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Resource and market projections for forest policy development
twenty-five years of experience with the U.S. RPA timber assessment
xxii, 589 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
1. The challenge of developing models to support forest sector policy analysis -- 2. Methodological considerations in developing the Timber Assessment Projection System -- 3. Solid woo--Timber Assessment Market model -- 4. North American Pulp and Paper model (NAPAP) -- 5. Methods for projecting areas of private timberland and forest cover types -- 6. Timber inventory and managemen--ATLAS -- 7. Exogenous assumptions--framing the base case and scenarios -- 8. Model solution, validation and control -- 9. Base case projection -- 10. Evolving views of the future of the U.S. forest sector -- 11. The impact of public harvest in the U.S. on North American timber and product markets -- 12. The role of private management investment in long-term supply -- 13. Globalization and world trade -- 14. The impacts of climate change on forestry -- 15. Projecting technological change -- 16. Long-term views of the U.S. land base -- 17. The utility of forest sector models in addressing forest policy questions -- App. 1. Common and scientific names of species -- App. 2. Acronym list.
edited by Darius M. Adams and Richard W. Haynes.
Electronic reproduction. New York : Springer, 2007. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 20, 2007). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.