Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642447368
• ISBN13: 9783642447365
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"