Raettig, Terry L.; Connaughton, Kent P.; Ahrens, Glenn R. 1995. Hardwood supply in the Pacific Northwest: a policy perspective. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-478 Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 80 p.The policy framework for the hardwood resource and hardwood industry in western Oregon and Washington is examined. Harvesting trends, harvesting behavior of public and private landowners, and harvesting regulation are presented to complete the analysis of factors affecting short-run hardwood supply. In the short term, the supply of hardwoods is generally favorable, but in the long term, the supply is uncertain and cause for concern. Hardwoods need to be recognized in forest management in the Pacific Northwest.
The concept of regional demand is described and applied to the demand for National Forest stumpage. Specifically, demand functions for stumpage (price-quantity relationships) are developed by decade for the major National Forest Regions. The" demand functions are consistent with the 1980 timber program prepared under requirements of the Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA) and provide forest planners with a mechanism to relate National Forest Regional harvest levels to prices.
Tills paper examines the spatial diffusion of economic effects from rural to urban subregions. By employing a spatial variation of the supply-demand-pool nonsurvey 1-0 modeling teclmique and central place theory, we can construct an interregional 1-0 model for a functional economic trade region centered on Salt Lake City, Utah. Rural to urban spillovers are explored with summary measures of interconnectedness. It is found that the diffusion of economic effects from lowerto higher-order subregions depends on the infrastructure development of lower-order subregions and on the infrastructure development of intervening subregions. The modeling framework adds a spatial dimension that can enhance the effectiveness of economic impact assessment and economic development policy formation.
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