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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453065303321

Autore

Bowes Michael D.

Titolo

Multiple-use management : the economics of public forestlands / / by Michael D. Bowes and John V. Krutilla

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Resources for the Future, , 1989

ISBN

1-315-06057-4

1-135-88802-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KrutillaJohn V

Disciplina

333.750973

Soggetti

Forest reserves - Multiple use - United States

Forest reserves - Multiple use - Economic aspects - United States

Public lands - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This study was undertaken as part of Resources for the Future's Forest Economics and Policy Program."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The historical, institutional, and theoretical background -- pt. 2. Applications of multiple-use management in forestry settings.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Bowes and Krutilla bring together what is known and relevant about valuing the nonmarket services of the public forests and propose a new theoretical framework that allows multiple uses, the biological dynamics of the forest, and the institutional and economic realities of public forest management to be taken into account in forest planning and budgeting. The authors begin by tracing the development of multiple use in forest management and by exploring the multiple uses of the public forests and the economics of multiple-use forestry. They offer a masterful analysis of the ninete