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Environmental Modelling

Environmental Modelling

Co-Director: Dr Mary Ryan (Teagasc)

Post Docs

  1. Paul Kilgarriff (EPA)
  2. Rosemarie Jordan (EPA)
  3. James Breen (Stimulus)
  4. Vincent Upton (Stimulus and COFORD)
  5. Edel Kelly (EU FP7)
  6. Evgenia Micha (Stimulus)
  7. John Hyland (Stimulus)

PhD Students

  1. Mavra Stithou, Economic Benefits of Improved Water Quality 2008- 2011 (Post Doc, Athens University of Business and Economics)
  2. Ger Murphy, Modelling Participation in the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme, 2008–2013 (Research Officer, NUI Galway)
  3. AksanaChyzheuskaya, Economics of the Water Framework Directive, 2009 –2013 (Post Doc, NUIG)
  4. Xavier Vollenweider, Risk, Climate and Agriculture, 2009 – 2014 (Post doc, University of Geneva)
  5. Vidaratyne Herath, Renewable Natural Resources (Forestry & Fisheries) 2009 – 2015
  6. Robert O’Shea, Economics of Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2013 –
  7. Amar Daxini, Nutrient Management Planning 2015-
  8. Eoin McGurk, Options for Agr-Environmental Schemes 2014 –
  9. Silke Heuser, Indigenous Land Rights and Deforestation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon, 2016 -  (Senior Project Manager at KfW Development Bank)
  10. Paula Cullen, Economics of Biodiversity 2016 –
  11. Colm Duffy, Forestry Analysis and Modelling 2017 -

 

