Introduction

London's King's Cross is going through a period of major change that will help to transform the area into a distinctive part of a world city. Over the next 15 years the area will receive some £4 billion of investment and will become the largest integrated transport hub in Europe. In addition the area will benefit from the creation of new homes, jobs and business opportunities.

In light of this, the Advanced_Institute_for_Management Research (AIM) has sponsored an academic investigation into the King's Cross Area; entitled Geodemographics_for Managing_Local_Services. Over the following pages research being undertaken at the Centre_for_Advanced_Spatial Analysis (CASA, a interdisciplinary research centre within University_College_London) is explained, and the results & analysis conducted, so far, are presented.

Professor of Geographic Information Science Department of Geography, UCL Acting Deputy Director of CASA