LEADER 03570nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910438095003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-69748-3 010 $a3-642-30026-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-30026-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000279529 035 $a(EBL)994331 035 $a(OCoLC)818734056 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000797504 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464137 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000797504 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10806503 035 $a(PQKB)10981792 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-30026-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC994331 035 $a(PPN)168315769 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000279529 100 $a20120917d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSpatial microsimulation for rural policy analysis /$fCathal O'Donoghue ... [et al.], editors 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (275 p.) 225 0$aAdvances in spatial science,$x1430-9602 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-642-44736-8 311 $a3-642-30025-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a1 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. 330 $aThe aim of this book is to explore the challenges facing rural communities and economies and to demonstrate the potential of spatial microsimulation for policy and analysis in a rural context. This is done by providing a comprehensive overview of a particular spatial microsimulation model called SMILE (Simulation Model of the Irish Local Economy). The model has been developed over a ten year period for applied policy analysis in Ireland which is seen as an ideal study area given its large percentage of population living in rural areas. The book reviews the policy context and the state of the art in spatial microsimulation against which SMILE was developed, describes in detail its model design and calibration, and presents example of outputs showing what new information the model provides using a spatial matching process. The second part of the book explores a series of rural issues or problems, including the impacts of new or changing government or EU policies, and examines the contribution that spatial microsimulation can provide in each area. 410 0$aAdvances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series,$x1430-9602 606 $aPopulation$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aPopulation$xStudy and teaching. 676 $a519.5/2 701 $aO'Donoghue$b Cathal$0127067 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438095003321 996 $aSpatial microsimulation for rural policy analysis$94201993 997 $aUNINA