Rural Urban Classification (2001) of MSOAs in EW

This file provides a rural-urban view of 2001 Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) in England and Wales. The ZIP file contains the Rural Urban Classification in XLSX and CSV format and includes a user guide. The files were originally from the NeSS website. Click on the Download button to download the ZIP file. The classification of rural and urban areas is the outcome of a project co-sponsored by: Office for National Statistics (ONS); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra); Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (now Communities and Local Government); Countryside Agency (CA); and National Assembly for Wales (NAW). The classification was developed in 2004 by a consortium co-ordinated by Prof. John Shepherd from Birkbeck College. The technical work was lead by Peter Bibby of University of Sheffield and the project also involved the University of Glamorgan and Geowise. The rural and urban classification of Output Areas, Super Output Areas (this dataset) and Wards has been provided to enable datasets to be analysed according to the classification. This provides a powerful tool for the development and monitoring of rural and urban policies. Please Note: Super Output Areas do not have all the same codes as the OA level Dataset. For SOAs and Wards the classifications for ‘Villages, Hamlets and Isolated Dwellings’ have been combined. Similar procedures to those used to classify Output Areas apply to the classification to the 7,194 Middle Layer Super Output Areas in the dataset. However the morphological classification differs in the number of categories as very few MSOAs can be classified as predominantly dispersed settlements. MSOAs are categorised into just three domains: urban 10k, town and fringe and villages, hamlets and isolated dwellings, using the key below: 2005 Rural and Urban morphology indicator 1 - denotes predominantly urban >10k 2 - denotes predominantly town and fringe 3 - denotes other rural (including village, hamlet and isolated dwellings) 2005 Rural and Urban context indicator 0 - denotes less sparsely populated areas 1 - denotes sparsely populated areas本文件提供了英格兰及威尔士2001年中层超级输出区（Middle Layer Super Output Areas，简称MSOA）的城乡分类视角数据。该ZIP压缩包包含XLSX与CSV格式的城乡分类文件，并附带用户使用指南。上述文件最初来源于NeSS网站，请点击下载按钮获取该压缩包。 本次城乡分区方案是由以下机构联合赞助的研究项目成果：英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics，简称ONS）、环境、食品与农村事务部（Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs，简称Defra）、副首相办公室（现更名为社区与地方政府部）、乡村机构（Countryside Agency，简称CA）以及威尔士国民议会（National Assembly for Wales，简称NAW）。该分类体系于2004年由伯克贝克学院约翰·谢泼德（John Shepherd）教授牵头的联盟研发完成，技术工作由谢菲尔德大学的彼得·比比（Peter Bibby）主导，参与项目的机构还包括格拉摩根大学与Geowise公司。 本次公开输出区（Output Areas）、超级输出区（Super Output Areas，即本数据集）以及选区（Wards）的城乡分类，旨在方便研究者依据该分类体系开展各类数据集的分析工作，为城乡政策的制定与监测提供强有力的工具支撑。请注意：超级输出区的编码与输出区层级的数据集编码并非完全一致。针对超级输出区与选区，"村庄、小村落与孤立住宅"类别的数据已完成合并。 本数据集包含的7194个中层超级输出区的分类流程与输出区的分类流程基本一致，但由于仅有极少数MSOA可被归类为以分散定居点为主的区域，因此其形态学分类的类别数量存在差异。MSOA仅被划分为三大类别，分类依据如下（结合2005年城乡形态指标）： 1 - 代表以人口超过1万的城市区域为主； 2 - 代表以城镇及边缘区域为主； 3 - 代表其他乡村区域（涵盖村庄、小村落与孤立住宅）。 2005年城乡环境指标： 0 - 代表人口密度较低的区域； 1 - 代表人口稀疏的区域。