“…Several authors have developed novel alternative approaches for defining small areas, using such methods as automated zone design (Cockings & Martin, 2005;Flowerdew et al, 2008;Haynes et al, 2007;Stafford et al, 2008) and combination of social, statistical, and spatial analysis methods (Browning & Cagney, 2003;Coulton, Korbin, Chan, & Su, 2001;Lebel, Pampalon, & Villeneuve, 2007;Popay, Thomas, Williams, Bennett, Gattrell, & Bostock, 2003). These efforts are far too few in comparison to studies defining areas using standard administrative units such as census tracts, wards, boroughs, or postcode sectors (Pickett & Pearl, 2001;Riva, Gauvin, & Barnett, 2007).…”