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Spatial Analysis and Land Use

Spatial Analysis and Land Use

Co-Director: Dr Chaosheng Zhang (School of Geography and Archaeology, NUI Galway)

soilThe spatial heterogeneity feature is a fact existing in any aspect of the world, including both natural environment and human society. Such a feature requires modelling at the spatial level. Our research focuses on spatial analyses of socio-economic and environmental variables, including chemicals and nutrients in soils, using geographical information system (GIS), geostatistics and other spatial statistical and modelling techniques, to identify hotspots and quantify spatial variation, with applications in environmental management and precision agriculture.

Post Docs

PhD Students

Models

Monographs

Journal Articles

Research Reports

Post Docs

  1. Eoin Grealis (Beaufort Marine Economics Award)
  2. Xiaolin Sun (FarmEye project)
  3. Vincent Upton (FarmEye project)

PhD Students

  1. Stephen Hynes “Developing an Agri-Environmental Microsimulation Model for Ireland” 2003 –2007 (Senior Lecturer, Director, Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit, NUI Galway)
  2. John Cullinan “Modelling Agri-Tourism Hotspots using the Simulation Model of the Irish Local Economy” 2005-2008. (Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Galway)
  3. Karyn Morrissey “Spatial Analysis of Health Care in Ireland”, 2006 -.2008 (Senior Lecturer, School of Environment Studies, University of Exeter)
  4. John Lennon “Modelling Migration and Commuting Patterns: Using Spatial Interaction and Microsimulation Models”, 2004 - 2011 (Research Technologist, Teagasc)
  5. Eoin Grealis, Spatial Modelling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Irish Agriculture, 2009 – 2014 (Research Officer SEMRU)
  6. Mary Carey Spatial Economics of Agribusiness 2013 – (Economist, Department of Agriculture)
  7. Paul Kilgarriff, Modelling Spatial Welfare 2012 - 2016.
  8. Cathal Geoghegan, Economics of Land Use and Accessability, 2013 –
  9. Ricky Conneely, Economics of Local Development 2014-2015 (On Leave - Executive Officer, Galway Local Enterprise Office)
  10. Steven Conroy, Spatial Economics of Farming in Marginal Areas, 2015 –
  11. Ligang Dao, Spatial variation of heavy metals in urban soils 2007- 2011 (Sichuan Grassland Research Institute)
  12. Weijun Fu, In-field variation of soil nutrients, 2006- 2009 (Zhejiang A&F University)
  13. Nessa Golden, Spatial relationships between heavy metals and magnetic susceptibility in contaminated soils, 2009-
  14. Yumin Yuan, Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements in urban soils, 2015-
  15. Yuting Meng, Spatial analysis of chemical components in urban soils of London, 2015 -
  16. Konrad Metzger, Sensing soil quality using optical sensing techniques in headland crop management, 2016 -

 Models

  1. Developer of SMILE (Simulation Model of the Irish Local Economy) with Teagasc Rural Economy team Ireland

Monographs

Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (2014) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc

  1. Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), 2013, Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  2. Fay, D., Kramers, G., Zhang, C.S., McGrath, D., Grennan, E., 2007. Soil Geochemical Atlas of Ireland. Teagasc and Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford, Ireland. 120 pp. ISBN: 1 84170 489 1