Models

  1. Developer of Carbon Taxation Macro-Micro Model
  2. Developer of Energy Taxation Macro-Micro Model

Monograph

Journal Articles

  1. Daly, K., Breuil, M., Buckley, C., O’Donohgue, C., Ryan, M., Seale, C. (2017). A review of water quality policies in relation to public good benefits and community engagement in rural Ireland. European Countryside (in print).
  2. Ryan, M., C. O’Donoghue, (2016) Socio-economic drivers of farm afforestation decision-making. Irish Forestry. Vol 73, pp 96-121.
  3. Ryan, M., Hennessy, T., Buckley, C., Dillon, E., Donnellan, T., Hanrahan, K. and Moran, B. (2016). Developing farm-level sustainability indicators for Ireland using the Teagasc National Farm Survey. Irish Journal of Agriculture and Food. Vol 55(2) Pp 112-125  ISSN 0021-1192   
  4. Ryan, M., O'Donoghue, C. and Phillips, H. (2016). Modelling financially optimal afforestation and forest management scenarios using a bio-economic model. Open Journal of Forestry Vol. 6 pp 19-38  ISSN 2163-0429 
  5. Brennan, N., Ryan, M., Cullen, P., Hennessy, T. and Dillon, E. (2016). Going beyond FADN: The use of additional data to gain insights into extension service use across European Union Member States. Studies in Agricultural Economics. 18. http://dx.org/10.7896/j1630 (available online Jan 2017).
  6. O’Donohgue, C., Devisme, S., Ryan, M., Gilepsie, P. and Conneely, R., (2016). Farm Economic Sustainability in the EU - A Pilot Study. Studies in Agricultural Economics. 18. http://dx.org/10.7896/j1630 (available online Jan 2017).
  7. Bullock, Craig, O'Callaghan, Cormac, Ni Dhubhain, Aine, Iwata, Yuuki, O'Donoghue, C., Ryan, M., Upton, V., Byrne, Kenneth A., Irwin, Sandra, O’Halloran, John, Kelly-Quinn, Mary, (2016). A review of the range and value of ecosystem services from Irish forests. Irish Forestry,   Vol. 73, pp 65-95.
  8. Latruffe, L, Finn, J., Ryan, M., Desjeux, Y., Bockstaller, C., Kelly, E. (2016). Measurement of sustainability in agriculture: a review of indicators Studies in Agricultural Economics. 18. http://dx.org/10.7896/j1630 (available online Jan 2017).
  9. Buckley, Peter, Peter Howley, Cathal ODonoghue, Paul Kilgarriff.  Willingness to pay for achieving good status across rivers in the Republic of Ireland, Economic and Social Review, Vol. 47, No. 3, Autumn,  pp. 425-445
  10. Schulte, Rogier Patrick Olaf, Lilian O'Sullivan, Reamonn Fealy, Daire O'HUallachain, Cait Coyle, Philip Jordan, Cathal O'Donoghue and Rachel Creamer. Land as a limited resource: managing the supply of soil functions to meet demands from farm level to continental scale. Frontiers,  Environmental Science Research Topics.
  11. Ryan, Mary, Cathal O’Donoghue, Henry Phillips. (2016) Modelling financially optimal afforestation and management scenarios. Open Journal of Forestry.
  12. Ryan, M, Buckley, C., Dillon, E., Donnellan, T., Hanrahan, K., Hennessy, T., Moran, B. and Kelly, E. (2015). The most economically efficient farms produce lowest GHG emissions per kg of product. Eurochoices Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp 26-27, April  ISSN 1478 0917
  13. Howley, P., Buckley, C., O'Donoghue, C. and Ryan, M (2015). Explaining the apparent 'irrationality' of farmers' land use behaviour: The role of productivist attitudes and non-pecuniary benefits.  Ecological Economics Vol. 109, pp 186-193  ISSN 0921-8009 
  14. Upton, V., Ryan, M., & O’Donoghue, C. (2015). Combining conventional and volunteered geographic information to identify and explore recreational resources. Applied Geography, 60: 69-76.
  15. Mary Ryan, Michele McCormack, Cathal O’Donoghue, Vincent Upton.  (2014). A comparison of the cattle and forestry subsidy payments available from 1984 to 2012 for a typical cattle farm in Ireland. Irish Forestry. pp 92-112
  16. Chyzheuskaya Aksana, Cathal O'Donoghue and Stephen O’Neill. (2014) Using a Farm Micro-simulation Model to Evaluate the Impact of the Nitrogen Reduction Mitigation Measures on the Farm Income in Ireland. International Journal of Agricultural Management. Volume 3, Issue 4, pp 232-242.
  17. O’Donoghue, C. Estimating the effects of land-use and catchment characteristics on lake water quality: Irish lakes 2004-2009 - A Comment. Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society.
  18. Murphy, Geraldine,  Stephen Hynes, Cathal  O'Donoghue, Eithne Murphy.  (2014). An investigation into the type of farmer who chose to participate in Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) and the role of institutional change in influencing scheme effectiveness. Land Use Policy.
  19. Upton, Vincent, Cathal O'Donoghue, and Mary Ryan. "The physical, economic and policy drivers of land conversion to forestry in Ireland." Journal of Environmental Management 132 (2014): 79-86.
