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Appendix A - Summary of Geographies
Communities Scotland HMA boundaries
Aberdeen HMA | Major HMA that includes Aberdeen City plus a significant proportion of Aberdeenshire including, Aboyne, Laurencekirk and Inverurie. However, does not extend as far as Huntly, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, or Banff. |
Greater Dundee HMA | Major HMA that has Dundee as its core, but extends into Angus, Fife and Perth and Kinross administrative areas |
Greater Edinburgh HMA | Major HMA centred on Edinburgh and the Lothians but extending into Fife and the Scottish Borders. Includes two overlap areas - Bo'ness, which falls within the Falkirk HMA and the southern end of the Perth HMA |
Greater Glasgow HMA | Major HMA based on the core area of Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, and East Dunbartonshire, but extending into much of North and South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire. Also includes areas of overlap with towns in East Ayrshire (Stewarton etc), Argyll and Bute (Helensburgh) and the eastern fringe of Inverclyde |
Inverness HMA | Centred on City of Inverness and extending to: - Nairn and the Inner Moray Firth area to the east
- Achnasheen in the West,
- Cromarty and Dingwall to the north (but not Alness, Tain or Invergordon)
Fort Augustus in the South Does not extend across any administrative boundaries |
Perth HMA | Local HMA based on Perth and its hinterland. the southern end of the HMA is subject to some influence from the Edinburgh HMA whilst its Eastern fringe joins onto to and comprises a small area of overall with the Dundee HMA |
Stirling HMA | Major HMA based around Stirling and its hinterland but extends into Clackmannanshire. |
Falkirk HMA | Local HMA largely coterminous with the administrative boundary for Falkirk LA but includes an area of overlap with Edinburgh HMA |
Inverclyde HMA | Local HMA based on a number of older urban settlements, although area around Kilmacolm acts as a commuting area for the Greater Glasgow HMA. |
Ayr HMA | Expanding HMA based on the towns of Ayr, Prestwick and Troon at its centre that has expanded into parts of East Ayrshire |
Kilmarnock | Local HMA based around Kilmarnock and surrounding settlements but not extending as far south as the Cumnock Valley |
Irvine HMA | Local HMA based on the administrative town of Irvine and the neighbouring settlements |
Three Towns HMA | Local |
Proposed SDA City Region and Scottish Enterprise Geography
city region SDA | local authority | New Scottish Enterprise Geography | local authority |
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Aberdeen City Region | Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire |
Grampian
| Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire |
Dundee City Region: | Angus
Dundee City
Fife
Perth and Kinross |
Tayside
| Angus
Dundee City
Perth and Kinross |
Edinburgh City Region
| East Lothian
City of Edinburgh
Midlothian
West Lothian
Fife
Scottish Borders |
East and Central Scotland
| East Lothian
City of Edinburgh
Midlothian
West Lothian
Fife
Clackmannanshire
Falkirk
Stirling |
Glasgow City Region | East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Glasgow City
Inverclyde
North Lanarkshire
Renfrewshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire | West Central Scotland
| East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Glasgow City
Inverclyde
North Lanarkshire
Renfrewshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire
East Ayrshire
North Ayrshire
South Ayrshire |
| | South of Scotland | Scottish Borders
Dumfries and Galloway |
| | Highlands & Islands | Argyll & Bute
Eilean Siar
Highland
Moray
Orkney
Shetland |
NUTS Spatial Structure for Scotland
NUTS 2 | | NUTS 3 |
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Eastern Scotland
| 1 | Angus and Dundee City |
2 | Clackmannanshire and Fife |
3 | East Lothian and Midlothian |
4 | Scottish Borders |
5 | Edinburgh, City of |
6 | Falkirk |
7 | Perth & Kinross and Stirling |
8 | West Lothian |
Highlands and Islands | 9 | Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty |
