Mitch Langford

WISERD Co-Director Prifysgol De Cymru

mitchel.langford@southwales.ac.uk 01443654148

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Mitch Langford Bio

Mae Anghydraddoldeb, colled ddinesig a lles yn defnyddio dulliau arloesol, gan gynnwys arolygon drwy appiau ar symudedd gofodol a chysylltiadau data, i gymharu mesurau hygyrchedd unigol a seiliedig ar lefydd, ac ystyried sut y mae patrymau newidiol colled ac enillion dinesig yn gysylltiedig â mesurau iechyd a lles. Y dyddiad dechrau a ddarperir yw dyddiad…

Tîm Ymchwil: Andrew Price (Prifysgol De Cymru), Gary Higgs (Prifysgol De Cymru), Mitch Langford (Prifysgol De Cymru)

Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes

Overview The study carried out analysis of existing secondary sources of quantitative data in order to investigate levels of social capital within communities in relation to changing levels of provision of key public services. The study built on research conducted in Phase 1 of WISERD on the use of enhanced two step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) techniques to examine…

Tîm Ymchwil: Gary Higgs (Prifysgol De Cymru), Mitch Langford (Prifysgol De Cymru), Nicholas Page (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

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Combining Temporal and Multi-Modal Approaches to Better Measure Accessibility to Banking Services

The UK, as elsewhere, has seen an accelerating trend of bank branch closures and reduced opening hours since the early 2000s. The reasons given by the banks are well rehearsed, but the impact assessments they provide to justify such programs and signpost alternatives have been widely criticized as being inadequate. This is particularly so for…

Lleoliadau | Mehefin 2022

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Towards an understanding of inequalities in accessing residential and nursing home provision: The role of geographical approaches

Suggestions of the existence of so-called ‘social care deserts’ in England in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to the potential impact of geographical inequalities on the availability of residential, nursing and domiciliary care. To date, much of this analysis has been conducted at spatially aggregated scales such as that of…

Anghydraddoldeb, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Anghydraddoldeb, colled ddinesig a lles | Chwefror 2022

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Understanding Spatial Variations in Accessibility to Banks Using Variable Floating Catchment Area Techniques

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy: Contemporary Applications for Spatially Integrated Social Science 14(3) pp 449-472 In response to changing consumer habits driven by the advance of online services and mobile apps, substantial reductions in the provision of bank branches have been widely documented over the last decade. Such closures have economic consequences for the sustainability of…

Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Anghydraddoldeb, colled ddinesig a lles | Medi 2021

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Exploring the relationship between local volunteering opportunities and the propensity to volunteer using a nationally representative survey of adults in Wales

Journal of Civil Society 17(2) pp 101-118 This study explored the respective importance of compositional (individual) and contextual (neighbourhood) factors associated with the propensity to engage in formal volunteering among a nationally representative sample of adults in Wales, UK. To date, while certain contextual characteristics of local communities have been found to be associated with the…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Gorffennaf 2021

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Computing geographical access to services: The design of a client–server solution that incorporates multiple transport modes

Transactions in GIS, 25(4) pp 1849-1867 This study describes the design and implementation of a web‐based infrastructure built on open‐source components to enable the computation of accessibility scores. It can be adapted to any form of service provision that is represented as geo‐located points. The solution aims to extend previous attempts to measure and analyse…

Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Anghydraddoldeb, colled ddinesig a lles | Mawrth 2021

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Mapping Access to Banking Services

Under Senedd Research’s Academic Fellowship Scheme, Associate Professor Mitchel Langford from the University of South Wales explored how the latest digital mapping technologies can lead to a better understanding of the geographical provision of retail banking. The full report Exploring geographical patterns in the changing landscape of retail banking services in Wales (PDF, 3.09 MB) is published as a Wales Institute…

Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Chwefror 2021

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Exploring geographical patterns in the changing landscape of retail banking services in Wales

