Wood Products Dependency in the Rural South
Investigators:
Karen Lee Abt,
Southern Research Station
Frederick W. Cubbage, North Carolina State University
Description:
Because of their dependence on the timber resource, a bulky good growing in rural areas, wood products industries also tend to locate in rural communities. The question is whether these industries alone either improve or degrade rural community standards of living. In examining rural Georgia, rural counties with large concentrations of wood products employment and income are above the average standards for all rural counties, but still exhibit lower living standards than urban counties. This research is being expanded to include standard of living evaluations of counties with national forest land and is also being expanded to cover all other southern states. One further outcome of this research will be an updated county level database for the Southern Region which will include census, ERS and IMPLAN data. This should be available through our web site by early summer 1998.
Problem Area(s):
Landowner objectives
Status:
Ongoing
Products:
Aruna, P.B., F.W. Cubbage, K.J. Lee and C. Redmond. 1997. Regional economic impacts of wood products industries. July/Aug 1997. Forest Products Journal.
Lee, Karen J.; Cubbage, Frederick W. 1994. Timber dependent communities: how do they stack up? In: Wear, David N.; Talmon, Judy, eds. Policy and forestry: design, evaluation, and spillovers; Proceedings of the 1993 Southern Forest Economics Workshop; 1993 April 21-23; Durham, NC. Durham, NC: Duke University, School of the Environment: 214-220.
Lee, Karen J.; Cubbage, Frederick W. 1993. Characteristics of forestry-dependent communities in the Southeast: A case study of Georgia. In: Kolison, Stephen H., Jr.; Hill, Walter A.; Yancy, John, eds. Embracing diversity in the natural resources workforce: a blueprint for success: Symposium Proceedings; 1993 September 8-11; Montgomery, AL. Tuskegee, AL: Tuskegee University:67-87.
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13-MAR-2000
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