Multi-scale Analysis of Collaborative National Forest Planning Contexts in the Rural US Mountain West

This research analyzes regional and sub-regional contexts of the United States Mountain West where community-based forms of national forest planning are emerging to ameliorate conflict related to New West rural transformations characterized by high population growth and increasing service and amenit...

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Published in:Population and environment 2005-05, Vol.26 (5), p.397-426
Main Authors: Crawford, Thomas W., Wilson, Randall K.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Area planning & development
Censuses
Collaboration
Communities
Community
Decision making
Employment
Environment
Environmental indicators
Environmental planning
Experimental/theoretical
Forest cover
Forest management
Forestry
Forests
Heterogeneity
Land cover
Land use
Median income
National forests
Natural Environment
Natural resources
Planning
Population
Population growth
Public lands
Rural Areas
Rural development
Social policy
Socioeconomics
Studies
U.S.A
United States
United States of America
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Summary:This research analyzes regional and sub-regional contexts of the United States Mountain West where community-based forms of national forest planning are emerging to ameliorate conflict related to New West rural transformations characterized by high population growth and increasing service and amenity-based economies. A county-level typology is developed using cluster techniques applied to demographic, economic, and environmental indicators and a novel measure of spatial accessibility to forest lands. Results identify three types of contexts with differential characteristics relevant to community-based forest planning. A local scale analysis compares characteristics for counties surrounding a national forest with an ongoing community-based collaboration and its participant characteristics. Results show some key differences between participants and their ambient contexts as well as local-scale contextual heterogeneity. A framework for incorporating multiscale data and analyses to address current research needs for the emergent topic of community-based collaboration is presented.
ISSN:0199-0039
1573-7810
DOI:10.1007/s11111-005-0003-0