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