Amenity values of spatial configurations of forest landscapes over space and time in the Southern Appalachian Highlands

Seong Hoon Cho; Seung Gyu Kim; Roland K. Roberts; Suhyun Jung

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.04.017

Amenity values of spatial configurations of forest landscapes over space and time in the Southern Appalachian Highlands

Seong Hoon Cho, Seung Gyu Kim, Roland K. Roberts, Suhyun Jung

Department of Food and Resource Economics

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Abstract

This research analyzes amenity values of spatial configurations of forest landscapes over space and time in the Southern Appalachian Highlands using geographically weighted regression (GWR) in a hedonic housing-price framework with a census-block group (CBG) dataset. Results show that housing-price response to mean forest-patch size and forest-patch density increased substantially between 1990 and 2000 in a few specific areas with economically significant amenity values. The spatial and temporal dynamics of the resulting amenity-value estimates are evaluated for potential use as site-selection indicators for implementation of forest conservation programs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2646-2657
Number of pages	12
Journal	Ecological Economics
Volume	68
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.04.017
State	Published - 15 Aug 2009

Keywords

Geographically weighed regression
Hedonic analysis
Southern Appalachian Highlands
Spatial configuration of forest landscape

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