Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:07:21 BST CiteULike: manatee's Kaimowitz http://www.citeulike.org/user/manatee/author/Kaimowitz CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/manatee/article/966026 <i>(2002), pp. 41-65.</i><br /><br />This paper applies a spatial economic regression model to analyze the relation between deforestation in the period from 1989 to 1994 and access to roads and markets, ecological conditions, land tenure, and zoning policies in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The data comes from a Geographic Information System (GIS) compiled by the Natural Resources Department of the Santa Cruz Government. Locations closer to roads and the City of Santa Cruz and that have more fertile soils and higher rainfall have a greater probability of being deforested. The same also applies to colonization areas. National parks and areas occupied by indigenous people do not have significantly less deforestation than sites with similar acess and ecological conditions. Forest concessions, on the other hand seem to protect forests. Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia David Kaimowitz Patricia Mendez Atie Puntodewo Jerome Vanclay (2002), pp. 41-65. 2006-11-29T05:09:53-00:00 2002 41 65 University Press of Florida roads http://www.citeulike.org/user/manatee/article/1215134 <i></i><br /><br />This article analyzes geo-referenced data to elucidate the relations between deforestation and access to roads andmarkets, attributes of the physical environment, land tenure, and zoning policies in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It presents separate models for Santa Cruz as a whole and for seven different zones within Santa Cruz, as well as for two different time periods (pre-1989 and 1989 to 1994). The relation between deforestation and the explanatory variables varies depending on geographic scale and ... Modeling deforestation at distinct geographic scales and time periods in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Benoit Mertens David Kaimowitz Atie Puntodewo Jerry Vanclay Patricia Mendez 2007-04-07T18:38:13-00:00 roads