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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"amenity values"”.
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Challenges for the New West: Economic impacts of wilderness in Nevada's rural counties
… in rural communities by preserving the amenity values that draw population and employment to the region. Characteristics of Nevada's economy, population and land challenge the ideas of the New West. This thesis examines the economic impact of wilderness on rural counties in Nevada. These …
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Capitalization of Environmental Amenities and Wildfire in Private Home Values of the Wildland Urban Interface of Northwest Montana, USA
… accommodated residential structure and timber values. However, society derives many non-market benefits from publicly managed WUI areas, including recreation and aesthetically pleasing vistas, which are affected by wildfire management. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of …
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Capitalization of Environmental Amenities and Wildfire in Private Home Values of the Wildland Urban Interface of Northwest Montana, USA
… accommodated residential structure and timber values. However, society derives many non-market benefits from publicly managed WUI areas, including recreation and aesthetically pleasing vistas, which are affected by wildfire management. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of …
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Impacts of Land and Ownership Characteristics on the Stumpage Prices for Virginia's Nonindustrial Forests
… with the resulting smaller tracts purchased for amenity values and recreation instead of as a timber investment (Hodge 1993). Second, the demographics of non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners are shifting away from an agricultural, rural focus to an urban oriented lifestyle and absentee …
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Essays on Dynamic Optimization for Forest Resource Management
… under stochastic prices, timber volume, and amenity values. I extend this body of work to show how stochastic processes concerning primary forests could lead to ecological collapse. Drift and volatility in these processes explain different types of long-term and short-term shocks in tropical …
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Measuring the impact of climate change on Britain
… variables. An alternative approach to estimating amenity values is to argue that households respond in part to differing levels of environmental amenities by altering their patterns of consumption. This phenomenon can be given a 'Household Production Function' interpretation. Given the assumption …
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Place-based Management for Post-border Biosecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand - Giving Effect to Mana Whenua Informed Decision-making
… Zealand economy, the natural environment, social amenity values, and to mana whenua communities and their culture. To manage biosecurity threats, New Zealand’s biosecurity system provides comprehensive protections that are delivered within an integrated structure at pre-border, at-border, and …
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Small-scale and Amenity Focused Forestry: Filling a Market Niche
Urbanization, changing forest landowner values, and restructuring forest industry are creating challenges for the active management of small parcels of forestland. Many traditional service providers are reluctant to service small acreage parcels due to economies of scale, shrinking profit margins …