  20. Rogier Schulte; Rachel Creamer; Trevor Donnellan; Niall Farrelly; Reamonn Fealy; Cathal ODonoghue, Daire Ó hUallacháin. Functional Soil Management. Environmental Science and Policy.
  21. O’Donoghue, C. Estimating the effects of land-use and catchment characteristics on lake water quality: Irish lakes 2004-2009 - A Comment. Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society.
  22. Upton, Vincent, Cathal O'Donoghue, and Mary Ryan. (2014). The physical, economic and policy drivers of land conversion to forestry in Ireland. Journal of Environmental Management 132.: 79-86.
  23. Morrissey, K., O’Donoghue, C., The Potential for an Irish Maritime Transportation Cluster: An Input-Output Analysis. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Management, Vol. 71, pp 305-313
  24. Howley, P., J. Breen, C. O’Donoghue, and T. Hennessy, Does the single farm payment affect farmers’ behaviour? A macro and micro analysis., International Journal of Agricultural Management, Vol 2., Issue 1, 57-64.
  25. Morrissey, K., O’Donoghue, C., 2012. The Irish marine economy and regional development. Marine Policy, 36, 358–364.
  26. Peter Howley, Stephen Hynes and Cathal O’Donoghue, (2012) Countryside preferences: Exploring consumers WTP for the conservation of the traditional farm landscape, Landscape Research.
  27. Murphy, G., S. Hynes, E. Murphy, C. O’Donoghue and S Green, (2012) Assessing the Compatibility of Farmland Biodiversity and Habitats to the Specifications of Agri-Environmental Schemes using a Multinomial Logit Approach, Ecological Economics.
  28. Howley Peter; Stephen  Hynes; Cathal  O’Donoghue, Mary  Ryan; Niall Farrelly, (2012) Afforestation in Ireland: Examining farm and farmer characteristics behind the decision to plant, Irish Forestry
  29. Howley, P., Ryan, M. and O’Donoghue, C. (2012) Forestry in Ireland: An examination of individuals’ attitudes and preferences towards the non-market benefits of forests. Irish Geography.
  30. Howley, P, C. O’Donoghue, (2011), Landscape preferences and residential mobility: Factors influencing individuals? perceptions of the importance of the landscape in choosing where to live, Journal of Landscape Studies. Vol 4., No. 1
  31. Howley, P., Hynes, S. and O’Donoghue, C., (2010) The citizen versus consumer distinction: an exploration of individuals' preferences in Contingent Valuation, Ecological Economics vol. 69(7), pages 1524-1531.
  32. Hynes, S., N. Hanley and C. O’Donoghue, 2009 “Alternative treatments of the cost of time in recreational demand models: an application to whitewater kayaking in Ireland. Journal of Environmental Management 90(2):1014-1021.
  33. Hynes, S.P., O'Donoghue, C., Murphy, E. and Kinsella, A. (2008). The impact of REPS participation on farm chemical input usage and the production of negative externalities. Irish Journal of Agri-Environmental Research Vol 6: pp16-2717561
  34. Armstrong, C.W., Foley, N.S., Kahui, V. and Grehan, A. (2014). Cold water coral reef management from an ecosystem service perspective. Marine Policy, 50(A):126-134. Download at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X14001468#
  35. Armstrong, C.W., Foley, N.S., Tinch, R. and van den Hove, S. (2012). Services from the deep: steps towards valuation of deep sea goods and services. Ecosystem Services 2: 2-13.
  36. Foley, N.S., Armstrong, C.W., Kahui, V., Mikkelsen, E. and Reithe, S. (2012). A review of bioeconomic modelling of habitat fisheries interactions. International Journal of Ecology vol. 2012, article ID 861635.
  37. Walsh, A.T., Domegan, C.,  & Fleming, D.  (2012) “Marketing’s Response to environmental decline and the call for sustainability”  Social Business Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 121-143
  38. Stithou, M., Hynes, S. and Hanley, N. (2012). Estimating the Value of Achieving ’Good Ecological Status’ in the Boyne River Catchment Using Choice Experiments, Economic and Social Review, 43 (3): 24 - 37.
  39. Boeri, M. Longo, A., Doherty, E. and Hynes, S. (2012). Site choices in recreational demand: a matter of utility maximization or regret minimization? Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 1(1): 32–47.
  40. Howley, P., Doherty, E., Buckley, C., Hynes, S., van Rensburg, T. and Green, S. (2012). Exploring preferences towards the provision of farmland walking trails: A supply and demand perspective, Land Use Policy, 29: 111– 118.
  41. Hynes, S., Campbell, D. and Howley, P. (2011). A Holistic vs. an Attribute-based Approach to Agri-Environmental Policy Valuation: Do Welfare Estimates Differ? Journal of Agricultural Economics 62 (2): 305–329.
  42. Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and Scarpa, R. (2008). Effects on Welfare Measures of Alternative Means of Accounting for Preference Heterogeneity in Recreational Demand Models. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90 (4): 1011-1027.
