Resource and market projections for forest policy development : twenty-five years of experience with the U.S. RPA timber assessment /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Adams, Darius Mainard, 1944-, Haynes, Richard W.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, [2007]
Series:	Managing forest ecosystems ; v. 14.
Subjects:	Forest policy > United States. Forest products industry > United States > Forecasting. Forests and forestry > United States > Forecasting > Mathematical models. Logging > United States > Forecasting. Timber > United States > Forecasting. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.