10 | Inverness & Nairn, Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey |
11 | Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute |
12 | Eilean Siar (Western Isles) |
13 | Orkney Islands |
14 | Shetland Islands |
North Eastern Scotland | 15 | Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire |
South Western Scotland | 16 | East Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond |
17 | Dumfries & Galloway |
18 | East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire mainland |
19 | Glasgow City |
20 | Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire |
21 | North Lanarkshire |
22 | South Ayrshire |
23 | South Lanarkshire |
Census 2001 Based Travel to Work Areas ( TTWAs)
| TTWA name | LA (part) | No residents employed | Supply side self-contain' % | Demand side self-contain' % |
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1 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen Aberdeenshire (part) | 179897 | 97.1 | 85.7 |
2 | Ayr & Kilmarnock | East Ayrshire South Ayrshire | 96418 | 78.0 | 87.2 |
3 | Badenoch | Highland (part) | 5737 | 85.4 | 91.6 |
4 | Banff | Aberdeenshire (part) | 11674 | 71.6 | 85.2 |
5 | Berwick | East Lothian (part) Scottish Borders (part) | 23644 | 79.7 | 90.1 |
6 | Campbeltown | Argyll & Bute (part) | 3319 | 90.1 | 92.6 |
7 | Carlisle | Dumfries & Galloway (part) | 60487 | 89.4 | 86.6 |
8 | Dornoch & Lairg | Highlands (part) | 3728 | 81.0 | 88.2 |
9 | Dumbarton | West Dunbartonshire(part) Argyll & Bute (part) | 34093 | 66.9 | 79.0 |
10 | Dumfries & Annan | Dumfries & Galloway (part) | 37467 | 90.3 | 88.8 |
11 | Dundee | Dundee angus(part) Fife (part) | 88772 | 89.5 | 85.8 |
12 | Dunfermline | Fife (part) | 59172 | 67.7 | 73.5 |
13 | Dunoon & Bute | Argyll & Bute (part) | 8752 | 84.9 | 91.8 |
14 | Edinburgh | City of Edinburgh | 295908 | 93.0 | 83.3 |
15 | Eilean Siar | Eilean Siar | 11413 | 93.6 | 97.7 |
16 | Falkirk | Falkirk West Lothian (part) | 73163 | 67.9 | 77.3 |
17 | Forfar & Montrose | Angus (part) | 25847 | 70.3 | 81.1 |
18 | Fraserburgh | Aberdeenshire (part) | 9680 | 73.0 | 82.4 |
19 | Galashiels & Peebles | Scottish Borders (part) | 24988 | 76.7 | 84.7 |
20 | Glasgow | Glasgow East Renfrewshire East Dunbartonshire Renfrewshire North Lanarkshire (part) South Lanarkshire (part) West Dunbartonshire (part) | 469308 | 89.4 | 81.1 |
21 | Greenock | Inverclyde | 35424 | 73.5 | 78.7 |
22 | Hawick | Scottish Borders (part) | 8748 | 75.8 | 85.8 |
23 | Invergordon | Highland (part) | 8670 | 74.3 | 79.4 |
24 | Inverness & Dingwall | Highland (part) | 48083 | 91.4 | 90.9 |
25 | Irvine & Arran | North Ayrshire | 55557 | 67.5 | 77.2 |
26 | Kelso & Jedburgh | Scottish Borders (part) | 6882 | 75.3 | 74.5 |
27 | Kirkcaldy & Glenrothes | Fife (part) | 69112 | 76.0 | 85.2 |
28 | Kirkcudbright | Dumfries & Galloway (part) | 9924 | 78.3 | 89.9 |
29 | Lanarkshire | North Lanarkshire (part) South Lanarkshire (part) | 205601 | 72.0 | 82.8 |
30 | Livingston & Bathgate | West Lothian (part) | 72685 | 67.8 | 68.5 |
31 | Lochaber | Highland (part) | 9084 | 92.6 | 92.2 |
32 | Lochgilphead | Argyll & Bute (part) | 4630 | 88.3 | 89.6 |
33 | Moray | Moray Council | 40538 | 85.8 | 93.4 |
34 | Mull & Islay | Argyll & Bute (part) | 3421 | 90.3 | 95.0 |
35 | Newton Stewart & Wigtown | | 4525 | 83.2 | 90.2 |
36 | Oban | Argyll & Bute (part) | 7697 | 89.6 | 91.2 |
37 | Orkney Islands | Orkney | 9374 | 96.5 | 98.0 |
38 | Perth & Blairgowrie | Perth and Kinross (part) | 56457 | 80.2 | 86.7 |
39 | Peterhead | Aberdeenshire (part) | 15865 | 70.2 | 80.5 |
40 | Pitlochry | Perth and Kinross (part) Stirling (part) | 5817 | 81.8 | 85.5 |
41 | Shetland Islands | Shetland | 11316 | 97.5 | 96.2 |
42 | Skye & Lochalsh | Highland (part) | 5465 | 91.2 | 93.3 |
43 | St Andrews & Cupar | Fife (part) | 20299 | 74.2 | 73.3 |
44 | Stirling & Alloa | Stirling (large part) Clackmannanshire | 57741 | 74.3 | 78.7 |
45 | Stranraer | Dumfries and Galloway (part) | 7598 | 89.1 | 89.1 |
46 | Thurso | Highland (part) | 7094 | 88.7 | 81.2 |
47 | Ullapool & Gairloch | Highland (part) | 3627 | 87.2 | 90.8 |
48 | Wick | Highland (part) | 5234 | 74.4 | 86.3 |
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