Using resource economics to anticipate forest land use change in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 175-185

  Parks, Peter J ^a   Hardie, Ian W ^b   Tedder, Cheryl A ^a   Wear, David N ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; ECONOMICS; FARMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT; FARM PRODUCTS; FOREST LANDSCAPE; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE ECONOMICS;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; METHODOLOGY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034237261     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006471214869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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