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.

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

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