Sensing spatial inequality of socio-economic factors for deploying permanent deacons in the UK

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dc.contributor.authorIslam, Md Tariqul
dc.contributor.authorRooney, Paul
dc.contributor.authorMcGrail, Peter
dc.contributor.authorSikder, Sujit Kumar
dc.contributor.authorCharlesworth, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-19T16:20:25Z
dc.date.available2024-12-19T16:20:25Z
dc.date.freetoread2024-12-19
dc.date.issued2024-11-01
dc.date.pubOnline2024-11-01
dc.description.abstractIntegrating spatial inequality perspectives in strategic decision-making can ensure positive impacts on resource distribution for public welfare and sustainable development. This study aims to apply evidence-based approaches in deploying permanent deacons. The empirical case study has been conducted at the St Helens denary of the Liverpool archdiocese, UK. Assisting with charitable works is one of three served areas by the Roman Catholic Church facilitated by deacons. The deployment of permanent deacons could benefit from being evidence-based so that a deacon can serve to ease the socio-economic (e.g., population density, long-term health conditions, housing system, employment status, education level, social status) inequality in the most deprived area. We used geographic information system (GIS) based algorithms, Getis-Ord Gi* for hot spot analysis to find the clustered area by considering the socio-economic factors. The open/freely available government census dataset was found to help extract socio-economic parameters. Furthermore, a GIS-based multi-criteria assessment technique was conducted by applying map algebra (raster calculator) to identify the deprived area with ranks considering multiple socio-economic conditions, where served areas by the existing deacons were considered to constrain. The served areas were estimated by applying network analysis where OpenStreetMap and location existing deacons were used as input. Our empirical case study identified the central and northern parts of the deanery as the most and least deprived areas, respectively. Finally, Liverpool archdiocese could consider deploying new permanent deacons in St Helens denary based on suggested deprivation ranks. Therefore, the appropriate number of deacons in the deprived areas can quickly and effectively respond to the needy and enhance communities’ resilience and sustainable development by ensuring proportionate resource distribution.
dc.description.journalNameFrontiers in Sociology
dc.description.sponsorshipPorticus
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was run under the Ministry Research Project in collaboration with Liverpool Hope University and Liverpool Archdiocese, funded by Porticus Trust (https://www.porticus.com/).
dc.format.mediumElectronic-eCollection
dc.identifier.citationIslam MT, Roone, P, McGrail P, et al., (2024) Sensing spatial inequality of socio-economic factors for deploying permanent deacons in the UK. Frontiers in Sociology, Volume 9, November 2024, Article number 1481413en_UK
dc.identifier.eissn2297-7775
dc.identifier.elementsID558598
dc.identifier.issn2297-7775
dc.identifier.paperNo1481413
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1481413
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23280
dc.identifier.volumeNo9
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFrontiersen_UK
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1481413/full
dc.relation.isreferencedbyhttps://digimap.edina.ac.uk/os
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectsustainable developmenten_UK
dc.subjectopen dataseten_UK
dc.subjectspatial analysisen_UK
dc.subjecthot spot analysisen_UK
dc.subjectnetwork analysisen_UK
dc.subjectmulticriteria assessmenten_UK
dc.subject4410 Sociologyen_UK
dc.subject44 Human Societyen_UK
dc.subject10 Reduced Inequalitiesen_UK
dc.titleSensing spatial inequality of socio-economic factors for deploying permanent deacons in the UKen_UK
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.subtypeJournal Article
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-10-21

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