Over the past decade successive rounds of bank closures and increasing trends towards fee charging ATMs have attracted widespread media and political attention. This report explores how the latest developments in spatial analytical techniques can provide detailed insight into patterns of provision and change. These techniques are used to provide estimates of accessibility at local community…

Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Chwefror 2021

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The Design and Development of a client-server based tool to Compute Accessibility to Sporting Facilities in Wales

Presented by the authors at GIS Research UK Conference 2020 This paper draws on a new database of gymnastics facilities, the use of Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (E2SFCA) techniques, to measure potential accessibility for both private and public transport networks using a web-based tool to collect the network distances for the transport. Plans to incorporate…

Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Anghydraddoldeb, colled ddinesig a lles | Gorffennaf 2020

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Exploring spatiotemporal variations in public library provision following a prolonged period of economic austerity: A GIS approach

Area 52(2) pp 342-353 This paper demonstrates the applicability of GIS tools for investigating the implications of changes in public service provision following a prolonged period of economic austerity in the UK. Using the example of geographical accessibility to public library service points in Wales, levels of provision are estimated for two cross‐sections in time to…

Anghydraddoldeb, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Mehefin 2020

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Using Geographic Information Systems to investigate variations in accessibility to ‘extended hours’ primary healthcare provision

There are ongoing policy concerns surrounding the difficulty in obtaining timely appointments to primary healthcare services and the potential impact on, for example, attendance at accident and emergency services and potential health outcomes. Using the case study of potential access to primary healthcare services in Wales, Geographic Information System (GIS)‐based tools that permit a consideration…

Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Mehefin 2019

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Investigating spatial variations in access to childcare provision using network‐based Geographic Information System models

A “flagship” policy outlined in the current Welsh Government’s 2016 Programme for Government aims to provide 30 hours of free early education and childcare per week to the working parents of three‐ and four‐year‐olds. However, in common with many other countries, there is currently a lack of detail regarding existing levels of childcare provision that can act as…

Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Gorffennaf 2018

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An exploratory analysis of spatial variations in organ donation registration rates in Wales prior to the implementation of the Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013

Spatial variations in rates of registered organ donors have not been studied in the UK at detailed spatial scales despite some evidence of national and regional differences. By drawing on the findings from the existing literature, this study examines associations between small-area variations in rates of new registrants to the UK organ donor register (ODR)…

Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Mai 2018

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An evaluation of alternative measures of accessibility for investigating potential ‘deprivation amplification’ in service provision

Studies examining potential social inequities in resource distribution have tended to adopt relatively unsophisticated measures of service supply such as those derived from proximity measures or counts of facilities within given time/distance thresholds. Often such measures do not take into account potential demand for services and the implications this has for understanding socio-spatial patterns in…

Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Ebrill 2018

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Measuring spatial accessibility to services within indices of multiple deprivation: implications of applying an enhanced two-step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) approach

Approaches to calculating spatial accessibility within existing indices of multiple deprivation (IMD) methodologies are based on ‘traditional’ accessibility metrics and tend not to adopt more recent methodological enhancements. In particular, the last decade has seen a relatively large body of studies that have applied floating catchment area (FCA) methods that account for both service supply…

Anghydraddoldeb, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Rhagfyr 2017

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Assessing the Impacts of Changing Public Service Provision on Geographical Accessibility: an examination of public library provision in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Public libraries make an important contribution to the wellbeing of local people often acting as community hubs by reducing the isolation felt by vulnerable members of society through promoting social interaction and supporting the wider needs of local communities. However, access to libraries is threatened in Wales, as elsewhere in the UK, by uncertainty stemming…

Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Gorffennaf 2017

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Accessibility and public service provision: Evaluating the impacts of the Post Office Network Change Programme in the UK

The importance of public service provision and accessibility in shaping government policies aimed at enhancing social inclusion and ensuring social justice in the UK is well founded. The capabilities of GIS for generating information to address such concerns have facilitated a widespread interest in measuring and analysing accessibility to public services. Previous studies have drawn…

Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Hydref 2010

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The use of GIS-derived accessibility measures in mixed methods research: a research agenda

