Community Forestry
in the South

Urban Forestry South

Author:	Barlow, Stephen A.; Munn, Ian A.; Cleaves, David A.; Evans, David L.
Date:	1998
Periodical:	Journal of Forestry
Link:	http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_barlow001.pdf
Abstract:	In Mississippi and Alabama, urban population growth is pushing development into rural areas. To study the impact of urbanization on timber harvesting, census and forest inventory data were combined in a geographic information system, and a logistic regression model was used to estimate the relationship between several variables and harvest probabilities. Although proximity to good roads increases the likelihood of harvesting,almost all measures of urbanization--but particularly proximity to development and higher population density--lead to lower harvesting rates. Further, reductions in normal silvicultural harvests outweigh the increases in conversion harvests and lead to a short-run decrease in supply.