Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis

1. Introduction
Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue

2. The Spatial Policy Context of Economic, Agricultural and Environmental Change in Rural Ireland
Cathal O’Donoghue

3. A Review of Microsimulation for Policy Analysis
Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes, John Lennon, Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue

4. The SMILE Model: Construction and Calibration
Cathal O’Donoghue, Niall Farell, Karyn Morrissey, John Lennon, Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes

5. Validation Issues and the Spatial Pattern of Household Income
Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue

6. Farm Level Spatial Microsimulation Modelling
Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue, Graham Clarke

7. Conservation and Rural Environmental Protection Schemes
Stephen Hynes, Niall Farrelly, Eithne Murphy, Cathal O’Donoghue

8. Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue

9. The Location Economics of Biomass Production for Electricity Generation
Daragh Clancy, James Breen, Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue, Fiona Thorne

10. Modelling Farm Viability
Cathal O’Donoghue

11. The Spatial Distribution of Household Disposable Income
Cathal O’Donoghue, Karyn Morrissey, Philip Hayes, Jason Loughrey, Joanne Banks, Stephen Hynes

12. Spatial Access to Health Services
Karyn Morrissey, Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes, Cathal O’Donoghue

13. Modelling the Spatial Pattern of Rural Tourism and Recreation
John Cullinan, Stephen Hynes, Cathal O’Donoghue

14. Conclusions and Next Steps
Cathal O’Donoghue, Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes, John Lennon, Karyn Morrissey

Nyckelord: Economics/Management Science, Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Geography, Migration