Economic factors influencing land use changes in the South-Central United States

Ralph Alig; Fred C. White; Brian C. Murray

doi:10.2737/SE-RP-272

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Economic factors influencing land use changes in the South-Central United States

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Authors:

Ralph Alig, Fred C. White, Brian C. Murray

Year:

1988

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RP-272

Source:

Res. Pap. SE-272. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 26 p.

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Abstract

Econometric models of land use change were estimated for two physiographic regions in the South-Central United States. Results are consistent-with the economic hierarchy of land use, with population and personal income being significant explanatory variables. Findings regarding the importance of relative agricultural and forestry market-based incomes in influencing regional land use shifts suggest that farm programs play an important, but continually changing, role in land use change.

Keywords

econometric analysis, acreage, forest land

Citation

Alig, Ralph J.; White, Fred C.; Murray, Brian C. 1988. Economic factors influencing land use changes in the South-Central United States. Res. Pap. SE-272. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 26 p.