Forest Cover Change in Space and Time : Combining the von Thünen and Forest Transition Theories
This paper presents a framework for analyzing tropical deforestation and reforestation using the von Thunen model as its starting point: land is allocated to the use which yields the highest rent, and the rents of various land uses are determined b...
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AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY ALTERNATIVE USE AVERAGE COSTS BIDDING CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITY DEVALUATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF SCALE ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL EQUILIBRIA EQUILIBRIUM FOREST FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FORESTRY GDP GROWTH THEORY INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INELASTIC DEMAND INPUT PRICES INPUT USE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND ECONOMICS LAND OWNER LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LAND USE LAND USERS LAND USES LEISURE LOGGING MANAGED FORESTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET DEMAND MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MARKET SHARE MARKET SUPPLY MARKETING OPEN ACCESS OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPTIMIZATION PASTURE PRESENT VALUE PRICE CHANGES PRICE EFFECT PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE INCREASE PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS REFORESTATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RETURNS TO SCALE RIVERS SCARCE CAPITAL SOIL SOILS SOUTH AMERICA STATIC THEORY STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY ELASTICITY SUPPLY INCREASE SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS SURPLUS SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS THEORETICAL MODELS TIMBER TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS TIMBER PRICES TIMBER PRODUCTION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TROPICAL FORESTS WAGE RATES WAGES WOODLANDS WORLD MARKET |
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AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY ALTERNATIVE USE AVERAGE COSTS BIDDING CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITY DEVALUATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF SCALE ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL EQUILIBRIA EQUILIBRIUM FOREST FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FORESTRY GDP GROWTH THEORY INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INELASTIC DEMAND INPUT PRICES INPUT USE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND ECONOMICS LAND OWNER LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LAND USE LAND USERS LAND USES LEISURE LOGGING MANAGED FORESTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET DEMAND MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MARKET SHARE MARKET SUPPLY MARKETING OPEN ACCESS OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPTIMIZATION PASTURE PRESENT VALUE PRICE CHANGES PRICE EFFECT PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE INCREASE PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS REFORESTATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RETURNS TO SCALE RIVERS SCARCE CAPITAL SOIL SOILS SOUTH AMERICA STATIC THEORY STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY ELASTICITY SUPPLY INCREASE SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS SURPLUS SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS THEORETICAL MODELS TIMBER TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS TIMBER PRICES TIMBER PRODUCTION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TROPICAL FORESTS WAGE RATES WAGES WOODLANDS WORLD MARKET Angelsen, Arild Forest Cover Change in Space and Time : Combining the von Thünen and Forest Transition Theories |
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This paper presents a framework for
analyzing tropical deforestation and reforestation using the
von Thunen model as its starting point: land is allocated to
the use which yields the highest rent, and the rents of
various land uses are determined by location. Forest cover
change therefore becomes a question of changes in rent of
forest versus non-forest use. While this is a simple and
powerful starting point, more intriguing issues arise when
this is applied to analyze real cases. An initial shift in
the rent of one particular land use generates feedbacks
which affect the rent of all land uses. For example, a new
technology in extensive agriculture should make this land
use more profitable and lead to more forest clearing, but
general equilibrium effects (changes in prices and local
wages) can modify or even reverse this conclusion. Another
issue is how a policy change or a shift in broader market,
technological, and institutional forces will affect various
land use rents. The paper deals with three such areas:
technological progress in agriculture, land tenure regimes,
and community forest management. The second part of the
paper links the von Thunen framework to the forest
transition theory. The forest transition theory describes a
sequence over time where a forested region goes through a
period of deforestation before the forest cover eventually
stabilizes and starts to increase. This sequence can be seen
as a systematic pattern of change in the agricultural and
forest land rents over time. Increasing agricultural rent
leads to high rates of deforestation. The slow-down of
deforestation and eventual reforestation is due to lower
agricultural rents (the economic development path) and
higher forest rent (the forest scarcity path). Various
forces leading to these changes are discussed and supported
by empirical evidence from different tropical regions. |
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Forest Cover Change in Space and Time : Combining the von Thünen and Forest Transition Theories |
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Forest Cover Change in Space and Time : Combining the von Thünen and Forest Transition Theories |
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Forest Cover Change in Space and Time : Combining the von Thünen and Forest Transition Theories |
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Forest Cover Change in Space and Time : Combining the von Thünen and Forest Transition Theories |
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Forest Cover Change in Space and Time : Combining the von Thünen and Forest Transition Theories |
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forest cover change in space and time : combining the von thünen and forest transition theories |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-71472021-04-23T14:02:32Z Forest Cover Change in Space and Time : Combining the von Thünen and Forest Transition Theories Angelsen, Arild AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY ALTERNATIVE USE AVERAGE COSTS BIDDING CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITY DEVALUATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF SCALE ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL EQUILIBRIA EQUILIBRIUM FOREST FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FORESTRY GDP GROWTH THEORY INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INELASTIC DEMAND INPUT PRICES INPUT USE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND ECONOMICS LAND OWNER LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LAND USE LAND USERS LAND USES LEISURE LOGGING MANAGED FORESTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET DEMAND MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MARKET SHARE MARKET SUPPLY MARKETING OPEN ACCESS OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPTIMIZATION PASTURE PRESENT VALUE PRICE CHANGES PRICE EFFECT PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE INCREASE PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS REFORESTATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RETURNS TO SCALE RIVERS SCARCE CAPITAL SOIL SOILS SOUTH AMERICA STATIC THEORY STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY ELASTICITY SUPPLY INCREASE SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS SURPLUS SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS THEORETICAL MODELS TIMBER TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS TIMBER PRICES TIMBER PRODUCTION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TROPICAL FORESTS WAGE RATES WAGES WOODLANDS WORLD MARKET This paper presents a framework for analyzing tropical deforestation and reforestation using the von Thunen model as its starting point: land is allocated to the use which yields the highest rent, and the rents of various land uses are determined by location. Forest cover change therefore becomes a question of changes in rent of forest versus non-forest use. While this is a simple and powerful starting point, more intriguing issues arise when this is applied to analyze real cases. An initial shift in the rent of one particular land use generates feedbacks which affect the rent of all land uses. For example, a new technology in extensive agriculture should make this land use more profitable and lead to more forest clearing, but general equilibrium effects (changes in prices and local wages) can modify or even reverse this conclusion. Another issue is how a policy change or a shift in broader market, technological, and institutional forces will affect various land use rents. The paper deals with three such areas: technological progress in agriculture, land tenure regimes, and community forest management. The second part of the paper links the von Thunen framework to the forest transition theory. The forest transition theory describes a sequence over time where a forested region goes through a period of deforestation before the forest cover eventually stabilizes and starts to increase. This sequence can be seen as a systematic pattern of change in the agricultural and forest land rents over time. Increasing agricultural rent leads to high rates of deforestation. The slow-down of deforestation and eventual reforestation is due to lower agricultural rents (the economic development path) and higher forest rent (the forest scarcity path). Various forces leading to these changes are discussed and supported by empirical evidence from different tropical regions. 2012-06-05T18:20:08Z 2012-06-05T18:20:08Z 2007-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7335610/forest-cover-change-space-time-combining-von-thunen-forest-transition-theories http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7147 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4117 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |