ROADS, POPULATION PRESSURES, AND DEFORESTATION IN THAILAND, 1976-1989

This paper examines the causes of deforestation in Thailand between 1976 and 1989, a period when 28% of the country's forest cover was lost. The paper takes the perspective that, in the long run, the determinants of deforestation are the determinants of land use change. An equilibrium model of land clearing was used to study the impacts of roads and population on deforestation. Population pressures were more important in the North and Northeast sections than in the South and Central regions; whereas road building was more important in the South/Central region than in the rest of the country. The elasticity of forest area with respect to road density is -1.5 in the South/Central region, but is not statistically significant in the North/Northeast.

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    University of Wisconsin Press

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  • Authors:
    • Cropper, M
    • Griffiths, C
    • Mani, M
  • Publication Date: 1999-2

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 58-73
  • Serial:
    • Land Economics
    • Volume: 75
    • Issue Number: 1
    • Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
    • ISSN: 0023-7639

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  • Accession Number: 00789217
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Mar 6 2000 12:00AM