Four multidisciplinary Regional Research Laboratories (RRLs) established in Great Britain

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his paper outlines the origins and objectives of his paper outlines the origins and objectives of the four multidisciplinary Regional Research Laboratories (RRLs) established in Great Britain by the Economic and Social Research Council at Cardiff, Edinburgh, London and Newcastle, and describes the work undertaken in the first 6 months of the trial phase. The RRLs will have four main functions, viz., data management, software development, spatial analysis and research training. An example is given of the work undertaken at each RRL, viz., a general purpose system for the display and query of large spatially-referenced data sets, an integrated spatial database for south-east England, a health care planning information system for the County of Avon and a target marketing system. The trial phase of this initiative is then evaluated in terms of its laboratory, research and regional dimensions, and describes the work undertaken in the first 6 months of the trial phase. The RRLs will have four main functions, viz., data management, software development, spatial analysis and research training. An example is given of the work undertaken at each RRL, viz., a general purpose system for the display and query of large spatially-referenced data sets, an integrated spatial database for south-east England, a health care planning information system for the County of Avon and a target marketing system. The trial phase of this initiative is then evaluated in terms of its laboratory, research and regional dimensions

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