Journal Articles

  1. Amaya Vega; Paul Kilgarriff; Cathal O'Donoghue; Karyn Morrissey (2016). The Spatial Impact of Commuting on Income: A Spatial Microsimulation Approach. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy.
  2. Howley, P., Buckley, C., Donoghue, C. O., & Ryan, M. (2015). Explaining the economic ‘irrationality’of farmers' land use behaviour: The role of productivist attitudes and non-pecuniary benefits. Ecological Economics, 109, 186-193.
  3. Morrissey K, Clarke G, Williamson P, Daly A, O’Donoghue C, 2014, "Mental illness in Ireland: simulating its geographical prevalence and the role of access to services" Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design advance online publication, doi:10.1068/b130054p
  4. Green Stuart and Cathal O’Donoghue (2013), Assessing the Geographic Representativity of Farm Accountancy Data. International Journal of Geo-Information. Vol 2 (1):50-66.
  5. Morrissey, K., O’Donoghue, C., Clarke, G and Jinjing Li, 2013. Using Simulated Data to Examine Determinants of acute hospital demand at the small area level, Geographical Analysis
  6. Morrissey, K., A. Daly, G. Clarke, C. O’Donoghue, D. Ballas, 2013. A Rural/ Urban Comparison of Psychiatric Inpatient Admissions in Ireland, Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol 11, Iss. 4., pp 209-213.
  7. Howley, P., C. O’Donoghue and S. Hynes, (2012) Exploring preferences for traditional farming landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning. Volume 104, Issue 1, Pages 66–74
  8. Cullinan J, Hynes S, O'Donoghue C (2011), Using Spatial Microsimulation to Account for Demographic and Spatial Factors in Environmental Benefit Transfer, Ecological Economics, 70, 813-824.
  9. Morrissey, K. and C. O’Donoghue, (2010) The Spatial Distribution of Labour Force Participation & Market Earnings at the Sub-National Level in Ireland, Review of Economic Analysis vol 2, issue 4.
  10. Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and O’Donoghue, C. (2010). A Combinatorial Optimization Approach to Non-market Environmental Benefit Aggregation via Simulated Populations, Land Economics, 86 (2): 345–362
  11. Morrissey, K., Clarke, G.,  Hynes, S. and C. O’Donoghue, (2010). Examining the factors associated with depression at the small area level in Ireland using spatial microsimulation techniques, Irish Geography. Vol 42, No. 3.
  12. Hynes, S., Morrissey, K., O'Donoghue, C. and Clarke, G.. (2009). “A Spatial Microsimulation Analysis of Methane Emissions from Irish Agriculture.” Journal of Ecological Complexity 6: 135– 146.
  13. Cullinan J., S Hynes, and C O’Donoghue, 2008 “Using Spatial Microsimulation to Analyse Catchment Populations – An Application to a Recreation Forest in Ireland” Irish Geography.
  14. Hynes, S., Morrissey, K., O’Donoghue, C. and Clarke, G. (2009). “Building a Static Farm Level Spatial Microsimulation Model for Rural Development and Agricultural Policy Analysis in Ireland.” International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 8 (3): 282-299.
  15. Morrissey, K., Hynes, S., Clarke, G., Ballas, D. and O’Donoghue, C. (2008). Analysing Access to GP Services in Rural Ireland using micro-level Analysis. Area 40 (3): 354-364.
  16. Hynes, S., Farrelly, N., Murphy, E. and O'Donoghue, C. (2008). “Modelling habitat conservation and participation in agri-environmental schemes: A spatial microsimulation approach.” Ecological Economics, vol. 66, issue 2-3, pages 258-269.
  17. Chen, M.S., Ding, S.M., Liu, L., Wang, Y., Xing, X.G., Wang, D., M.D., Zhang, C.S., 2017. Fine-scale bioturbation effects of tubificid worm (Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri) on the lability of phosphorus in sediments. Environmental Pollution
