
Orford, S. 2008. Visualization with high resolution aerial photography in planning related property research. In: Dodge, M., McDerby, M. and Turner, M. eds. Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applications. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 141-158.
Orford, S. 2008. Now and then: Charles Booth and the changing geography of London's poor. Presented at: Historical GIS 2008 Conference, University of Essex.

2007

Orford, S. and Radcliffe, J. S. 2007. Modelling UK residential dwelling types using OS Mastermap data: a comparison to the 2001 census. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 31(2), pp. 206-227. (10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2006.08.003)
Moore, L. et al. 2007. Social science quantitative methods capacity building in Wales: ESRC/HEFCW scoping study. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

2004

Orford, S. 2004. Identifying and comparing changes in the spatial concentrations of urban poverty and affluence: a case study of inner London. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 28(6), pp. 701-717. (10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2003.07.003)

2002

Orford, S., Dorling, D., Mitchell, R., Shaw, M. and Davey Smith, G. 2002. Life and death of the people of London: a historical GIS of Charles Booth's inquiry. Health & place 8(1), pp. 25-35. (10.1016/S1353-8292(01)00033-8)
Orford, S. 2002. Valuing locational externalities: a GIS and multilevel modelling approach. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 29(1), pp. 105-127. (10.1068/b2780)

2000

Orford, S. 2000. Modelling spatial structures in local housing market dynamics: A multilevel perspective. Urban Studies 37(9), pp. 1643-1671. (10.1080/00420980020080301)

Chair of the Spatial Analysis Research Group

Affiliated to WISERD /PLACE / Wales Administrative Data Research Centre

Interests in GIS, spatial analysis, quantitative human geography with expertise in housing market analysis, accessibility modelling and socio-economic spatial inequalities, social science meta-data generation

Projects

Current Projects

Centre for Administrative Data Research and Evaluation (CADRE) - an ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre (with Prof David Ford (PI), Prof Ian Jones, Prof Ronan Lyons (Swansea), Rhys Davies, Dr Kerina Jones (Swansea), Prof Kevin Hayes (Swansea), Prof David Blackaby (Swansea), Prof Chris Taylor, Prof Martin Innes, Prof Judith Philips (Swansea), Prof Paul Burton, Prof Andy Pithouse, Prof Pete Mackie) Funded by the ESRC (2013).

WHealth modelling: An individual-effects modelling methodology for improving the Health and Wealth of cities (with Prof Chris Webster (PI), Dr John Gallacher, Mr Alain Chiaradia, Dr Elisabete Silva (Cambridge)), Funded by the ESRC Transformative Research Invite Only Call (2013).

Morphometric analysis of the Built Environment in UK Biobank (with Professor Chris Webster (PI), Dr Scott Orford, Mr Chinmoy Sarkar, Dr John Gallacher) Funded by the UK BioBank (2012).

Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (with Prof David Fone, Prof Chris Webster, Prof Ronan Lyons, Prof Frank Dunstan, Dr Sarah Rodgers, Dr Shin Lee, Dr Naru Shiode, Dr Scott Orford) Funded by the National Institute for Health Research (2011).

Past projects

Developing a data discovery and sharing infrastructure for quantitative and qualitative socio-economic data via the WISERD GeoPortal; (with Dr Richard Berry (Glamorgan), Prof Gary Higgs (Glamorgan), Dr Rich Fry (Swansea), Angela Evans (Welsh Government)), Funded by the ESRC (2012).

Supporting undergraduate teaching in quantitative geography: making the connections between schools, universities and the workplace (with Dr Richard Harris, Prof Christopher Brunsdon, Dr Claire Jarvis, Dr Nicholas Tate, Dr Christopher Keylock, Dr Alex Singleton, Dr Catherine Souch), Funded by the ESRC (2012).

A survey for the future of UKBORDERS 2011-2016: Report and Recommendations, Funded by EDINA (2011).

Data collection and analysis - May 2011 elections and Parliamentary Voting System referendum (with Prof Colin Rawlings, Prof Mike Thrasher, Prof David Denver), Funded by the Electoral Commission (2011).

Evaluation of the 2006-2011 Census Programme (with Drinkwater, S., and Davies, R). Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), (2010).

Young People and Housing: identifying policy challenges and solutions for 2020 (with Clapham, D., and Mackie, P.) Funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, (2009).

Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) (with Huw Beynon et. al.). Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) / Higher Education Funding Council For Wales (HEFCW), (2008).

Modelling residential living space for individual properties using digital infrastructure and remote sensing data: a Cardiff pilot study. Funded by the Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geography (RGS-IBG) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) small grant programme, (2007).

Scoping study to identify quantitative methods capacity building needs in Wales (with Moore, L., Lynch, R., Maio, G., Moore, G., Robinson, A., Taylor, C., and Whitfield, K). Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) / Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), (2006).

The Role of The Housing System in Rural Wales (with P. Milbourne, and B. Edwards). Funded by the National Assembly for Wales, (2003).

Age Balanced Communities in Rural Wales (with Newidiem and Menter a Business). Funded by the National Assembly for Wales, (2002).

Administration

Member of Research Committee
Member of WISERD Executive Committee

PhD Supervision

First Supervisor: Jon Radcliffe

Second Supervisor: Natalia Stutter; Alice-Marie Archer

Interest in supervising PhDs in the area of housing market analysis; spatial modelling of socio-economic processes particularly those related to electoral studies, health inequalities or small area deprivation.

I teach quantitative research methods including GIS, mapping, spatial analysis, statistics and data presentation at undergraduate and postgraduate level. I also teach on the dissertation module and supervise Master's dissertation students. I am Director of Postgraduate Studies which means I Chair the monthly Postgraduate Board of Studies, have a key role in the Staff Student Panel meetings, School Examination Boards, Learning and Teaching Strategy Group and Staff Meetings.

Qualifications

PhD., School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (1997)
BSc (Hons) Geography, Department of Geography, University of Lancaster (1993)

Career

Senior Lecturer in GIS and Spatial Analysis, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2009 - Present)
WISERD Data Integration Co-ordinator (2008-Present)
Lecturer in GIS and Spatial Analysis, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University (2000 - 2008)
Computer Officer, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (1996 - 2000)
PhD. Student, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (1994 - 1997)
ESRC Funded Research Assistant : Geography of Local Revenue Raising, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (1993 - 1994)

Memberships

Scott Orford is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society / Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) and Secretary and Treasurer of the Quantitative Methods Research Group

External Activities

External Examiner MSc GIS, Department of Geography, Environment and Development Studies, University of London, Birkbeck
Co-Editor of International Planning Studies (Taylor and Francis)

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

Scott Orford is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society / Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG)

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

Professor (2019 - Present)
Reader in GIS and Spatial Analysis, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2014 - 2019)
Senior Lecturer in GIS and Spatial Analysis, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2009 - 2014)
WISERD Data Integration Co-ordinator (2008-2011)
Lecturer in GIS and Spatial Analysis, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University (2000 - 2008)
Computer Officer, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (1996 - 2000)
PhD. Student, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (1994 - 1997)
ESRC Funded Research Assistant : Geography of Local Revenue Raising, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (1993 - 1994)

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

External Examiner MSc Applied GIS, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield
Editor of Urban Studies journal (Sage Publishing)

I am interesting in supervising PhD students in the following areas:

Housing market modelling using spatial analysis methods
Housing research and new forms of data
Data Modelling and the Built Environment
Developing accessibility measures in socio-economic models and processes
Qualitative and mixed-method GIS

Expanding postgraduate provision

15 March 2018

Research shows fall in number of empty Welsh shops

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