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An Applied Microsimulation Model: Exploring Alternative Domestic Water Consumption Scenarios

In: Regional Science in Business

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  • Paul Williamson

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Microsimulation is now a long-established tool for the evaluation, projection and retrospective analysis of a diverse range of subjects including kinship networks (Zhao, 1996), income redistribution (Nelissen, 1998), firm evolution (Tongeren, 1995) and mammography screening programs (Szeto and Devlin, 1996). This chapter describes the application of a microsimulation approach to the estimation of household water demand for small areas. Section 13.2 reviews the nature of this problem and outlines the structure of the remainder of the chapter in more detail. Section 13.3 presents a justification for the preference of a microsimulation approach over other demand forecasting techniques in this context. But first it is appropriate to consider the role of microsimulation within the wider regional science context.

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  • Paul Williamson, 2001. "An Applied Microsimulation Model: Exploring Alternative Domestic Water Consumption Scenarios," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Graham Clarke & Moss Madden (ed.), Regional Science in Business, chapter 13, pages 243-268, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-662-04625-8_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-04625-8_13
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