  18. Chen, M.S., Ding, S.M., Zhang, L.P., Li, Y.Y., Sun, Q., Zhang, C.S., 2017. An investigation of the effects of elevated phosphorus in water on the release of heavy metals in sediments at a high resolution. Science of The Total Environment 575, 330-337
  19. McGrory, E.R., Brown, C., Bargary, N., Williams, N.H., Mannix, A., Zhang, C.S., Henry, T., Daly, E., Nicholas, S., Petrunic, B.M., Lee, M., Liam Morrison, L., 2017. Arsenic contamination of drinking water in Ireland: A spatial analysis of occurrence and potential risk, Science of The Total Environment 579: 1863-1875,
  20. Liu, X., Sheng, H., Jiang, S.Y., Yuan, Z.W., Zhang, C.S., Elser, J.J., 2016. Intensification of phosphorus cycling in China since the 1600s. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 113(10): 2609-2614,  doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519554113.
  21. Wang, Y., Ding, S.M., Gong, M.D., Xu, S.W., Xu, W.M.,  Zhang, C.S., 2016. Diffusion characteristics of agarose hydrogel used in diffusive gradients in thin films for measurements of cations and anions. Analytica Chimica Acta 945:47-56 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2016.10.003.
  22. Ding, S.M., Wang, Y., Zhang, L.P., Xu, L., Gong, M.D., Zhang, C.S. 2016. New holder configurations for use in the diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) technique. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Advances 6:88143-88156. DOI: 10.1039/C6RA19677B (Paper)
  23. Zhuang, P., Zhang, C.S., Li, Y.W., Bi Zou, B., Mo, H., Wu, K.J., Wu, J.T., Li, Z., 2016. Assessment of influences of cooking on cadmium and arsenic bioaccessibility in rice, using an in vitro physiologically-based extraction test. Food Chemistry 213: 206-214
  24. Zhuang, P., Li, Y.W., Zou, B., Su, F.,  Zhang, C.S., Mo, H., Li, Z., 2016. Oral bioaccessibility and human exposure assessment of cadmium and lead in market vegetables in the Pearl River Delta, South China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23: 24402-24410.  doi:10.1007/s11356-016-7801-z.
  25. Wang, D., Gong, M.D., Li, Y.Y., Xu, L., Wang, Y., Jing, R., Ding, S.M., Zhang, C.S., 2016. In Situ, High-Resolution Profiles of Labile Metals in Sediments of Lake Taihu. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13(9), 884; doi:10.3390/ijerph13090884
  26. Xiong, J.K., Li, G.Y., An, T.C., Zhang, C.S., Wei, C.H., 2016. Emission patterns and risk assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and bromophenols in water and sediments from the Beijiang River, South China. Environmental Pollution, Available online 24 June 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.021
  27. Sun, Q., Ding, S.M., Wang, Y., Xu, L.,Wang, D., Chen, J., Zhang, C.S., 2016. In-situ characterization and assessment of arsenic mobility in lake sediments. Environmental Pollution 214:  314-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.039
  28. Wong MH, Chan YSG, CS Zhang, Ng. CWW, 2015. Comparison of pioneer and native woodland species growing on top of an engineered landfill, Hong Kong: Restoration programme. Land Degradation & Development 27(3) 500-511. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2380.
  29. Chen, M.S., Ding, S.M., Liu, L., Xu, D., Gong, M.D., Tang, H., Zhang, C.S., 2016. Kinetics of phosphorus release from sediments and its relationship with iron speciation influenced by the mussel (Corbicula fluminea) bioturbation. Science of The Total Environment 542, Part A: 833-840 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.155.
  30. Fu, W.J., Zhao, K.L., Zhang, C.S., Hu, J., Tunney, H., 2016. Outlier identification of soil phosphorus and its implication for spatial structure modeling. Precision Agriculture 17(2): 121-135. doi:10.1007/s11119-015-9411-z 1-15.