This paper aims to review the state of play of GIS use in measuring accessibility to services drawing on work in areas such as health, public services, transport and environmental justice. The first section describes what is meant by ‘accessibility’ in the context of our research. To date this has predominantly been concerned with measures…

Data a Dulliau | Ionawr 2010

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Deprived areas hit hardest by changes in access to bus services during the pandemic

8 Ebrill 2022 | Andrew Price, Gary Higgs, Mitch Langford

Public transport was severely impacted during COVID-19 as people’s daily mobility patterns changed. This led to a substantial drop in demand as many workers were instructed to work from home and social distancing measures were introduced on existing services. Department for Transport statistics show a decline from 91 to 26 million passenger journeys on local…

Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Anghydraddoldeb, colled ddinesig a lles

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Ymchwilio i anghydraddoldebau daearyddol o ran mynediad at gartrefi gofal a phreswyl

28 Chwefror 2022 | Gary Higgs, Mitch Langford

Mae papur newydd gan WISERD yn tynnu sylw at sut y gall dulliau daearyddol gyfrannu at ddealltwriaeth o anghydraddoldebau o ran mynediad at gartrefi gofal a phreswyl yng Nghymru. Cynhaliwyd yr ymchwil gan gyd-gyfarwyddwyr WISERD, yr Athro Gary Higgs a Dr Mitchel Langford, ynghyd â Chysylltydd WISERD, yr Athro Mark Llewellyn, Cyfarwyddwr Sefydliad Iechyd a…

Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Anghydraddoldeb, colled ddinesig a lles

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Monitoring inequalities in physical activity opportunities in a post-COVID Wales

18 Mawrth 2021 | Gary Higgs, Mitch Langford

Local authorities in Wales have had to make difficult decisions to close or rationalise a wide range of services in response to changes in the incidence of COVID-19. This has had major impacts for those sectors of the community most dependent on various forms of service provision. Where there have been partial closures involving changes…

Anghydraddoldeb, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Anghydraddoldeb, colled ddinesig a lles

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Cymrodoriaeth Ymchwil y Senedd yn mapio mynediad at wasanaethau bancio yng Nghymru

8 Mawrth 2021 | Mitch Langford

Dros y degawd diwethaf mae cylchoedd olynol o gau banciau a thueddiadau cynyddol i ddarparu peiriannau codi arian â ffi wedi denu sylw helaeth yn y cyfryngau ac yn wleidyddol. Mae ymchwilydd WISERD, Mitchel Langford, Athro Cysylltiol ym Mhrifysgol De Cymru, wedi cyhoeddi adroddiad ar fynediad at wasanaethau bancio o ganlyniad i’w Gymrodoriaeth Academaidd ddiweddar…

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Are banks doing enough to model the impact of branch closures on communities?

17 Gorffennaf 2020 | Gary Higgs, Mitch Langford

We have long become accustomed to the concerns expressed in the letter pages of local newspapers or on various online forums from those members of the public forced (if fortunate to have access to a car) to drive greater distances, or to make alternative and more costly arrangements, to access services such as health, educational,…

Anghydraddoldeb, Lleoliadau | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes

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Should levels of access to essential services be measured by travel time alone?

15 Ionawr 2018 | Gary Higgs, Mitch Langford, Nicholas Page

According to available estimates, residents living in more rural areas of Wales generally need to travel farthest to access a number of key services. Take access to GP surgeries, for instance. A two-way journey by car to a local GP surgery is considered to take, on average, between 10-14 minutes for those living in smaller…

Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes

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WISERD analysis helps determine whether Welsh Government can fulfill childcare commitment

6 Tachwedd 2017 | Gary Higgs, Mitch Langford

WISERD’s bespoke analytical tools were used in a Welsh Government research project to assess whether the existing supply of childcare in Wales can cope with the increased demand due from a change in Government policy. The research and analysis was conducted by WISERD Co-Director Prof Gary Higgs and Dr Mitchel Langford of the University of…

Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes