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Resource and Market Projections for Forest Policy Development Twenty-five Years of Experience with the US RPA Timber Assessment /

Long-range models that include product and resource detail are essential to meaningful analysis of both industry and resource sustainability. Taking this as it's central argument, this book provides essential reading to anyone interested in projecting the future of either the forest products ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Adams, Darius M. (Editor ), Haynes, Richard W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Managing Forest Ecosystems, 14
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Timber Assessments Supporting the Development of National Forestry Programs and Policy
  • The Challenge of Developing Models to Support Forest Sector Policy Analysis
  • Methodological Considerations in Developing the Timber Assessment Projection System
  • Model Components
  • Solid Wood-Timber Assessment Market Model (TAMM)
  • North American Pulp & Paper Model (NAPAP)
  • Methods for Projecting Areas of Private Timberland and Forest Cover Types
  • Timber Inventory and Management-ATLAS
  • Exogenous Assumptions-Framing the Base Case and Scenarios
  • Model Solution, Validation, and Control
  • Projections and Scenarios
  • Base Case Projection
  • Evolving Views of the Future of the US Forest Sector
  • The Impact of Public Harvest in the USA on North American Timber and Product Markets
  • The Role of Private Management Investment in Long-Term Supply
  • Globalization and World Trade
  • The Impacts of Climate Change on Forestry
  • Projecting Technological Change
  • Long-Term Views of the US Land Base
  • Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Forest Sector Modeling
  • The Utility of Forest Sector Models in Addressing Forest Policy Questions.