  43. Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and Garvey, E. (2007). Up the Proverbial Creek without a paddle: Accounting for variable participant skill levels in Recreational Demand Modelling. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 36: 413 – 426.
  44. Hynes, S. and Hanley, N. (2006). Preservation versus Development on Irish Rivers: Whitewater Kayaking and Hydro Power in Ireland. Land Use Policy 23: 170 - 180.
  45. Brennan, R.B., Healy, M.G., Morrison, L., Hynes, S., Norton, D., Clifford, E. (2016) Management of Landfill leachate: The Legacy of European Union Directives. Waste Management, 55, 355–363. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X15301598 
  46. Hynes, S. and Greene, W. (2016). Preference Heterogeneity in Contingent Behaviour Travel Cost Models with Onsite Samples: A Random Parameter vs. a Latent Class Approach. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 67 (2), 348-367. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1477-9552.12143/epdf  
  47. Manton, R., Hynes, S. and Clifford, E. (2016). Greenways as a tourism resource: a study of user spending and value. Tourism Planning & Development, 13 (4), 427 – 448. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21568316.2015.1136835
  48. Oinonen, S., Börger, T., Hynes, S., Buchs, A.K.,  Heiskanen, A.S., Hyytiäinen, K., Luisetti, T., and van der Veeren, R. (2016). The Role of Economics in Ecosystem Based Management: The Case of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive; First Lessons Learnt and Way Forward. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics ,2 (3). DOI: http://cbe.miis.edu/joce/vol2/iss2/3 
  49. Hynes, S., O'Reilly, P. & Corless  R. (2015). An on-site versus a household survey approach to modelling the demand for recreational angling: Do welfare estimates differ?, Ecosystem Services, 16: 136-145. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041615300401
  50. Breen, B. and Hynes, S. (2014). Shortcomings in the European principles of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM); assessing the implications for locally orientated coastal management using Biome Portfolio Analysis (BPA). Marine Policy, 44: 406–418. Download at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X13002273
  51. Doherty, E., Murphy, G., Hynes, S. and Buckley, C. (2014). Valuing ecosystem services across water bodies: Results from a discrete choice experiment. Ecosystem Services, 7: 89–97. Download at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041613000624
  52. Hynes, S. and Greene, W. (2013). A Panel Travel Cost Model accounting for endogenous stratification and truncation: A latent class approach. Land Economics, 89: 1, 177-192. Download at: https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/land_economics/v089/89.1.hynes.html
  53. Hynes, S., Norton, D. and Hanley, N. (2013). Accounting for Cultural Dimensions in International Benefit Transfer, Environmental and Resource Economics, 56,  499-519.
  54. Hynes, S., Tinch, D. and Hanley, N. (2013). Valuing improvements to coastal waters using choice experiments: An application to revisions of the EU Bathing Waters Directive. Marine Policy, 40: 137–144. Download at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X13000067
  55. Hynes, S., Norton, D., Corless, R. (2014). Investigating societal attitudes towards the marine environment of Ireland. Marine Policy, 47: 57–65. Download at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X14000359 
  56. Doherty, E., Campbell, D. and Hynes, S. (2013), Models of Site-choice for Walks in Rural Ireland: Exploring Cost Heterogeneity. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 64: 446–466
  57. Jobstvogt, N., Hanley, N., Hynes, S., Kenter, J. and Whitte, U. (2014). Twenty Thousand Sterling Under the Sea: Estimating the value of protecting deep-sea biodiversity. Ecological Economics, 97: 10–19. Download at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800913003297#
  58. Doherty, E., Campbell, D., Hynes, S. and van Rensburg, T. (2013). Examining labelling effects within discrete choice experiments: An application to recreational site choice. Journal of Environmental Management, 125: 94–104 Download at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479713002387
  59. Buckley, C., Hynes, S. and Mechan, S. (2012). Supply of an Ecosystem Service – Farmers Willingness to Adopt a Riparian Buffer Zone. Journal of Environmental Science and Policy, 24: 101-109.
  60. Vega, A. (2012), “Using Place Rank to Measure Sustainable Accessibility”, Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 24, 411-418.

