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abstract: 'Questions related to economics figured prominently in the priority
information needs identified in the 1997 Tongass Land Management Plan.
Follow-on studies in economics were designed to improve understanding of
aspects of the competitiveness of the Alaska forest sector, links
between Alaska timber markets and other markets as evident in prices,
and the relationship between resource allocation decisions and economic
conditions in communities and the region. Analysis of the role of
recreation and tourism in the regional economy was added to the topics
addressed, based on early results of work to describe economic dynamics.
Comparisons are undertaken to evaluate the economic changes taking place
in southeast Alaska, to analyze the sources of these changes, and to
determine if and why they differ from the changes taking place at larger
scales and those occurring in a similar rural and resource-abundant
region. Divergent views regarding the current role of the Tongass in the
regional economy are summarized and assessed by using contemporary
evidence. A variety of factors contribute to comparative and competitive
disadvantages for the forest products sector in southeast Alaska. Alaska
product and log markets are effectively integrated with other markets
supplied by producers in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.
Empirical evidence suggests the need to re-examine assumptions regarding
the relation between changes in ``basic{''''} sector activities and
employment (such as timber harvesting and wood products manufacturing)
and ``nonbasic{''''} (or support sector) employment in the rural
communities of southeast Alaska. Many of the changes occurring in the
economy of rural southeast Alaska are driven by changes in the
international markets in which Alaskan products compete, and are largely
independent of Tongass forest management.
Unearned income and tourism have replaced resource-extractive industries
as the principal sources of income growth in the region. The
contribution of the Tongass National Forest to the regional economy has
become more complex and difficult to quantify. Forest management
policies that enhance the comparative advantages the region enjoys in
providing both tourism opportunities and quality of life attributes will
aid communities in maintaining and expanding their economic
opportunities. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Crone, LK (Corresponding Author), US Forest Serv, USDA, Recreat Solut,
POB 1165, Troy, MT 59935 USA.
US Forest Serv, USDA, Pacific NW Res Stn, Forestry Sci Lab, Juneau, AK 99801 USA.'
author: Crone, LK
author-email: lcrone@fs.fed.us
author_list:
- family: Crone
given: LK
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.019
eissn: 1872-6062
files: []
issn: 0169-2046
journal: LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
keywords: 'competitiveness of the Alaska forest sector; economic changes in rural
southeast Alaska; forest sector models; timber prices; market arbitrage;
timber production; timber supply'
keywords-plus: EMPLOYMENT; MULTIPLIERS
language: English
month: APR 30
number: 1-3
number-of-cited-references: '71'
pages: 215-233
papis_id: c42c88ed050b4cc9c022451d13bbc340
ref: Crone2005southeastalaska
times-cited: '9'
title: Southeast Alaska economics - A resource-abundant region competing in a global
marketplace
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000228128000014
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '14'
volume: '72'
web-of-science-categories: 'Ecology; Environmental Studies; Geography; Geography,
Physical; Regional
\& Urban Planning; Urban Studies'
year: '2005'