Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: O'Donoghue, Cathal (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ballas, Dimitris (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Clarke, Graham (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hynes, Stephen (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Morrissey, Karyn (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series,
• Θέματα: Economic geography.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Emigration and immigration.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Economic Geography.; Migration.

The aim of this book is to explore the challenges facing rural communities and economies and to demonstrate the potential of spatial microsimulation for policy and analysis in a rural context. This is done by providing a comprehensive overview of a particular spatial microsimulation model called SMI...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Spatial Policy Context of Economic, Agricultural and Environmental Change in Rural Ireland
• 3 A Review of Microsimulation for Policy Analysis
• 4 The SMILE Model: Construction and Calibration
• 5 Validation Issues and the Spatial Pattern of Household Income
• 6 Farm Level Spatial Microsimulation Modelling
• 7 Conservation and Rural Environmental Protection Scheme
• 8 Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
• 9 The Location Economics of Biomass Production for Electricity Generation
• 10 Modelling Farm Viability
• 11 The Spatial Distribution of Household Disposable Income
• 12 Spatial Access to Health Services
• 13 Modelling the Spatial Pattern of Rural Tourism and Recreation
• 14 Conclusions and Next Steps.