Southern Research Station

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

Author: Alig, Ralph J.; White, Fred C.; Murray, Brian C.

Date: 1988

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

Station ID: RP-SE-272

Description: 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

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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.