Lowerre, A. (2014). Rural Settlement in England: Analysing Environmental Factors and Regional Variation in Historic Rural Settlement Organisation Using Regression and Clustering Techniques. Fort Cumberland: Historic England. https://doi.org/10.5284/1075786. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Rural Settlement in England: Analysing Environmental Factors and Regional Variation in Historic Rural Settlement Organisation Using Regression and Clustering Techniques
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1075786
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Report (in Series)
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	This report shows how it is possible to collate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data for historic settlement nucleation and dispersion with a range of data on environmental variables in order to investigate the relationships between them. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression model specification, selection and validation procedures, followed by further analysis using spatial regression methods, identified environmental variables that appear to have had the most significant influence on settlement organisation. The use of OLS and spatial regression and the innovative Relative Area Overlap (RAO) technique has enabled investigation of how relationships between key environmental variables and historic settlement organisation varied across England. Overall, the regression analyses indicate that far more of the variation in the measures of settlement organisation is not explained by the environmental variables than is explained by them. The results of the RAO analysis echo this conclusion. Using unsupervised classification, it has been possible to develop new, national-scale characterisations of historic settlement organisation and of key environmental variables. These new classifications of historic settlement organisation often broadly align with Brian Roberts and Stuart Wrathmell's delineations of provinces, sub-provinces and local regions, but the cluster outlines and Roberts and Wrathmell's boundaries diverge more often than they agree.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Andrew Lowerre
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Historic England
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Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2014
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Rural Settlement in England County: Suffolk District: East Suffolk Parish: BECCLES Country: England Grid Reference: 642490, 290510 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TOWN (Monument Type England) POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TOWN (Monument Type England) FIELD SURVEY (Event)
Identifiers Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc. Identifiers:	OASIS Id: englishh2-380372 OBIB: 72/2014
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