  31. Ding, S.M., Wang, Y., Wang, D., Li, Y.Y., Gong, M.D., Zhang, C.S. 2016. In situ, high-resolution evidence for iron-coupled mobilization of phosphorus in sediments. Scientific Reports 6: 24341. doi:  10.1038/srep24341
  32. Han, C., Yao, L., Xu, D., Xie, X.C., Zhang, C.S., 2016. High-resolution Imaging of pH in Alkaline Sediments and Water Based on a New Rapid Response Fluorescent Planar Optode. Scientific  Reports 6: 26417. doi:  10.1038/srep26417
  33. Liu, J.L., Li, X.H., Lin, T., Dai, L., Zhang, G.Q., Zhang, C.S., Ye, H., Gibson, V., Zhao, Q.J., 2016. Spatial analysis of gastric cancer morbidity in regions of rapid urbanization: a case study in Xiamen, China. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 30(2): 713-723. DOI: 10.1007/s00477-015-1141-2.
  34. Ding, S.M., Xu, D., Wang, Y.P., Wang, Y., Li, Y.Y., Gong, M.D., Zhang, C.S., 2016. Simultaneous Measurements of Eight Oxyanions Using High-Capacity Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films (Zr-Oxide DGT) with a High-Efficiency Elution Procedure. Environmental Science & Technology 50 (14): 7572-7580. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00206
  35. Yang, J.Y., Zhang, C.S., Tang, Y., 2015. Metal distribution in soils of an in-service urban parking lot. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187:478 (July). 10.1007/s10661-015-4699-8.
  36. Zhao, KL,  Fu, WJ, Ye, ZQ,  Zhang, CS., 2015. Contamination and Spatial Variation of Heavy Metals in the Soil-Rice System in Nanxun County, Southeastern China. International journal of environmental research and public health 12(2): 1577-1594; doi:10.3390/ijerph120201577.
  37. Chen, M., Ding, S.M., Liu, L., Xu, D., Han, C., Zhang, C., 2015. Iron-coupled inactivation of phosphorus in sediments by macrozoobenthos (chironomid larvae) bioturbation: Evidences from high-resolution dynamic measurements. Environmental Pollution 204, 241-247.
  38. Tang, Y., Gao, W., Wang, X.L., Ding, S.M., An, T.C., Xiao, W.Y., Wong, M.H., Zhang, C.S., 2015. Variation of arsenic concentration on surfaces of in-service CCA-treated wood planks in a park and its influencing field factors. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187(1): 4214. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4214-7
  39. Ding, S.M., Han, C., Wang, Y.P., Yao, L., Wang, Y., Xu, D., Sun, Q., Williams, P.N., Zhang, C.S., 2015. In situ, high-resolution imaging of labile phosphorus in sediments of a large eutrophic lake. Water Research 74: 100-109. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.008
  40. He, Z.G., Li, G.Y., Chen, J.Y, Huang, Y., An, T.C., and Zhang, C.S., 2015. Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds emitted from different plastic solid waste recycling workshops. Environment International 77: 85-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2015.01.004.
  41. Ma, C., Zheng, R., Zhao, J.L., Han, X.M., Wang, L., Gao, X.J., and Zhang, C.S., 2015. Relationships between heavy metal concentrations in soils and reclamation history in the reclaimed coastal area of Chongming Dongtan of the Yangtze River Estuary, China. Journal of Soils and Sediments 15(1): 139-152. DOI: 10.1007/s11368-014-0976-3
  42. Xiong, J.K., An, T.C., Zhang, C.S., Li, G.Y., 2015. Pollution profiles and risk assessment of PBDEs and phenolic brominated flame retardants in water environments within a typical electronic waste dismantling region. Environ Geochem Health 37:457-473, DOI: 10.1007/s10653-014-9658-8.
  43. Golden, N., Morrison, L., Gibson, P.J., Potito, A.P., and Zhang, C.S., 2015. Spatial patterns of metal contamination and magnetic susceptibility of soils at an urban bonfire site. Applied Geochemistry 52: 86-96. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.11.004.

