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Non-Market Valuation Of Natural Resource Amenities: Assessing Their Effects On Human Values, Public Health, And The Economic Growth, Neelam C. Poudyal
Non-Market Valuation Of Natural Resource Amenities: Assessing Their Effects On Human Values, Public Health, And The Economic Growth, Neelam C. Poudyal
Doctoral Dissertations
Rural landscapes in the United States have changed substantially in recent years due to increased urbanization, and an ever-increasing demand for consumptive and nonconsumptive uses of natural resources. At the same time, we are facing new challenges regarding the socio-economic well-being of people and the ecological significance of resources in the landscape. Previous research in natural resources economics and management has failed to recognize the role of natural resources amenities in fostering economic growth, human values, and public welfare. Applying various non-market valuation techniques to real world observations, the findings from the essays in this dissertation add to the valuation …
Facilitating Private Forestland Management: Relating Landowners’ Experience Of Their Forestland And Their Conceptualization Of Forest Management To Their Management Behavior, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis
Facilitating Private Forestland Management: Relating Landowners’ Experience Of Their Forestland And Their Conceptualization Of Forest Management To Their Management Behavior, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis
Doctoral Dissertations
Privately owned forestland accounts for the majority of forested land in the US and provides numerous ecological, economic and social benefits to its owners and society at large. However, numerous issues ranging from fragmentation and parcelization, to pressure from the forest products industry, to increasing land values for development and real estate interests threaten to “unravel” the forest landscape. Active management of forestland is seen as one way to combat such threats. Active management of private forestland has been linked to numerous factors such as private forest landowners’ (PFLs’) general education level and familiarity with forest management, their goals, interests, …