From 7381cc7f4627940f203bf58f1c8f1c6d72325ec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Kidwell Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:25:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated yaml, added rversion() --- mapping_draft.Rmd | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mapping_draft.Rmd b/mapping_draft.Rmd index 9b3fbf3..b8e764d 100644 --- a/mapping_draft.Rmd +++ b/mapping_draft.Rmd @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Mapping Environmental Action in Scotland" abstract: +thanks: "Replication files are available on the author's Github account (https://github.com/kidwellj/mapping_environmental_action). **Current version**: `r format(Sys.time(), '%B %d, %Y')`; style: jeremy1 author: “[Jeremy H. Kidwell](http://jeremykidwell.info)” affiliation: University of Birmingham @@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ e-mail: “[j.kidwell@bham.ac.uk](mailto:j.kidwell@bham.ac.uk)” date: “`r Sys.Date()`” bibliography: /Users/jeremy/Dropbox/bibtex/everything.bib linkcolor: black -fontsize: 12pt +geometry: margin=1in +fontfamily: mathpazo +fontsize: 11pt output: html_document: keep_md: true @@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ For the sake of comparison, we also measured the geographical footprint of two o # Technical Background -Analysis was conducted using QGIS 2.8 and R Studio 0.99.893, and data-sets were generated in CSV format.[^15541313] To begin with, I assembled a data set consisting of x and y coordinates for each congregation in Scotland and collated this against a variety of other specific data. Coordinates were checked by matching UK postcodes of individual congregations against geo-referencing data in the Office for National Statistics May 2014 postcode database. In certain instances a single "congregation" is actually a series of sites which have joined together under one administrative unit. In these cases, each site was treated as a separate data point if worship was held at that site at least once a month, but all joined sites shared a single unique identifier. As noted above, two other datasets were generated for the sake of comparative analysis.[^177171536] These included one similar Environmental Non-Governmental Organisation (ENGO) in Scotland (1) Transition Scotland (which includes Scotland Communities Climate Action Network);[^15541342] and another community-based NGO, Scottish Community Development Trusts.[^158261232] As this report will detail, these three overlap in certain instances both literally and in terms of their aims, but each also has a separate identity and footprint in Scotland. Finally, in order to normalise data, we utilised the PointX POI dataset which maintains a complete database of Places of Worship in Scotland.[^15541614] +Analysis was conducted using QGIS 2.8 and R `r getRversion()`, and data-sets were generated in CSV format.[^15541313] To begin with, I assembled a data set consisting of x and y coordinates for each congregation in Scotland and collated this against a variety of other specific data. Coordinates were checked by matching UK postcodes of individual congregations against geo-referencing data in the Office for National Statistics May 2014 postcode database. In certain instances a single "congregation" is actually a series of sites which have joined together under one administrative unit. In these cases, each site was treated as a separate data point if worship was held at that site at least once a month, but all joined sites shared a single unique identifier. As noted above, two other datasets were generated for the sake of comparative analysis.[^177171536] These included one similar Environmental Non-Governmental Organisation (ENGO) in Scotland (1) Transition Scotland (which includes Scotland Communities Climate Action Network);[^15541342] and another community-based NGO, Scottish Community Development Trusts.[^158261232] As this report will detail, these three overlap in certain instances both literally and in terms of their aims, but each also has a separate identity and footprint in Scotland. Finally, in order to normalise data, we utilised the PointX POI dataset which maintains a complete database of Places of Worship in Scotland.[^15541614] # Background and History of Eco-Congregation Scotland