Book Chapters

  1. Cathal Geoghegan, Cathal O’Donoghue, Mary Ryan (2014) Irish Forestry Sector in Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (eds.) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc.
  2. Hynes, S., W. Greene, and C. O’Donoghue (2014). Environmental Models. In O’Donoghue, C. (ed) Handbook of Microsimulation. Emerald Insight.
  3. Cathal Geoghegan, Cathal O’Donoghue, Mary Ryan (2014) Irish Forestry Sector in Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (eds.) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc
  4. O’Donoghue C., 1996. “Carbon Dioxide, Energy Taxation and Industry: An Input-Output Analysis for Ireland”, ESRI Working Paper, No. 87.

 

Research Reports

  1. Lynch, John M., Hennessy, T., Buckley, C., Dillon, E., Donnellan, T., Hanrahan, K., Moran, B. and Ryan, M (2016). Teagasc national farm survey 2015 sustainability report. Teagasc 9781841706313 30 pages.
  2. Ryan, M., O’Donoghue, C., Kinsella, A. 2016. Returns on afforestation of agricultural land. TResearch. Vol. 11. No. 4. Winter 2016. ISSN 1649-8917
  3. Rogier Schulte, Paul Crosson, Trevor Donnellan, Niall Farrelly, John Finnan, Stan Lalor, Gary Lanigan, Donal O’Brien, Laurence Shalloo, Fiona Thorne with Andy Boland, Barry Caslin, Reamonn Fealy, Mary Foley, Mark Gibson, James Humphreys, Kevin Hanrahan, Tim Hyde, Phil Kelly, Paul Maher, Pat Murphy, Nuala NiFhlatharta, Cathal O’Donoghue, Padraig O’Kiely, Karl Richards, John Spink and Frank O’Mara. (2012). A Marginal Abatement Cost Curve for Irish Agriculture, Submission to the National Climate Policy Development Consultation.
  4. Schulte, R.P.O., Gibson, M.T., Lalor, S.T.J. and Hacket, R. with O’Donoghue, C.  et al., 2010. Independent review of the science, implementation and administration of the Draft European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010. Carlow: Teagasc, Agriculture and Food Development Authority.
  5. Diazabakana, A., Latruffe, L., Bockstaller, C., Desjeux, Y., Finn, J.A., Kelly, E. and Ryan, M (2014).  FLINT A review of farm level indicators of sustainability with a focus on CAP and FADN. EU  Commission FLINT research report pp101 
  6. Finn, J.A. and Ryan, M (2014). FLINT Future needs for policy analysis of the CAP. European  Commission FLINT 1.1 pp61
  7. Diazabakana, A., Latruffe, L., Bockstaller, C., Desjeux, Y., Finn, J.A., Kelly, E. and Ryan, M (2014).  FLINT A review of farm level indicators of sustainability with a focus on CAP and FADN. EU  Commission FLINT research report pp101 
  8. Finn, J.A. and Ryan, M (2014). FLINT Future needs for policy analysis of the CAP. European  Commission FLINT 1.1 pp61  
  9. O'Donoghue, C., Berry, D.P., Boland, A., Boyle, G., Carroll, C, Clavin, D., Connolly, K., Crosson, P., Fealy, R., Finn, J.A., Gibson, M., Heanue, K, Henchion, M., Hyde, T., Keena, C., Kelly, T., Macken-Walsh, A., Maher, P.A., McCarthy, D., McDonnell, J.,  (2014). Teagasc response to consultation on Rural Development Programme Measures - February 2014. Department of Agriculture.
  10. O'Donoghue, C., Creamer, R., Crosson, P., Curran, T., Diskin, M.G., Donnellan, T., Farrelly, N., Fealy, R., French, P., Geoghegan, Cathal, Green, S., Hanrahan, K., Henchion, M., Kinsella, A., Magnan, Axel, Meredith, D., Murphy, P, Ni Fhlaithbheartaigh, N, (2014). Drivers and Scenarios of Land use change in Ireland. Teagasc 2 pp 1-31 
  11. O'Donoghue, C., Troy, D.J., Green, S. and Ryan, M (2014). Potential  AgriFood Investments under Junker's European Investment Proposed Programme. Jean Claude Juncker EU 1 pp 1-4 .
  12. Schulte, R., Donnellan, T., Black, K.G. (FERS Ltd), Crosson, P., Farrelly, N., Fealy, R., Finnan, J., Lanigan, Gary, O'Brien, D., O'Kiely, P., Shalloo, L., O'Mara, F., Boland, A., Caslin, B., Gibson, M., Hanrahan, K., Hennessy, M., Humphreys, J., Hyde, T. (2013). Carbon-Neutrality as a horizon point for Irish agriculture - A qualitative appraisal of potential pathways to 2050. Teagasc ** pp 101. 
  13. O'Donoghue, C., Breen, B., Carroll, C, Clavin, D., Connolly, K., Donnellan, T., Fealy, R., Finn, J.A., Hanrahan, K., Hennessy, T., Hyde, T., Gibson, M., Heanue, K, Henchion, M., Keena, C., Kelly, T., Macken-Walsh, A., Maher, P.A., McDonnell, J., McHugh, F (2012). Teagasc Submission on the Rural Development Programme for Ireland 2014-2020; Public Consultation December 2012. Natural Resource and Marine Modelling
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