Economics of the marine: modelling natural resources

✍ Scribed by Karyn Morrissey

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 174
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book extends the current international interest in the conceptualization of the marine sector to explore its importance of at different geographical scales: from the national, to regional and small area analysis within the context of base theory, New Economic Geography, agglomeration theory, industrial cluster policy and small area level analysis. In conjunction with each spatial scale and its associated theories, a number of computational methods are used to explore the economic impact of the marine resource. Input-Output tables will be used to demonstrate how the direct and indirect economic impact of the marine sector may be measured at the national level. Location Quotients will be used to regionalize these input-output tables, allowing a regional level analysis of the importance of the marine sector. Finally, a spatial microsimulation model will be used to examine the impact of the sector at the small area level. In a time, where societal impact is increasingly important, this book is of interest to policy makers, both academic and planner practitioners, physical scientists interested in estimating the impact of research on society and the wider social sciences including geography and sociology. In engaging a wide audience this book also aims to bridge some of the gaps encountered by those carrying out inter-and multi-disciplinary research by conceptualizing the marine as a commercial resource that requires management and planning. This book aims to engage academics, professionals and policy-makers on the importance of the marine resource to society.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Chapter One Introducing the Marine Economy
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A Note on Nomenclature
1.3 The Marine Resource and Economic Activity
1.4 What Is the Marine Economy?
Measuring the Marine Economy: Empirically Defining the Marine Sector
Measuring the Marine Economy: Scope of the Marine Sector
1.5 Measuring the Marine Economy
Data
Data Types
Methodology
1.6 International Trends
1.7 Conclusions
Bibliography
Chapter Two The Marine Economy: A National Perspective
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Linkages
2.3 Input–Output Analysis
2.4 Case Study: The Irish Marine Economy, An Input–.Output Analysis
Case Study: Data Requirements
Case Study: Linkages Within the Marine Sector
Case Study: Forward linkages
Production-Inducing Effects of the Irish Marine Sector
Employment-Inducing Effects of the Marine Sector
Case Study: Discussion
2.5 Conclusions
Bibliography
Chapter Three Accounting the Marine Economy: Capturing Economic Change Through Time Series Data
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Data for Economic Trend Analysis
3.3 Case Study: Trends in the English Marine Sector: 2003 to 2011
3.4 Results
3.5 Using Trend Data on the Marine Economy for Policy and Governance
3.6 Conclusions
Bibliography
Chapter Four The Marine Sector and the Regions
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Geography of the Marine Economy
4.3 Case Study: The Marine Economy and the Irish Regions
The Role of the Marine Economy in the Irish Regions
The Irish Regional Marine Economy: Labor Market Indicators
The Irish Regional Economy: Productivity Market Indicators
4.4 Discussion
4.5 Conclusions
Bibliography
Chapter Five The Economic Impact of the Marine Sector on the Regions: A Location Quotient Approach
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Location Quotients
5.3 Methodology
Location Quotients
5.4 Case Study: Ireland
Discussion of the Irish Case Study
5.5 Conclusions
Bibliography
Chapter Six Regional Development and Marine Clusters
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Clusters and the Marine Economy
Maritime Clusters
6.3 Case Study: An Irish Maritime Cluster
Location Quotients
Linkages Within the Irish Maritime Sector
Linkages Within the Maritime Transportation Sector
Forward Linkages
Case Study: Discussion
6.4 Discussion
Bibliography
Chapter Seven Marine Clusters: Specialization or Diversity?
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Related Variety
7.3 Maritime Clusters and the Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster (IMERC)
7.4 Methods
7.5 Results
The Four IMERC Pillars and the Wider Economy
Relatedness Among the IMERC Pillars
7.6 Discussion
Bibliography
Chapter Eight From National to Regional to Local: A Spatial Microsimulation Model for the Marine
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Spatial Microsimulation
8.3 Simulation Model of the Irish Local Economy (SMILE)
Quota Sampling (QS)
Calibration
SMILE Marine
8.4 Data
8.5 Results
National-Level Analysis
Marine Employment Contribution at the County Level
Marine Income Contribution at the County Level
Income Spread
8.6 Discussion
Bibliography
Chapter Nine The Marine Sector: A Panacea in Peripheral, Deprived Areas?
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Data
Business Structure Dataset
Geographical References Within the BSD
Socio-Economic Data
Index of Multiple Deprivation for England 2010
9.3 Results
Fishing Sector
9.4 Discussion
9.5 Conclusions
Bibliography
Chapter Ten Conclusions
Bibliography
Index