Book Chapters

  1. Cathal O’Donoghue (2014) Introduction in Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (eds.) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc
  2. Cathal O’Donoghue, Jason Loughrey, David Meredith, Cathal Geoghegan, Kevin Heanue (2014). Quantifying the Embeddness of Businesses in the Local Economy in Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (eds.) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc
  3. Mary Carey, Cathal O’Donoghue, Jason Loughrey and David Meredith (2014) Rural and Urban household Consumption Behaviour in Ireland in Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (eds.) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc
  4. Cathal O’Donoghue, John Lennon, Jason Loughrey, David Meredith, Jim Walsh (2014). Social Inclusion Issues in Rural Areas in Ireland in Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (eds.) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc
  5. Cathal O’Donoghue, Cathal Geoghegan, Kevin Heanue and David Meredith (2014). The Economic Structure of Towns in Ireland in Rural Areas in Ireland in Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (eds.) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc
  6. Laura Delheure, Maria Heneghan, Ryan Jackson, David Meredith, Brian Leonard, Ricky Conneely, Mary Ryan and Cathal O’Donoghue (2014) Rural Tourism in Cathal O’Donoghue, Ricky Conneely, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue, Brian Leonard, David Meredith (eds.) Rural Economic Development in Ireland. Carlow: Teagasc
  7. Morrissey Karyn and Cathal O’Donoghue (2013) Validation issues and the spatial pattern of household income, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey, Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  8. Hynes, Stephen, Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue and Graham Clarke (2013) Farm Level Spatial Microsimulation Modelling, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  9. Hynes, Stephen,  Niall, Farrelly, Eithne Murphy and Cathal O’Donoghue  (2013) Conservation and Rural Environmental Protection Schemes, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  10. Hynes, Stephen,  Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue (2013) Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  11. Clancy, Daragh James Breen, Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue and Fiona Thorne (2013) The Location Economics of Biomass Production for Electricity Generation, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  12. O’Donoghue, Cathal (2013). Modelling Farm Viability, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  13. O’Donoghue, Cathal, Karyn Morrissey, Philip Hayes, Jason Loughrey, Joanne Banks and Stephen Hynes (2013) The Spatial Distribution of Household Disposable Income, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  14. Morrissey, Karyn,  Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes and Cathal O’Donoghue (2013) Spatial Access to Health Services, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  15. Cullinan, John Stephen Hynes and Cathal O’Donoghue (013) Modelling the Spatial Pattern of Rural Tourism and Recreation, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  16. O’Donoghue, Cathal (2013) The Spatial Policy Context of Economic, Agricultural and Environmental Change in Rural Ireland in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  17. Ballas Dimitris, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes, John Lennon, Karyn Morrissey and Cathal O’Donoghue (2013) A Review of Microsimulation for Policy Analysis, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  18. O’Donoghue, Cathal, Niall Farrell, Karyn Morrissey, John Lennon, Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke and, Stephen Hynes (2013) The SMILE model: construction and calibration, in Cathal O’Donoghue, Stephen Hynes, Karyn Morrissey,  Dimitris Ballas, and Graham Clarke (Eds.), Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis. Springer-Verlag - Advances in Spatial Science.
  19. Morrissey, Karyn, Cathal O’Donoghue, Graham Clarke, Dimitris Ballas and Stephen Hynes (2012). SMILE: An Applied Spatial Micro-simulation Model for Ireland in Studies In Robert Stimson , Kingsley E. Haynes (eds.) Applied Geography And Spatial Analysis: Addressing Real World Issues. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  20. Niall Farrell, Karyn Morrissey and Cathal O’Donoghue. (2012) Creating a Spatial Microsimulation model of the Irish Local Economy. in Tanton, Robert; Edwards, Kimberley (Eds.) Spatial Microsimulation: A Reference Guide for Users. Springer-Verlag. 
  21. Karyn Morrissey, Graham Clarke and Cathal O’Donoghue, (2012) Linking static spatial microsimulation modelling to meso-scale models: The Relationship between Access to GP services & Long Term Illness in Tanton, Robert; Edwards, Kimberley (Eds.) Spatial Microsimulation: A Reference Guide for Users. Springer-Verlag.
  22. Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue, Graham Clarke, Dimitris Ballas, Stephen Hynes, (2012). Studies in Applied Geography and Spatial Analysis: Addressing Real World Issues  edited by Robert Stimson, Kingsley E. Haynes. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Research Reports

  1. Toulet, Laura, Joris Gaudaré and Cathal O'Donoghue The Burren Lowlands Economic Development Survey. Report prepared for the Burren Lowlands Development Group. Teagasc: The Irish Agriculture and Development Authority.
  2. Cathal O’Donoghue, Rachel Creamer, Paul Crosson, Tom Curran, Michael Diskin, Trevor Donnellan, Niall Farrelly, Réamonn Fealy, Padraig French, Cathal Geoghegan, Stuart Green, Kevin Hanrahan, Maeve Henchion, Anne Kinsella, Axel Magnan, David Meredith, Pat Murphy, Nuala Ní Fhlatharta, Michael O’Donovan, Daire O’Huallachain, Fintan Phelan, Karl Richards, Mary Ryan, Rogier Schulte, Lilian O’Sullivan, John Spink, Fiona Thorne. (2014). Drivers and Scenarios of Land Use Change in Ireland. Teagasc: Oak Park Carlow.
  3. Cathal O’Donoghue, Donagh Berry, Andy Boland, Gerry Boyle, Ciaran Carroll, Dan Clavin, Wendy Conlon, Kevin Connolly, Paul Crosson, Tom Curran, Reamonn Fealy, John Finn, Mark Gibson, Kevin Heanue, Maeve Henchion, Brendan Heneghan, Tim Hyde, Catherine Keena, Ivan Kelly, Tom Kelly, Aine Macken Walsh, Paul Maher, Declan McArdle, Dermot McCarthy, James McDonnell, David Meredith, Nuala NiFhlatharta, Daire OHuallachain, Tom ODwyer, Jim O’Mahony, Frank O’Mara, Edward O’Riordan, Fintan Phelan, Ben Roche, Mary Ryan, Tom Ryan, Rogier Schulte, Fiona Thorne (2014) Teagasc Submission on the Rural Development Programme for Ireland (RDP) 2014 – 2020, Public Consultation, 2014. Teagasc: Oak Park Carlow
  4. Pat Spillane Deirdre Kelly, Cathal O’Donoghue, David Meredith, Finola Moylette (eds) (2014) Energising Ireland’s Rural Economy: Report of Commission on the Economic Development of Rural Ireland. Athenry: Commission on the Economic Development of Rural Ireland
  5. Cathal O’Donoghue, David Meredith, Deirdre Frost, Kevin Heanue (eds) (2014) Research Report of Commission on the Economic Development of Rural Ireland. Athenry: Commission on the Economic Development of Rural Ireland
  6. Cathal O’Donoghue, Ben Breen, Dan Clavin, Kevin Connolly, Trevor Donnellan, Reamonn Fealy, John Finn, Kevin Hanrahan, Thia Hennessy, Tim Hyde, Mark Gibson, Kevin Heanue, Maeve Henchion, Catherine Keena, Tom Kelly, Aine Macken Walsh, Paul Maher, James Mc Donnell, Frances McHugh, Nuala Ni Fhlathertha, Fintan Phelan, Ben Roche, Mary Ryan, Rogier Schulte (2013), Tom Ryan, Teagasc Submission on the Rural Development Programme for Ireland (RDP) 2014 – 2020. Teagasc: Oak Park Carlow
  7. Macken-Walsh, A., O’Donoghue, C., 2008. Policy Developments and Drivers in the Rural Economy. Teagasc Foresight 2030, Volume II.
  8. Fay, D., McGrath, D., Zhang, C.S., Carrigg, C., O'Flaherty, V., Kramers, G., Carton, O.T., Grennan, E., 2007. Towards A National Soil Database, Environmental RTDI Programme 2000-2006 (2001-CD/S2-M2) Synthesis Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford, Ireland. 22 pp. ISBN: 1-84095-239-3
  9. Fay, D., McGrath, D., Zhang, C.S. Carrigg, C., O'Flaherty, V., Carton, O.T., Grennan, E., 2007. Towards a National Soil Database, Environmental RTDI Programme 2000-2006 (2001-CD/S2-M2) Final Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford, Ireland. 281 pp.
  10. Fay, D., McGrath, D., Zhang, C.S., Carrigg, C., O'Flaherty, V., Kramers, G., Carton, O.T., Grennan, E., 2007. End of Project Report 5192: National Soils Database. Teagasc, Johnstown Castle Research Centre, Wexford, Ireland. 24 pp. ISBN: 1 84170 490 3.